High Salary EU Jobs

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This page filters the feed to the better-paid EU roles, showing positions with a basic salary of at least €6,000 per month. That threshold captures the graduate Administrator entry grade (AD5, from €6,152.64) and everything above it, including experienced-specialist AD7 posts (from €7,876.27) and the senior management grades that run well into five figures. EU pay is set by the Staff Regulations grid and topped up by the expatriation allowance and family allowances, which lifts take-home further for staff recruited from abroad. See /guide/eu-salaries/ for how the grid and allowances combine.

What €6,000-plus buys you on the EU grid

The €6,000 threshold sits right at the graduate Administrator entry grade: AD5 starts at €6,152.64 per month basic. Above it, AD7 runs from €7,876.27, AD9 from €10,082.77, and the director and director-general grades climb beyond €20,000. Temporary Agents at the agencies are paid on the same grid, so an AD-grade agency post falls in the same bands. These are basic figures before the 16% expatriation allowance (for staff recruited from another country), household and dependent-child allowances, and the duty-station correction coefficient, which in higher-cost postings such as The Hague or Luxembourg lifts the figure further.

Gross versus net, and where the money goes

The salary figures on the EU grid are gross basic pay. Actual take-home is lower after three deductions: the EU pension contribution, the joint sickness insurance scheme, and the progressive EU community tax, which together take roughly a quarter of gross for entry and mid grades, leaving net at about three-quarters of the headline figure. Against that, the expatriation allowance adds 16% for eligible staff and family allowances add several hundred euros a month for those with dependants. The correction coefficient then adjusts purchasing power by duty station. Our /guide/eu-salaries/ page walks through the full gross-to-net chain step by step.

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From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →
From the EU Jobs Alert guideHow to land a job at the EU institutionsA walkthrough of EPSO competitions, agency calls, and contract roles, written by our editor.Read the guide →

Frequently asked questions

What salary threshold does this page use?
This page shows EU roles with a basic salary of at least €6,000 per month. That captures the graduate Administrator entry grade (AD5, from €6,152.64) and everything above it, filtering out the lower assistant and contract-agent bands.
Which EU grades pay over €6,000 a month?
AD5 starts at €6,152.64, AD7 at €7,876.27 and AD9 at €10,082.77, all rising with step. Senior AST grades and the top FG IV steps also exceed €6,000. Temporary Agents on the AD grid fall in the same bands.
Is the EU salary figure gross or net?
The grid figures are gross basic pay. Net take-home is roughly three-quarters of gross after the EU pension contribution, sickness insurance and community tax, though the expatriation and family allowances push it back up for many staff.
Do EU salaries increase over time?
Yes. Within a grade, staff move up a step automatically every two years, and promotion to a higher grade on merit under Article 45 raises pay further. The grid itself is also updated annually by the Council to reflect cost-of-living changes.
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