Pay transparency in Austria
Draft stage
Austria missed the 7 June 2026 deadline. On 6 June 2026 Labour Minister Korinna Schumann (SPÖ) sent her own draft of a separate pay transparency law into government coordination. The text is not public and no government bill exists. As of August 2026 the coalition partners ÖVP and NEOS had not agreed; public consultation (Begutachtung) and the parliamentary vote are still to come.
Draft · legal review pending, not yet published.
Last checked: 10/11/2026. This overview is not legal advice. Laws change; the linked legal text is what counts.
- In force since
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- Job ads
- Minimum pay in the job ad. Already today, § 9(2) GlBG requires employers and private recruiters to state in every job ad the minimum pay that applies under the collective agreement (or other binding pay rules) and to say whether they are willing to pay more. According to ORF (6 Aug 2026), the ministry draft would require the starting pay or its range in the ad.
- Asking about previous pay
- No legal ban yet
- Workers' right to information
- There is no general individual right to information on comparator pay today. According to ORF (Aug 2026), the draft would give employees a right to learn their own pay level and the average pay for equal or equivalent work, broken down by sex.
- Pay reporting
- Under § 11a GlBG, employers that permanently employ more than 150 people must prepare an income report (Einkommensbericht) every two years. According to ORF, the draft would require reports from 100 employees.
- Penalties
- Current law (§ 10(3) GlBG): for a breach of the ad rule, a warning the first time, then fines of up to EUR 360. According to ORF, the draft provides fines of up to EUR 60,000 for repeated breaches of the new duties.
Not verified: The draft's contents are known only from ORF reporting, not from the draft text. One source (Team23Tax, 22 June 2026) claimed the draft was in Begutachtung, which other sources contradict. Developments after mid-September 2026 could not be verified. The ORF source title is a descriptive label, not the original headline.
81% of job ads in Austria state pay
7,639 of 9,425 ads on employer career sites and applicant tracking systems in the last month; 74% for tech-related titles (516 of 698). Measured on 11/11/2026 via Active Jobs DB; includes pay read from the ad text.
IT salaries in AustriaSources
- Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – geltende Fassung (§ 9 Abs. 2, § 10 Abs. 3, § 11a, § 63 Abs. 6) · RIS – Bundeskanzleramt Österreich · 10/11/2026
- Lohntransparenz: Entwurf von Arbeitsministerin Schumann (Bericht) · ORF · 06/08/2026
- Lohntransparenz in Österreich verzögert sich: EU-Frist ungenutzt verstrichen · kununu · 08/06/2026
- Entgelttransparenzrichtlinie Österreich: Stand der Umsetzung · entgelt-transparenz.at · 15/09/2026