Salary check revealed in Austria: Viennese are the absolute top earners

A look into Austrians’ wallets reveals that Viennese and Vorarlbergers are the highest earners compared to federal states. The latest salary check also clearly shows the gap between men’s and women’s incomes.Working Austrians earn an average of 49,121 euros gross per year, but salaries vary from province to province. This results from an evaluation by the employer rating platform kununu, which analyzed 181,000 salary data from the years 2023 and 2024. Viennese and Vorarlbergers earn the highest salariesAccording to the study, Viennese and Vorarlbergers earn the highest average salaries at…

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Austria: Last chance to get a climate bonus

Despite the planned abolition of the climate bonus, many Austrians can still benefit from a final payment of up to 290 euros. Find out who is eligible and how you can still receive the bonus. Savings package from Blau-SchwarzAccording to the current austerity plans of the FPÖ and ÖVP, the climate bonus will be a thing of the past as early as this year. The measure, which is still in coalition negotiations and has not yet been decided, is expected to save around two billion euros in the budget by…

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Social media and streaming are threatening the life satisfaction of young people in Austria

It is well known that mental problems among young people are on the rise. A new study now reveals that the increased use of social media and streaming services is negatively contributing to this. Social media and streaming threaten the life satisfaction of young people in Austria. Although a study for the “Mental Health Days,” in which responses from around 14,500 young people were evaluated, revealed a high level of life satisfaction in general, individual aspects such as depression are widespread. The online content consumed could play a role here,…

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