The new collective agreement for technical personnel in the municipal sector in 2025–2028
Pay increases match the general level, and the pay programme continues.
Pay increases are good news for the future of the technical sector.
– Keep in mind that there are also the already agreed pay increases on 1 June 2025, which come from the centralised allowance of the development programme, says Bargaining Specialist Timo Hannula.
Development work of the collective agreement for technical personnel in the municipal sector continues in the upcoming agreement period. The goal is that it should also serve a possible transition into a new collective agreement for technical employees.
Pay increases are on the general level
The new agreement period is a little less than three years and ends at the end of February 2028.
Pay increases in the collective agreement for technical personnel in the municipal sector in 2025–2028
- 1 October 2025: a €53 across-the-board increase, at least 2.50%
- 1 August 2026: a 2.27% across-the-board increase
- 1 October 2026: two increases: a 0.2% allowance for locally negotiated increases (“paikallinen järjestelyerä” in Finnish), and a 0.4% development allowance for locally negotiated pay programme pay increases (“paikallinen kehittämiserä”)
- 1 April 2027: three increases: a 2.0% across-the-board increase, a 0.4% allowance for locally negotiated pay increases, and a 0.4% development allowance for locally negotiated pay programme pay increases
- 1 February 2028: a 1.0% development allowance for pay programme pay increases
The agreement period is two months shorter than for example that of the technology industry, and therefore the total sum of pay increases looks slightly smaller. However, when the duration of the agreement period is considered in the calculation, the pay increase per month is at the same level as in the industrial sectors. In other words, the pay increases follow the general level.
The agreement’s pay increases in 2027 are tied to the agreements of the technology industry. If the collective agreement of the technology industry employees is terminated before the third year and the collective agreement pay increases of these employees change, the pay increases of this agreement will change as well. This would not affect those pay increases that are part of the pay programme.
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