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How this page calculates
Every price on this page can be traced back through this chain:
- Official sourceThe Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue publishes the wage scales.
- Dataset versionEvery publication gets a fixed version with a checksum; older versions are kept.
- Job categoryYou choose category A through F according to the official classification.
- SeniorityYour years in the same qualification and with the same employer determine the wage band.
- Official minimum rateThe exact, published gross hourly wage for that category and band.
- Your business assumptionsYou set employer charges, overhead, billable time and margin yourself.
- Calculation by WerfvoltThe formulas combine the official floor and your assumptions into your indicative client rate.
The official job title is the legal name from the source table and stays in Dutch or French. Werfvolt adds a translated explanation but never changes the official name.
Abbreviations
- PSC 149.01
- Joint Subcommittee for Electricians: Installation and Distribution — the body that sets these wage scales.
- FOD WASO
- The Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue — publishes the scales.
- VAT
- Value-added tax; every rate on this page is shown excluding VAT.
- SHA-256
- A digital fingerprint of the source document; if the content changes, this code changes too.
Official wage source
Official sector data
- Sector
- PSC 149.01 — Geschoolde arbeider 3de categorie
- Scope
- Minimum gross hourly wages for blue-collar workers
- Valid from
- 1 January 2026
- Source updated
- 21 January 2026
- Working regime
- 38 h/week
- Indexation January 2026
- 2.23%
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The wage scales are sector minima, not an average or recommended market wage cost. The correct job category depends on the actual knowledge, tasks and responsibilities of the employee.
Dataset be-psc14901-minimum-hourly-wages-2026-01 · SHA-256 d6228060df905a43fea537ec0da6521a2dc177f2caa28ba1842911c8b04e00a9
Sources and timeliness
Business assumptions The production version is prepared for official Belgian sector wages with source attribution and reference date. The current amounts are demo values.
Definitions
- Paid hour
- An hour for which the employee receives wages, even when it cannot be billed to a client.
- Billable hour
- A paid hour that is attributed directly to a client or project.
- Employer cost
- Gross wage, employer charges and fixed employee costs combined.
- Client rate
- The calculated hourly rate excluding VAT that supports the chosen target margin.
Your active calculation path
These values follow the scenario currently set on the page.
- Gross hourly wage
- €21,10
- Employer charges
- 52% · €10,97
- Fixed employee costs / paid hour
- €2,33
- Employer cost / paid hour
- €34,40
- Annual labour cost
- €67.974,40
- Overhead and vehicle
- €7.400,00
- Billable hours
- 1.541 uur
- Cost per billable hour
- €48,90
- Target margin
- 24%
- Profitable client rate
- €64,30
- Reference date
- 15 juli 2026
Official sector data Business assumptions Calculated by Werfvolt
Calculated by Werfvolt All derived amounts are recalculated whenever you change an assumption.
Margin is not the same as markup
Margin is measured against the selling price; markup against the cost price. A 20% margin on a €50 cost therefore requires a rate of €62.50, not €60.
Calculated by Werfvolt
Assumptions, geography and VAT
- Geography: Belgian installation businesses; regional selection is prepared for Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia.
- Tax basis: all client rates are shown excluding VAT.
- Billable time and costs are business assumptions, not official averages.
- The sensitivity analysis shows arithmetic consequences, not statistical or causal relationships.
- The time series and unit prices show sample figures for now; official datasets will follow.
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Disclaimer
The Rate Barometer is a transparent calculation tool. The outcome is indicative and does not constitute wage, tax, social-law or commercial advice. You remain responsible for the assumptions and the final rate.