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Grade L1 at the Council of Europe in France pays from EUR 5,211 a month, net.
First step of the grade, a month, net. Effective 1 January 2026. Showing the duty stations the Council of Europe recruits for most. ✓ Checked 20 Aug 2026
| Duty station | Currency | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| France | EUR | EUR 5,211 |
| Netherlands | EUR | EUR 5,108 |
| Portugal | EUR | EUR 4,207 |
Reproduced from Council of Europe's own published salary structure. View the source document. Figures are reviewed periodically and can change without notice; the employer's own document is authoritative. UNjobnet is not affiliated with the Council of Europe.
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Grade L1 at the Council of Europe in France pays from EUR 5,211 a month, net.
No. Council of Europe sets grade L1 separately for each duty station. Across the 3 duty stations shown on this page the figures run from EUR 4,207 to EUR 5,211 a month.
The figures on this page are quoted net, per month, in EUR.
These figures come from the Council of Europe scale for effective 1 January 2026, as published by the Council of Europe. We last read that source and confirmed these figures on 20 August 2026.
Where a vacancy is advertised at A1/A2 or L1/L2, a candidate with at least six years of relevant experience is appointed at the higher grade; at B1/B2 or C1/C2 the threshold is four years. No A6 or A7 figure is published for Türkiye, so those cells are empty rather than borrowed.
The Council of Europe is one of the six Co-ordinated Organisations, which adjust pay by a shared method rather than a shared scale — so grade L1 here has no counterpart at another of the six. How Co-ordinated Organisation pay works.
This is not a UN common-system salary. The Council of Europe sets its own pay, so there is no post adjustment and no ICSC scale behind this grade — it cannot be compared with a P-4 or a GS-6 without accounting for the difference in basis. Try another grade or station in the estimator · How the Council of Europe pays · How UN pay works