Road transport (JC 140.03): what minimum wage in 2026?

Who is covered?

Joint subcommittee 140.03 (CP 140.03 in French, PC 140.03 in Dutch) covers blue-collar workers in road haulage and logistics for third parties: lorry and van drivers, couriers (driving staff), warehouse workers and storage staff (non-driving staff), garage staff. White-collar staff in these companies often come under JC 226.

How do you read the pay scale?

Drivers: the minimum depends on the job level, from 1 to 4. The level is worked out with the tool of the Fonds social Transport et Logistique (the sector social fund), which scores ten criteria: from 10–14 points for level 1 up to 26–36 points for level 4. What counts is the tasks actually carried out each day.

Logistics: the minimum depends on the job class (warehouse worker, supervision, quality control).

A seniority supplement is added per hour of work and availability after 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15 and 20 years in the company. The scales below apply to 38 hours a week; the 39-hour scheme, with 6 paid compensatory days off, has a slightly lower hourly wage. Wages are indexed every year on 1 January.

The full minimum pay scales

Driving staff: drivers, by job level (38 hours a week)

Non-driving staff (logistics): warehouse workers, supervision and inspection (38 hours a week)

Company seniority supplement

The 39-hour week

These amounts are minimums: your employer can pay you more. They can never be lower than the guaranteed average minimum monthly income (€2,233.61 full-time), see the net minimum wage.

How much net on the pay scale?

Indexation: when does your pay scale go up?

Every year, on 1 January. Based on the change in the health index over one year. Indexation applies to the pay scales (minimum wages). Your employer cannot refuse it.

• Next indexation: Indexation scheduled for 1 January 2027; percentage not yet published.

The percentage of the next indexation has not been published yet: this page will be updated as soon as it is.

Cents indexation. Since 1 June 2026 (Programme Act of 30 May 2026, applying to all sectors), for a salary above €4,000 gross a month full-time, the first 2 indexation points are calculated on €4,000, i.e. at most €80 a month; the rest of the indexation applies as normal. The pay scales on this page stay below this threshold. Source: Partena Professional.

The indexation radar calculates the effect on your own salary: salary indexation.

Year-end bonus

• Who is entitled: Blue-collar workers in the sector (National Social Security Office (NSSO) category 083) with at least €2,500 of gross pay declared from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
• Amount: 5% of gross wages (at 100%) declared to the NSSO during that period, with one or more employers in the sector. A higher company bonus replaces it.
• Payment: By the Fonds social Transport et Logistique, by bank transfer, from 20 December 2026.

Source: CSC/ACV (secondary source). You can calculate the net bonus with the year-end bonus tool.

Other amounts in the sector

• Subsistence allowance: €47.931 above 24 hours, €19.4285 below 24 hours.
• Meal vouchers: since 1 July 2026, an employer contribution of €2 a day after 6 months’ seniority where there were none, or €2 more where they existed before 1 January 2025 (source: Partena Professional).
• Students: 90% of the scale hourly wage.

Amounts in force on 1 January 2026, according to CSC/ACV Transcom (secondary source), unless otherwise stated.

Holiday pay and other bonuses can be calculated with bonuses and holiday pay.

Frequently asked questions

What next?

• All joint committeesThe minimum in other sectors and the checking tool.
• Minimum wage: how much net?The statutory minimum, valid for all sectors.
• Salary indexationYour sector’s next indexation, in net terms.
• Check my payslipRecalculate every line of your payslip.