Wages in the electrical industry rise by 3 percent - good news for 60,000!
Collective contracts in the electrical and electronics industry increase wages by 3 % from May 1, 2025. Learn details here.

Wages in the electrical industry rise by 3 percent - good news for 60,000!
On June 6, 2025, the collective agreement negotiations in the electrical and electronics industry (EEI) were completed after a long struggle. In the fifth round of negotiations, the unions Pro-Ge and GPA and employers were able to agree to an increase in wages and salaries by 3 percent. A total of around 60,000 employees are affected by this degree, which applies retrospectively to May 1, 2025.
The agency increases the actual wages and salaries by 2.75 percent, the increase is a maximum of 115 euros. This regulation means a significant improvement for employees, especially due to the current inflation of 2.8 percent.
Details of the collective agreement
A central aspect of the agreement is the introduction of a permanent inflation equalization, which is intended to strengthen low and medium -sized income groups in particular. For companies that have economic difficulties, a recession option has been agreed that enables them to convert the part of the current increase into paid leisure or in a one-off payment. The information of the conclusion:
- KV-wages/content: + 3 percent
- New minimum wage/new minimum basic content: 2,478.76 euros
- actual wage/content: + 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
- duration: 12 months
background of the negotiations
The collective agreement negotiations were characterized by longer and difficult discussions. The spring wage round 2025 started on March 21 with the first negotiations for the EEI and took several rounds without satisfactory result before the current conclusion. Former offers from employers only moved by 1 percent, which was criticized by the unions as inadequate and disrespectful. Karl Dürtscher, chief negotiator of the GPA, pointed out that no inflation was offered, which further strengthened the position of the unions, which pushed for fair wage increases.
The mood in the negotiations was tense, and works councils had already threatened measures if no agreement could be reached. At a works council: Inner conference on May 7th in Schwechat was advised on further steps because signs were on conflict.
The agreement represents an important step in the correction of wages in the face of increasing living costs and shows that the unions and their negotiators worked in order to meet the interests of employees in the electrical and electronics industry. According to the Pro-GE union, some of the challenges created by inflationary developments have now finally been tackled and results for the employees.