Salary increase for 60,000 employees: wages increase by up to 115 euros!
Salary increase for 60,000 employees: wages increase by up to 115 euros!
A collective agreement for the electrical and electronics industry was decided on Friday evening after intensive negotiations. This degree affects around 60,000 employees and follows a longest collective agreement negotiation that lasted over eleven weeks. The result is a wage increase that both employers and employees consider satisfactory. Employers and employees agreed to increase the actual wages by 2.75 percent, with a lid at 115 euros. This results in an average increase of 2.15 percent for the employees of the industry, such as [OE24] (https://www.oe24.at/businesslive/halterserhung-gahn-zehnfahn-oesterreicher- Mehren-Mehr-Meiten/636431852) reports.In addition, wages and salaries increase by 3 percent, including apprenticeship salaries. The allowances for the second and third layer also experience an increase of 3 percent. In addition, the mileage money is raised to 50 cents, whereby it remains 0.47 cents for distances over 15,000 kilometers. The regulation for economically weak companies that can reduce the wage increase in the long term to 50 percent of the current increase is particularly important. The remaining 50 percent can be compensated for as a one -off payment or in leisure time, with the leisure option being extended by 2030.
background of the negotiations
The negotiations were shaped by large opposites. Employers originally offered a wage increase of a maximum of 1.5 percent, which did not meet the inflation rate of 2.76 percent. The Pro-GE and GPA unions therefore called for a significant increase, especially for the lowest income groups. Eva Scherz, negotiator of the GPA union, commented on the initial offer of employers as a serious provocation. Nevertheless, there was an agreement after the company meetings and the threat of strikes. The employers finally admitted that the increasing cost of living would require a wage increase.
The electrical and electronics industry plays an important role in the Austrian economy, with an amazing export quota of around 84 percent. In 2023, the industry contributed 4.4 percent to the total production value in Austria. Despite current challenges, such as declining order inputs and a significant decline in export, the industry was able to secure a total of 160,100 jobs in Austria, which is 3.2 percent of total employment. According to the information from [GPA] (https://www.gpa.at/kollective contract/ industrie/elektro/2025/kv-blechalektro-2025), the directly generated gross value added in 2023 is 9.15 billion euros.
look ahead
The new collective agreement has been retrospectively applies since May 1, 2025 and has a term of 12 months. In addition to the wage increase, the contract also means an inflation compensation for employees, which benefits particularly low and medium -sized income groups. The most important details of the new contract are:
- collective wages and salaries: +3 percent
- New minimum wage: 2,478.76 euros
- actual wages and salaries: +2.75 percent, a maximum of 115 euros
- apprentices: +3 percent
- allowance: +3 percent
- Travel expenses: +3 percent
- increase in mileage allowance
- leisure option by 2030 agreed
Both sides of the negotiating table see not only a financial profit for the employees in the agreement achieved, but also a necessary adjustment process in order to be able to counter the challenges of the market. Therefore, the future of the electrical and electronics industry is seen positively.
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