Salary plus for civil servants: 3.5% increase despite scarce health insurers!

Salary plus for civil servants: 3.5% increase despite scarce health insurers!

Vienna, Österreich - On December 9, 2024, the parties ÖVP, SPÖ, Greens and FPÖ made significant decisions in the budget committee. The salary degree for civil servants was decided with an increase of 3.5 percent for the coming year, accompanied by a minimum amount of 82.4 euros and a lid of EUR 437.8. These steps are said to increase the lowest salaries a little more, while for 2026 a further increase in salary in the amount of the inflation rate plus 0.3 percentage points is provided. This was announced in response to the salary negotiations between the government and the public service union (GöD), as was also reported by Wien.at

zero -wage round for top politicians

In addition, the governing parties have decided on a zero -wage round for politicians in the Federal Council. Thus, the remuneration of the politicians working in federal politicians should not be increased in 2025. The previous calculation of the Auditors would have increased 4.6 percent. The additional application for the amendment to the service law, which brings this decision, enables a rapid template in the National Council, while the ÖVP, SPÖ and Greens also strive to expand the zero -wage round to state politics, such as ots.at reported.

The NEOs, on the other hand, criticized the decision on the increase in salary in the public service as inappropriate in view of the tense budget situation and demanded that the zero -wage round also extend to the federal states. The FPÖ also expressed concerns and submitted applications for the definition of gender in the new law in order to emphasize the biological perspective. Despite a broad consensus on the salary increase, there is no agreement on the equivalent handling of politician salaries in the federal states, which will cause future discussions.