Schools: new contract signed – teachers to receive average pay rises of 143 euros

With the go-ahead from the Court of Auditors and the final signature at ARAN, the new 2025–27 National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) for the broad Education and Research sector has been finalised. The agreement covers some 1.2 million public sector employees (including 850,000 teachers) working in schools and educational institutions, universities, public research bodies and institutions of higher education in the arts, music and dance (AFAM), and is the first of the new 2025–27 round of collective agreements to complete the approval process.

According to the preliminary agreement signed on 1 April, from 1 January 2027, the average pay rise for the entire sector will be 137 euros gross over 13 monthly payments; for school teaching staff, the average increase rises to 143 euros gross over 13 monthly payments. For technical and administrative staff (ATA), the average increase is 107 euro.

The actual pay rise depends both on the number of years a teacher has spent in the profession and on the level of education at which they teach.
For a nursery and primary school teacher, the upcoming pay rise resulting from the latest collective agreement ranges from €110.16 for those with 0–8 years’ teaching experience to €159.44 for those with over 35 years’ service. In lower secondary schools, however, the increase ranges from €119.24 to €176.67 depending on the seniority ‘bracket’. For a university-qualified upper secondary school teacher, it ranges from €119.24 at the start of their career to a maximum of €185.38.

For a school support staff member, the pay rises from 85 to 110 euros; for an administrative assistant, from 95 to 128 euros, depending on length of service.

Once the agreement has been finally signed, staff will also be entitled to the arrears accrued since the start of the contract. The estimated amounts are €1,253 for staff at research institutions, €1,034 for AFAM staff, €855 for school teachers, €854 for university staff and €633 for school ATA staff.