Not one number, but a stack — grade, contract, duty station and the allowances between them. Four ways in. Pick where you want to start.
Start here The Pay Stack — our UN pay calculator: watch any salary build to its real take-home →Staff or affiliate personnel — the one line that quietly decides your pension, leave and job security.
12 contract types · staff & affiliate personnel 02What every grade and step actually pays — net base, gross and pension.
P-1 → D-2 · net base, gross & pension 03Post adjustment, hardship, education grant, pension — every line of the package, and which contract unlocks it.
21 allowances, grants & deductions 04The same grade pays differently in Geneva, Nairobi and Juba — see where a UN salary really goes furthest.
Post adjustment · hardship · real cost of livingA UNjobnet interpretation. We've rebuilt the UN's contract modalities, salary scales and benefits-and-allowances system in plain language and visuals — to help job seekers understand what a UN offer really means, not to reproduce the dense official paperwork. Treat it as a guide, not an official document: for anything you're relying on, always confirm with ICSC and the respective organization.