Salary

Wage negotiations 2026

In 2026, there will be a main settlement. In the main settlements, both pay increases and changes to the other provisions of the collective agreements are negotiated. You can read more about how wage negotiations in the State take place on our website.

Wage negotiations 2025

Unio reached an agreement with the State in this year's wage negotiations. The agreement implies an annual salary growth of 4.4 percent, which provides a disposable framework of approximately 3.3 percent per May 1. The local wage negotiations at NTNU have been completed. In the local negotiations, a general supplement of 1.3% was given. The pot beyond this was distributed as individual supplements.

Salary adjustment at NTNU

Annual local salary negotiations
2.5.1 negotiations

The central negotiations are led by the Ministry of Local Government and District Affairs (KDD). The agreement and the financial framework are negotiated centrally, while the distribution of wages takes place in the local negotiations at NTNU. The local negotiations take place in the autumn, and take place every year. In the last two years, approximately half of the salary pot has been given as a general supplement, the rest has been distributed as individual supplements.

We encourage all our members to submit salary claims via us in Forskerforbundet at NTNU. The salary claim is submitted by filling in a claim form, where you write a short and concrete justification, where you write down criteria that are most relevant for salary increases. The salary claims you submit in 2.5.1, the negotiations are used by us in the trade union, and are not shared with the employer. Our members receive information about submitting salary claims well before the local salary negotiations start.

The employer and the organizations are equal parties in the negotiations, which means that we must agree before there can be a negotiation result.

Salary negotiations on a special basis
2.5.3 negotiations

Salary negotiations are carried out on a special basis outside the annual local salary negotiations, and these negotiations are normally held twice per semester. The dates for the negotiations are determined by the HR and HSE department at NTNU.
Salary claims can be made on a special basis based on one of the following conditions:

• To recruit or retain labor.
  In cases where it is particularly difficult to recruit and retain qualified labor, there is room to negotiate salary. An example is if you are offered another job, and the employer is in danger of losing valuable expertise.
• In the event of significant changes in the position
  A claim can be submitted if you have been given work tasks that qualitatively require something more than before, and that the new tasks are at a higher level.
• In case of extraordinary effort
  If you have made an extraordinary work effort, a claim can be submitted. Extraordinary work effort means an effort that goes beyond what can be expected in your position.

Invite your manager to a salary conversation if you believe that you fall under one of these points. It is the employer who normally makes claims for 2.5.3 negotiations. Claims based on extraordinary effort or recruitment considerations are discussed with the trade unions, but in the event of disagreement, the employer's last offer applies.

Salary assessment in the first year of employment and upon transition to a permanent position
2.5.5 no.3

The employer must, within 12 months of employment, and upon transition from a temporary to a permanent position, reassess the employee's salary placement within the position's salary alternatives. We recommend asking for a salary conversation with your immediate manager well before 12 months have passed. In this connection, it may be useful to familiarize yourself with current salary statistics.

Salary assessment after unpaid leave
2.5.5 no.4

An employee who has been on leave without pay must be assessed in terms of salary by the employer upon re-entry.