Salaries

• Latest salary scales (effective 1 March 2002)

• Salary scales: The salary scales for the Professional and higher categories are based on five Professional grades (P-1 to P-5), two Director levels (D-1 and D-2) as well as the levels of Assistant Secretary-General and Under Secretary-General in some organizations and Assistant Director-General and Deputy Director-General in others. The scales are expressed as gross and net base salaries and applied uniformly, worldwide, by all organizations in the United Nations common system. Net base salary is obtained by deducting staff assessment from gross base salary.

• Level of salaries: The level of salaries for Professional staff is determined on the basis of the Noblemaire Principle which states that the international civil service should be able to recruit staff from from its Member States, including the highest-paid. Therefore, the salaries of Professional staff are set by reference to the highest-paying national civil service. The International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) makes a periodic check to identify the national civil service of the Member State which has the highest pay levels and which by its size and structure lends itself to a significant comparison. The federal civil service of the United States of America has to date been taken as the highest paid national civil service.

Benefits and Allowances

Staff members of the United Nations are provided with various allowances and benefits as part of conditions of service. The terms and conditions under which allowances and benefits are available to staff members are established by the Secretary-General in accordance with the United Nations Staff Rules and Regulations.

This page provides a brief summary of the terms and conditions of the following major allowances and benefits. Please note that the information contained in this page is subject to the United Nations Staff Rules and Regulations.