Technical pay report 2027

What do you pay in 2027 for a maintenance technician, an automation engineer or a process operator? This yearly report puts, per role, our pay range next to the sector pay scale, what public pay sources report, the shortage status in the three regions and what the January indexation and the employer cost mean.

2027 edition, data checked up to and including 13 November 2026.

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What is inside

• Per role (13): our gross range per month, the sector minimum and maximum from the pay scale of the usual committees, what Indeed, Jobat, Talent.com, PayScale, Glassdoor and Statbel report, and the shortage status in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
• Per role: what the January indexation does to the middle of the range, and the annual employer cost at that middle.
• An overview table of all roles on one page.
• What changes in 2027: indexation per committee, the centenindex and pay transparency.
• Premiums per committee: end-of-year premium, eco vouchers and shift premium in short.
• A list of sources with a link and check date for each one.

The thirteen roles in one table

Our gross range per month, the committees the role usually falls under, the shortage status per region, what the January indexation does to the middle of the range and the annual employer cost at that middle.

Indexation under the PC 200 rule (forecast 4.48%, with centenindex); other committees index at another moment or by another percentage. Annual cost as white-collar, or as blue-collar where the role is a blue-collar job.

Method

This report brings together figures AltusConnect keeps per role and per joint committee, each with a source and a check date. It contains no figure that does not come from that data.

• Our pay range: the market-rate gross monthly range from our role profiles and the ranges in our vacancies, excluding premiums and benefits.
• Sector minimums: the official pay scales of the joint committees the role usually falls under.
• Public pay sources: what Indeed, Jobat, Talent.com, PayScale, Glassdoor and Statbel show per role, with the name of the source, in the unit of the source and without conversion. Self-reported pay and small samples are an indication, not a measurement.
• Indexation: the last official indexation per committee (Federal Public Service Employment) and the expected indexation according to Liantis and Securex, based on the Federal Planning Bureau.
• Shortage occupations: the 2026 lists of VDAB (Flanders), Le Forem (Wallonia) and Actiris (Brussels).
• Employer cost: the 2026 parameters of our labour cost calculator (employer social security, holiday pay, end-of-year premium). An indication: your payroll provider calculates the exact amount.

What this report is not

• Not a survey: we did not ask employers or employees for their pay.
• Not a sample of our own: the figures of public sources are their figures, with their limits.
• Not pay advice for one person: seniority, your company's agreement, premiums and benefits make the difference.