Collective agreement for the public service (TVöD) – federal government (Bund)

Monthly basic pay (Tabellenentgelt) in EUR for full-time employees (39 h/week), table 'gültig ab 1. Mai 2026'. Pay table is linked to the 6 April 2025 agreement (Schlichtung): +3.0% (min. EUR 110) from 1 Apr 2025 and +2.8% from 1 May 2026; the pay tables can be terminated at the earliest as of 31 March 2027, so a new bargaining round is expected in early 2027 – no newer table is signed yet. Entgeltgruppe 1 has only Stufen 2–6 (entry in Stufe 2, next step every 4 years). 'years' = standard time in the pay group (Stufenlaufzeit § 16); steps 4–6 can be accelerated/delayed by performance (§ 17 Abs. 2) and prior relevant experience counts at hiring. Not generally binding: applies to members of the bargaining parties and by contract reference (practically all employers of the federal administration. Bund and VKA tables differ in EG 9a–9c and in EG 1 Stufe 2: for the Bund, EG 1 Stufe 2 is fixed at 2,543.55 from 1 May 2026 by the agreement itself (Einigung vom 6. April 2025, Teil B 'Besondere Regelungen für den Bund', Nr. 1: 'Das Tabellenentgelt der Entgeltgruppe 1 Stufe 2 wird ab dem 1. Mai 2026 auf den Betrag von 2.543,55 Euro festgesetzt'), so it is not the plain +2.8 % value; the VKA value is 2,534.55 (verified 2026-11-12). Leistungsentgelt (performance pay) and allowances are not included.

Valid from 1 May 2026 (previous: 1,293.26 / 1,343.20 / 1,389.02 / 1,452.59 from 1 April 2025). Applies to Bund and VKA (inhaltsgleich). Apprentice Jahressonderzahlung 90% of November pay (§ 14 TVAöD-BT BBiG).