Belgium - Salaries of over half a million employees indexed by 2.21% - December 31, 2025

Wages for over half a million employees will increase by 2.21% on 1 January 2026. This adjustment, known as indexation, is lower than the 3.58% increase employees received in January 2025 but represents the fourth highest indexation in the past 12 years. The 2.21% rise applies to employees within the so-called commission paritaire 200, covering over half a million workers across around 30 sectors. These include automotive trade, concrete industry, construction, call centres, consultancy, graphic design, garages, wholesale trade, advertising and travel agencies, research offices, temp agencies, and IT companies.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.