Salaries frozen

Zero pay round for Mikl-Leitner and the provincial councillors

The salaries of provincial politicians for 2025 were set yesterday in St. Pölten.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Patrick Huber, Markus Wenzel)

Provincial government decides not to increase salaries. Members of parliament receive half the increase, mayors receive an average 3.5 percent increase. 

Johanna Mikl-Leitner and the members of the provincial government could earn 4.6 percent more from January. They could. But they won't. This is because the state governor and her coalition partner Udo Landbauer (FPÖ) have agreed to introduce a zero wage round for the coming year.

Signal to burdened provincial citizens
"As a sign of thrift and solidarity with all our fellow countrymen who are going through difficult times", as Mikl-Leitner explains. The economic crisis and the consequences of the flood disaster had hit many people in Lower Austria hard and placed a financial burden on them. Landbauer agrees: "No salary increase for top politicians is the cleanest solution. Anything else would send the wrong signal in times like these."

Johanna Mikl-Leitner and Udo Landbauer want to send out a signal of solidarity with long-suffering rural people.(Bild: APA/HELMUT FOHRINGER / APA / picturedesk.com)

Achievements of local leaders recognized
Members of parliament also have to tighten their (financial) belts a little. They will receive the full 4.6 percent salary increase - but only from July 2025, so the bottom line is only half the salary increase. Mikl-Leitner has announced a "moderate inflation adjustment" for mayors. Their salaries will be increased by an average of 3.5 percent from January, in line with those of state employees. "In recognition of the achievements of the local chiefs", said the provincial governor.