My EU Salary 2025 rates

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Build a clear monthly estimate from your category, grade, duty station and family allowances.

Rates effective: 01 Jul 2025
Official source: Official Journal C/2025/6564
Data status: Reviewed 02 Aug 2026

Calculation matrix

Monthly salary estimate

Staff category

Grade Step

Residence allowance

Duty station

Dependent children

Personal circumstances

Household allowance School-age children Subset of dependent children. Preschool children Subset not counted as school-age. Working time 100%

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Estimated net monthly pay

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Gross — EU tax — Contributions — Allowances —

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Adjusted basic salary The official monthly basic salary for the selected staff category, grade and step, scaled by the working-time percentage. The duty-station coefficient is applied later.: —
Household allowance Optional family allowance. This estimate adds 2% of adjusted basic salary plus €241.21 when household allowance is selected.: —
Dependent-child allowance Monthly allowance for declared dependent children. The estimate uses €527.06 per child before the duty-station coefficient.: —
Education allowances Combined estimate for declared school-age and preschool children: €357.62 per school-age child and €128.76 per preschool child.: —
Residence allowance Expatriation allowance is estimated at 16% of basic salary, household allowance and child allowance, subject to a €714.89 minimum. Foreign-residence allowance uses 4%. Choose “None” when neither applies.: —
Correction coefficient The duty-station cost-of-living adjustment applied to basic salary and allowances. A coefficient of 100% leaves the amount unchanged; lower or higher percentages reduce or increase it.: —
Gross remuneration Adjusted basic salary plus modeled household, child, education and residence allowances, after the duty-station correction coefficient and before deductions.: —
Pension Estimated pension contribution of 12.1%, applied to basic salary after working-time and duty-station adjustments.: —
Insurance and unemployment Health insurance (1.7%) and accident insurance (0.1%) use adjusted basic salary. Temporary and contract agents may also pay an estimated 0.81% unemployment contribution above the applicable abatement.: —
Estimated EU tax Progressive monthly EU income tax estimated from gross remuneration after pension and insurance contributions. Personal abatements and institution-specific decisions are not modeled.: —
Special levy A 6.0% levy modeled on the eligible amount above €3,754.39 for non-contract grades 9 and above. It is zero when the modeled eligibility conditions are not met.: —
Estimated net pay Gross remuneration minus modeled pension, insurance, unemployment, EU tax and special levy. This is a planning estimate, not an official payslip calculation.: —

Planning estimate only. Individual abatements, entitlements and institution-specific decisions can change final pay.

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What the estimate includes

One calculation. Every visible assumption.

Current basic pay

Official, temporary-agent, AST/SC and contract-agent scales from the current Official Journal update.

Location adjustment

Correction coefficients for 29 EU duty stations, from Brussels to Stockholm.

Allowances

Residence, household, dependent-child, education and preschool amounts tied to your inputs.

EU deductions

Progressive EU tax, pension, insurance, unemployment contribution and special levy.

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Administrators (AD)

Policy, legal, economic, audit, scientific, management and specialist roles in grades AD 5 to AD 16.

AD 5 AD 6 AD 7 AD 8 AD 9 AD 10 AD 11 AD 12 AD 13 AD 14 AD 15 AD 16

Assistants (AST)

Executive, technical and administrative roles in grades AST 1 to AST 11.

AST 1 AST 2 AST 3 AST 4 AST 5 AST 6 AST 7 AST 8 AST 9 AST 10 AST 11

Secretaries and clerks (AST/SC)

Office management, administrative support and clerical roles in grades AST/SC 1 to AST/SC 6.

AST/SC 1 AST/SC 2 AST/SC 3 AST/SC 4 AST/SC 5 AST/SC 6

Contract agents (FG I-IV)

Contract-agent pay scales grouped by duties, qualifications and professional experience.

FG I FG II FG III FG IV

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EU salary calculator FAQ

What is the current EU salary grid?

The calculator uses the latest published annual EU salary update shown beside the calculator. Rates remain current until a newer official update is reviewed.

Is basic salary the same as take-home pay?

No. Estimated take-home pay depends on EU tax, pension and insurance contributions, the special levy, duty-station correction coefficients and allowances.

Which staff categories are supported?

Officials and temporary agents on the AD and AST grid, AST/SC staff, and contract agents in function groups I to IV are included.

Which allowances are included?

The estimate models expatriation or foreign-residence allowance, household allowance, dependent-child allowance, education allowance and preschool allowance.

Is this an official EU calculation?

No. My EU Salary is an independent planning tool. Only the employing institution can issue an authoritative individual salary calculation.