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Painters in Magdeburg: More pay for hard work now!
The tariff increase in the painting trade from April 2025 will bring employees in Magdeburg up to 110 euros more per month.
Painters in Magdeburg: More pay for hard work now!
A wave of news is rolling through the painting and varnishing industry! The new collective wage agreement for the painting and varnishing trade has been in force since April 2025, which not only increases wages, but also represents an important step towards equalizing wages in East and West Germany. How Meeting point reported, the new hourly rate in the painting trade is now 19.10 euros. Full-time employees can be happy that they have around 110 euros more in their pockets every month.
This wage increase applies retroactively from April and is the result of extremely tough collective bargaining, which required many rounds and deadlocked talks. A highlight was the top-level meeting on April 11, 2025, where agreement was finally reached German craft newspaper determines. The employers initially offered significantly lower increases, but the IG BAU union successfully campaigned for a basic wage of 20.37 euros.
Growth prospects
The next wage increases have already been initiated. A further increase of 3.0 percent will take effect in June 2026. The plan envisages gradually raising wages in the eastern federal states and in Berlin to the western level by January 1, 2027, as also stated in the article by construction crafts is to be read.
In addition, painters and varnishers without collective wages will be entitled to the industry's new minimum wage, which is 15.55 euros, from July. But that's not all: from August onwards, trainees in the painting and varnishing trade will be given 50 euros better per month. The union is sticking with it and is already pushing for further wage increases and an increase in training allowances from summer next year.
Challenges and successes
Collective bargaining was anything but easy. After tough negotiations that had no tangible success in November 2024 and January 26, 2025, the final arbitration on March 5, 2025 also failed. But IG BAU's persistence ultimately paid off. This wage increase is not only a financial advantage for many employees, but also a positive signal for the entire industry.
Around 400 employees in 37 painting companies and varnish shops in Magdeburg can now breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the new financial freedom. Against this background, it is clear that something is happening and the painting and varnishing industry remains on a clear growth path.