Country guide
Pay transparency in Austria
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Austria, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
Austria has NOT transposed Directive (EU) 2023/970 and the 7 June 2026 deadline passed without a bill; the consolidated Gleichbehandlungsgesetz names directives only up to (EU) 2019/1158 and was last amended by BGBl. I Nr. 115/2023. The pre-existing Einkommensbericht duty under GlBG § 11a — in force since 1 March 2011 and reaching employers of more than 150 from the 2013 reporting year — is what binds today.
Austria has not yet transposed the directive, and the 7 June 2026 deadline has passed. The directive's own thresholds are the best guide until national law is enacted; any pre-existing national pay-reporting regime continues to apply in the meantime.
Austria sets reporting duties by employer size; the table below lists each band as the law states it. The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
We have not yet confirmed from the national text whether the pay-gap figures must be published. Either way, the underlying work is the same: establish work of equal value through gender-neutral job evaluation, produce the statutory pay-gap report in the national format, and run a joint assessment where the gap is too wide.
Obligations at a glance
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| Joint pay assessment | The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public publication | Not yet confirmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Competent authority | Gleichbehandlungskommission / Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft (GBK/GAW) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Austria?
Austria has not yet transposed the directive, and the 7 June 2026 deadline has passed. The directive's own thresholds are the best guide until national law is enacted; any pre-existing national pay-reporting regime continues to apply in the meantime.
Which employers have to report in Austria?
Austria sets reporting duties by employer size; the table below lists each band as the law states it. More than 1,000 employees, from 2010, every two years.
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Austria?
The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
This guide summarises publicly available information for orientation only. It is not legal advice — confirm every figure against the national transposition text (Austria) before relying on it.