![]() ![]() I wish I would have had something like this resource before starting out on my career in EU institutions. If you know someone who’s interested in working for the “institutions”, share the article with them to, hopefully, motivate the person to apply for their first vacancy call or not give up after the first unsuccessful one. Hence, based on my experience in working for the EU, I’ve created this guide. However, most people struggle with ‘legalese’ in these documents, that makes hard to comprehend not only what is the actual basic salary, but total take-home pay. Information covered in this article comes from public sources, mainly the Staff Regulations and various vacancy announcements by EU institutions. #Project haven sc2 specialist how toYou might also want to read this article: How to get a job in an EU agency? The article also does not cover such staff groups as Seconded National Experts or SNEs, interims, nor trainees as these have their separate employment conditions and rules. This article applies to the European Commission, European Parliament, European Council, EU Agencies, and other EU institutions, as these rules are applied uniformly across the “EU system”. This article provides an overview of what a future Administrator, Assistant (‘fonctionnaire’ in French) and a Contract Agent (‘agent contractuel’ in French) at the European Commission is entitled to – the basic salary, allowances, health insurance, pension rights et cetera. Of course, they are by no means low compared to most EU countries’ average pay levels and come with additional allowances and other benefits. However, for the majority of EU employees their salaries and other benefits are significantly lower and depend on the type of contract you have and multiple other factors, e.g., employment duration and seniority of the post. Indeed, the top EU jobs are lucrative hovering around the 25 000 EUR per month mark with extra perks. Media often portray the EU institutions as if everyone working in them is drowning in money. How is pay calculated in EU institutions?. ![]()
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