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Minimum wage in Austria

Austria has no general statutory minimum wage. Pay floors come from collective agreements or sector rules; see the notes and any sector rows below.

No general statutory minimum wage. Collective agreements (Kollektivvertraege) cover about 98 % of employees and set sector minima; the social partners' 2017 agreement targets EUR 1,500 gross per month in all KVs. Eurostat (world-eurostat-minimum-wages, July 2026) lists it among the countries without a national minimum wage.

1 level of law

How this rate is resolved

The highest minimum that covers the work location applies.

Employers must pay the highest minimum that covers the work location. WageTable checks each level in turn:

  1. Austria

Austria sets no rule of its own on record.

Austria

Enforcement

Enforced by Bundesministerium fuer Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz.