Purpose
EqualPurchasing power
The system aims for equivalent purchasing power across EU duty stations, not identical euro amounts.
Duty-station adjustment
EU correction coefficients.
A common EU salary does not buy the same basket in every city. Correction coefficients adjust pay to preserve comparable purchasing power, using Brussels as the statistical reference.
Reference
100%Brussels baseline
Belgium and Luxembourg have no correction coefficient. Brussels is the statistical base for comparison.
Cycle
1 JulyAnnual reference date
Eurostat recalculates the annual rates for 1 July. An intermediate review can update qualifying locations from 1 January.
Calculator rates
Rates used by My EU Salary, effective 01 Jul 2025. The last column shows the effect on a €5,000 reference amount; it is not a net-pay quote.
| Duty station | Coefficient | €5,000 reference |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium / Brussels | 100.0% | €5,000.00 |
| Luxembourg | 100.0% | €5,000.00 |
| Bulgaria | 66.1% | €3,305.00 |
| Czechia | 91.2% | €4,560.00 |
| Denmark | 130.5% | €6,525.00 |
| Germany | 102.7% | €5,135.00 |
| Germany - Munich | 112.0% | €5,600.00 |
| Estonia | 95.0% | €4,750.00 |
| Ireland | 130.7% | €6,535.00 |
| Greece | 87.0% | €4,350.00 |
| Spain | 92.4% | €4,620.00 |
| France | 113.6% | €5,680.00 |
| Croatia | 84.3% | €4,215.00 |
| Italy | 87.5% | €4,375.00 |
| Italy - Varese | 87.0% | €4,350.00 |
| Cyprus | 79.0% | €3,950.00 |
| Latvia | 84.3% | €4,215.00 |
| Lithuania | 87.4% | €4,370.00 |
| Hungary | 76.6% | €3,830.00 |
| Malta | 92.4% | €4,620.00 |
| Netherlands | 113.2% | €5,660.00 |
| Austria | 106.7% | €5,335.00 |
| Poland | 82.3% | €4,115.00 |
| Portugal | 92.4% | €4,620.00 |
| Romania | 72.9% | €3,645.00 |
| Slovenia | 86.6% | €4,330.00 |
| Slovakia | 85.1% | €4,255.00 |
| Finland | 110.8% | €5,540.00 |
| Sweden | 119.5% | €5,975.00 |
01 · Why it exists
Same job. Comparable purchasing power.
EU institutions use common salary scales, but staff work in cities with different price levels. A fixed euro salary would therefore buy more in some duty stations and less in others. The coefficient puts the equal-treatment principle into practice: staff outside Belgium and Luxembourg should neither lose out because local living costs are higher nor gain an advantage because they are lower.
A rate above 100% is not a bonus. A rate below 100% is not a penalty. Both are statistical adjustments intended to make the local value of remuneration comparable with the Brussels reference.
1972
The Council's first salary-update method already included correction coefficients. Its principles included equality, transparency and objectivity.
1994
Eurostat's public duty-station time series begins. Earlier coefficients were calculated, but are not present in this dataset.
2014
The reformed Staff Regulations made annual and intermediate updates automatic under Articles 64 and 65 and Annex XI.
Today
Eurostat and national statistical institutes collect prices, calculate parities and publish updated coefficients every year.
02 · Calculation
From local prices to one percentage.
Eurostat compares the price of an equivalent basket of goods and services in a duty station with the Brussels basket. Roughly 3,000 priced items are grouped into 80 basic headings. The work combines recurring consumer-price surveys, annual rent surveys and household-expenditure surveys among international officials.
Each group receives a weight reflecting how staff households spend. Eurostat aggregates the price relationships using both Brussels and duty-station consumption patterns to produce an economic parity.
Correction coefficient = economic parity ÷ remuneration exchange rate × 100
For euro-area duty stations, the remuneration exchange rate is 1, so the coefficient is the economic parity expressed as a percentage. For non-euro countries, the exchange rate converts euro pay into local currency. Its effect is designed to cancel within the calculation, leaving the local purchasing-power adjustment.
03 · Updates
A measured annual cycle.
- Collect. National statistical institutes and Eurostat gather prices. Direct surveys refresh parts of the basket; HICP sub-indices update the other parts.
- Weight. Household-expenditure patterns and dedicated housing research determine how individual price relationships contribute to the total.
