Joint committee 200: what minimum wage in 2026?

Who is covered?

Joint committee 200 (CP 200 in French, PC 200 in Dutch) is the Supplementary Joint Committee for White-Collar Workers. It covers white-collar workers in companies whose activity does not come under any joint committee specific to white-collar workers, in many sectors: offices, services, wholesale trade, SMEs of all kinds. It is the country’s largest white-collar sector.

Blue-collar workers in the same companies come under another joint committee, often JC 100 (supplementary committee for blue-collar workers) or their own sector’s committee.

How do you read the pay scale?

The minimum depends on three things:

• your job class: A (operational roles), B (support), C (management) or D (advisory). It depends on what the job involves, not on qualifications;
• your relevant work experience, in years, including with other employers;
• your seniority in the company: scale I applies during the first year, the slightly higher scale II from the second year.

The full minimum pay scales

Scale I: during the first year in the company

Scale II: from the second year in the company

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. Smoothed health index for November and December of the past year, divided by that for November and December of the year before. Indexation applies to the pay scales and to actual salaries. Your employer cannot refuse it.

• Next indexation: SD Worx forecast 3.76% on 28 August 2026; the official percentage is known at the end of December or in early January.

If this forecast proves right, a salary of €2,242.81 gross a month (the lowest minimum on the scale: scale I, class A, less than a year) would rise by €96.89 gross, or about €41.30 net a month for a single person.

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: White-collar workers with at least 6 months’ seniority, under contract at the time of payment. Pro rata (1/12 per month worked) in the case of dismissal (except for serious misconduct), retirement, or resignation after 5 years’ seniority.
• Amount: One month’s gross salary (13th month). May be reduced for certain absences not treated as worked (beyond 60 days of illness, for example).
• Payment: In December, by the end of the year at the latest.

Source: FPS Employment. You can calculate the net bonus with the year-end bonus tool.

Other amounts in the sector

• Transport: since 1 January 2026, the train season ticket has been reimbursed at 100%; the bicycle allowance has been €0.32 per kilometre since 1 October 2026 (sector agreement). Indexo’s calculator takes this into account.

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.