Not one number, but a stack — grade, contract, duty station and the allowances between them. Build yours in the calculator, or pick a way in.
Watch any UN salary build layer by layer — net base, post adjustment, hardship, then pension and insurance coming off — to the figure that actually lands in your account.
Your grade · your duty station · your real take-home Start here 01Staff or affiliate personnel — the one line that quietly decides your pension, leave and job security.
11 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 livingSome of the biggest employers advertising here set their own pay entirely — no ICSC scale, no post adjustment. Pick one to price any grade by duty station.
How Co-ordinated Organisation pay works · All employer salary scales
A 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.