Collective agreement for the public service (TVöD) – municipal employers (VKA)

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 VKA member associations). Leistungsentgelt (performance pay) and allowances are not included. Special pay tables exist for care staff (Anlage P), social and child-care services (S-Tabelle) and hospital doctors (TV-Ärzte/VKA) – not included here.

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).