Salaries

The main component of our pay is the basic salary; the amount varies depending on staff category, grade, step and multiplication factor.

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Remuneration is subject to Community tax and other deductions laid down in the Staff Regulations. It is exempt from any national income taxation and staff are members of the European Commission’s social security and pension schemes.

To find out the basic salary, check the scales below for temporary and contract staff. It will, where appropriate, be increased by the allowances set out in the relevant Staff Regulations or Conditions of Employment. Our pay is also weighted by applying a correction coefficient based on the cost of living in Netherlands that is adjusted every year.

Basic salary table for Temporary Agents

Basic monthly salaries are for each grade and step in function groups AD and AST. Applicable from 1 July 2024.

GRADEStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5
1622 970,7023 935,9624 941,78  
1520 302,2621 155,4022 044,3522 657,6722 970,70
1417 943,7718 697,8319 483,5220 025,5820 302,26
1315 859,3316 525,7517 220,1617 699,2917 943,77
1214 016,9814 605,9915 219,7715 643,1915 859,33
1112 388,6612 909,2413 451,7113 825,9714 016,98
1010 949,5411 409,6311 889,0912 219,8512 388,66
99 677,5410 084,2110 507,9810 800,3010 949,54
88 553,328 912,759 287,279 545,679 677,54
77 559,727 877,398 208,408 436,788 553,32
66 681,516 962,307 254,847 456,707 559,72
55 905,366 153,516 412,086 590,506 681,51
45 219,365 438,665 667,205 824,895 905,36
34 613,004 806,885 008,875 148,205 219,36
24 077,144 248,474 426,994 550,174 613,00
13 603,503 754,933 912,704 021,614 077,14


Basic salary table for Contract Agents

Basic monthly salaries for contract agents are as provided in the following table. Applicable from 1 July 2024.

GROUPGRADEStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7
IV187 918,578 083,258 251,328 422,948 598,128 776,918 959,41
 176 998,667 144,177 292,757 444,427 599,237 757,257 918,57
 166 185,586 314,216 445,526 579,566 716,406 856,096 998,66
 155 466,955 580,645 696,725 815,185 936,136 059,556 185,58
 144 831,854 932,335 034,915 139,605 246,535 355,585 466,95
 134 270,494 359,324 449,974 542,544 636,984 733,424 831,85
III125 466,885 580,565 696,635 815,085 935,986 059,436 185,43
 114 831,824 932,275 034,845 139,535 246,425 355,515 466,88
 104 270,484 359,294 449,954 542,514 636,954 733,394 831,82
 93 774,403 852,893 933,014 014,814 098,304 183,504 270,48
 83 335,943 405,313 476,143 548,403 622,213 697,523 774,40
II73 774,313 852,833 932,954 014,744 098,284 183,504 270,49
 63 335,793 405,143 475,983 548,283 622,083 697,413 774,31
 52 948,183 009,493 072,103 136,003 201,213 267,813 335,79
 42 605,622 659,832 715,162 771,632 829,272 888,122 948,18
I33 209,933 276,543 344,563 413,963 484,803 557,153 630,99
 22 837,712 896,602 956,733 018,093 080,743 144,683 209,93
 12 508,672 560,762 613,882 668,112 723,512 780,022 837,71