- Compare. Each duty station is compared with Brussels. The Joint Belgium–Luxembourg Index tracks the reference area's price movement.
- Publish. The annual update takes effect from 1 July and is normally published later in the year. A regulatory safeguard allows intermediate updates from 1 January when local price movement crosses the applicable threshold.
The annual coefficient update is separate from an update of the basic salary grid. One adjusts for differences between places; the other changes the common salary scale.
Five-year history
Annual July observations for total consumption, including rent. “Jul” means the second-semester value effective from 1 July.
| Duty station | Jul 2021 | Jul 2022 | Jul 2023 | Jul 2024 | Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium / Brussels | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Luxembourg | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Bulgaria | 61.7% | 65.0% | 68.6% | 64.8% | 66.1% |
| Czechia | 88.1% | 95.5% | 102.9% | 91.8% | 91.2% |
| Denmark | 134.2% | 134.7% | 131.4% | 129.8% | 130.5% |
| Germany | 101.4% | 100.6% | 103.4% | 102.2% | 102.7% |
| Germany - Munich | 113.4% | 112.2% | 115.3% | 113.0% | 112.0% |
| Estonia | 86.3% | 94.1% | 98.9% | 93.4% | 95.0% |
| Ireland | 133.6% | 136.3% | 139.6% | 130.7% | 130.7% |
| Greece | 85.2% | 89.4% | 89.6% | 86.0% | 87.0% |
| Spain | 96.3% | 97.4% | 94.7% | 92.3% | 92.4% |
| France | 119.9% | 116.8% | 119.5% | 114.2% | 113.6% |
| Croatia | 78.3% | 80.0% | 84.8% | 82.3% | 84.3% |
| Italy | 95.2% | 94.7% | 97.3% | 87.6% | 87.5% |
| Italy - Varese | 91.2% | 92.0% | 95.0% | 86.9% | 87.0% |
| Cyprus | 82.2% | 82.6% | 82.5% | 79.4% | 79.0% |
| Latvia | 80.0% | 85.9% | 88.0% | 84.1% | 84.3% |
| Lithuania | 80.1% | 87.4% | 93.4% | 86.7% | 87.4% |
| Hungary | 76.1% | 69.6% | 86.7% | 75.5% | 76.6% |
| Malta | 94.0% | 92.1% | 93.2% | 91.8% | 92.4% |
| Netherlands | 111.4% | 109.8% | 114.6% | 111.4% | 113.2% |
| Austria | 109.6% | 108.8% | 112.0% | 105.4% | 106.7% |
| Poland | 70.6% | 71.7% | 80.5% | 78.8% | 82.3% |
| Portugal | 91.4% | 95.5% | 96.6% | 92.1% | 92.4% |
| Romania | 68.5% | 70.1% | 74.6% | 72.1% | 72.9% |
| Slovenia | 84.9% | 87.1% | 91.9% | 85.9% | 86.6% |
| Slovakia | 79.9% | 81.3% | 84.8% | 84.2% | 85.1% |
| Finland | 118.6% | 117.3% | 118.6% | 112.0% | 110.8% |
| Sweden | 130.3% | 124.9% | 115.8% | 117.7% | 119.5% |
Source: Eurostat prc_colc_tot dataset, annual S2 observations, retrieved after its 17 Jun 2026 update. The published series starts at 1994-S2.
Read trends carefully. Correction coefficients compare places at one point in time; survey samples and methods can improve between years. They are not a general inflation index.
05 · Calculator use
How My EU Salary models location.
For its planning estimate, My EU Salary adds modeled salary and allowances, then applies the selected duty-station coefficient. Pension and insurance estimates use the coefficient-adjusted basic salary.
The Staff Regulations describe the official payroll coefficient as applying to remuneration after compulsory deductions. Individual entitlements and payroll treatment can change the final amount, so an institution's payslip remains authoritative.
06 · Official sources
Law, method and data.
- EU Staff Regulations, Articles 64 and 65 and Annex XI — legal basis for applying and updating coefficients.
- Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — 2014 reform and automatic update mechanism.
- Eurostat civil-servant remuneration methodology — purpose, formula, surveys and annual process.
- Eurostat correction-coefficient metadata — definitions, coverage and interpretation of the historical series.
- Official Journal C/2025/6564 — rates effective 01 Jul 2025 and used by this calculator.