administrator career
European Union institutions
EU officials' salary: function group, grade, step and place.
Understand the AD, AST and AST/SC careers, Article 66 salary steps and correction coefficients without confusing basic pay with take-home pay.
Pay system at a glance
Start with the structure, then check the employer and place.
Currency: EUR2025 grid / 2026 coefficients
assistant career
secretary and clerk career
How the scale works
Grade and progression
1
Function group defines the career
Permanent officials are classified as administrators (AD), assistants (AST), or secretaries and clerks (AST/SC), according to the duties and level of responsibility.
2
Article 66 sets grade-and-step basic pay
The official table provides monthly basic salary for each available grade and step. Depending on the grade, the table contains up to five steps.
3
Step advancement is not promotion
An official normally advances to the next step after two years at a step under Article 44. Promotion to a higher grade is a separate merit-based decision.
Why two salaries can differ
Employer, place and coverage
Place of employment
Eligible duty stations outside Brussels and Luxembourg use correction coefficients designed to preserve comparable purchasing power.
Personal allowances and deductions
Family, expatriation or foreign-residence allowances depend on eligibility. EU tax, pension, insurance and other deductions affect net pay.
Staff category
Temporary agents and contract agents have different appointment and salary provisions. A permanent-official grid is not a universal EU-worker payslip.
Newest verified update
Basic grid effective 1 July 2025
A June 2026 coefficient update did not replace the salary grid
The latest general Article 66 grid was published on 11 December 2025 with effect from 1 July 2025. An Official Journal notice dated 24 June 2026 updated specified extra-EU correction coefficients only.
Before using a figure
Checks that make the number useful.
- Net pay: the Article 66 figure is monthly basic salary, not take-home pay.
- Staff category: not every EU employee is a permanent official covered by this grid.
- Allowances: expatriation and family allowances depend on individual eligibility.
- Progression: step advancement is separate from merit-based promotion to another grade.
- Latest update: the June 2026 notice changed selected extra-EU coefficients, not the general grid.
Official sources only
Verify the current rate at source
These links lead to the government or EU authority responsible for the structure, current table or employment framework.
2025 annual remuneration updateThe Article 66 basic salary tables effective 1 July 2025 and correction coefficients.Consolidated EU Staff RegulationsThe legal rules for function groups, steps, promotion, allowances and deductions.EU Careers administrator gradesAD 5-16 career and usual entry points for graduates and specialists.Eurostat correction-coefficient methodologyHow place-of-employment adjustments preserve comparable purchasing power.June 2026 extra-EU coefficient updateThe newest verified notice, limited to specified extra-EU duty-station coefficients.
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