Painter in Magdeburg: More wages for hard work now!

Painter in Magdeburg: More wages for hard work now!

Magdeburg, Deutschland - A wave of news rolls through the painter and painter industry! Since April 2025, the new wage collective agreement for the painter and painter trade has been in force, which not only increases wages, but also represents an important step towards aligning wages in the east and west of Germany. As Deutsche-Handwerks-Zeitung . The employers initially offered significantly lower increases, but the union IG Bau was successful for a corner wage of 20.37 euros.

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The next wage increases are already launched. In June 2026, a further increase of 3.0 percent becomes effective. The plan provides for the wages in the eastern federal states and in Berlin until January 1, 2027 gradually to the western level, as can be read in the contribution of Building trade.

In addition, painters and painters are entitled to the new minimum wage of the industry without a wage from July, which is 15.55 euros. But that's not all: the trainees in the painter and painter trade will be better placed by 50 euros per month from August. The union stays tuned and is already pushing for further wage increases and an increase in training allowances from summer next year.