What NATO pays

NATO grades civilian posts on a single salary spine of 24 grades, and pays the same grade differently in each country it operates in — grade G17 is roughly a quarter higher in Germany than in Italy. Salaries and emoluments paid to NATO international staff are exempt from taxation. Staff normally start at step one of their grade and advance a step a year, so every figure below is a starting salary, not a ceiling.

NATO grades

First step of the grade, a month, basic, first step. Effective 1 February 2026.

Grade	Belgium	Germany	Greece	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Spain	Türkiye	United Kingdom	United States
G1	EUR 3,345	EUR 3,714	EUR 2,898	EUR 2,930	EUR 3,702	NOK 46,809	PLN 11,578	EUR 3,099	EUR 3,109	TRY 133,324	GBP 3,092	USD 4,336
G2	EUR 3,516	EUR 3,903	EUR 3,046	EUR 3,079	EUR 3,891	NOK 49,195	PLN 12,168	EUR 3,257	EUR 3,268	TRY 140,125	GBP 3,250	USD 4,557
G3	EUR 3,551	EUR 3,942	EUR 3,076	EUR 3,110	EUR 3,930	NOK 49,688	PLN 12,290	EUR 3,289	EUR 3,300	TRY 141,527	GBP 3,282	USD 4,603
G4	EUR 3,695	EUR 4,102	EUR 3,201	EUR 3,237	EUR 4,089	NOK 51,706	PLN 12,789	EUR 3,423	EUR 3,434	TRY 147,273	GBP 3,416	USD 4,790
G5	EUR 3,807	EUR 4,226	EUR 3,298	EUR 3,335	EUR 4,213	NOK 53,272	PLN 13,177	EUR 3,527	EUR 3,538	TRY 151,736	GBP 3,519	USD 4,935
G6	EUR 3,923	EUR 4,354	EUR 3,398	EUR 3,436	EUR 4,341	NOK 54,886	PLN 13,576	EUR 3,634	EUR 3,646	TRY 156,333	GBP 3,626	USD 5,084
G7	EUR 4,205	EUR 4,669	EUR 3,643	EUR 3,683	EUR 4,654	NOK 58,846	PLN 14,555	EUR 3,896	EUR 3,909	TRY 167,611	GBP 3,887	USD 5,451
G8	EUR 4,205	EUR 4,669	EUR 3,643	EUR 3,683	EUR 4,654	NOK 58,846	PLN 14,555	EUR 3,896	EUR 3,909	TRY 167,611	GBP 3,887	USD 5,451
G9	EUR 4,599	EUR 5,106	EUR 3,985	EUR 4,029	EUR 5,090	NOK 64,358	PLN 15,919	EUR 4,261	EUR 4,275	TRY 183,313	GBP 4,251	USD 5,962
G10	EUR 4,739	EUR 5,261	EUR 4,105	EUR 4,151	EUR 5,244	NOK 66,309	PLN 16,401	EUR 4,390	EUR 4,404	TRY 188,868	GBP 4,380	USD 6,142
G11	EUR 5,235	EUR 5,811	EUR 4,535	EUR 4,585	EUR 5,793	NOK 73,246	PLN 18,117	EUR 4,849	EUR 4,865	TRY 208,628	GBP 4,838	USD 6,785
G12	EUR 5,393	EUR 5,987	EUR 4,672	EUR 4,724	EUR 5,968	NOK 75,465	PLN 18,666	EUR 4,996	EUR 5,012	TRY 214,949	GBP 4,985	USD 6,991
G13	EUR 5,557	EUR 6,169	EUR 4,814	EUR 4,867	EUR 6,149	NOK 77,752	PLN 19,232	EUR 5,147	EUR 5,164	TRY 221,462	GBP 5,136	USD 7,202
G14	EUR 6,138	EUR 6,814	EUR 5,317	EUR 5,376	EUR 6,792	NOK 85,886	PLN 21,244	EUR 5,686	EUR 5,705	TRY 244,632	GBP 5,673	USD 7,956
G15	EUR 6,713	EUR 7,452	EUR 5,816	EUR 5,880	EUR 7,429	NOK 93,933	PLN 23,234	EUR 6,219	EUR 6,239	TRY 267,551	GBP 6,205	USD 8,701
G16	EUR 6,848	EUR 7,602	EUR 5,932	EUR 5,998	EUR 7,578	NOK 95,822	PLN 23,701	EUR 6,344	EUR 6,364	TRY 272,928	GBP 6,330	USD 8,876
G17	EUR 8,273	EUR 9,184	EUR 7,167	EUR 7,246	EUR 9,155	NOK 115,763	PLN 28,633	EUR 7,664	EUR 7,689	TRY 329,727	GBP 7,647	USD 10,723
G18	EUR 8,524	EUR 9,462	EUR 7,384	EUR 7,466	EUR 9,433	NOK 119,271	PLN 29,501	EUR 7,896	EUR 7,922	TRY 339,718	GBP 7,879	USD 11,048
G19	EUR 8,959	EUR 9,945	EUR 7,761	EUR 7,847	EUR 9,914	NOK 125,354	PLN 31,006	EUR 8,299	EUR 8,326	TRY 357,047	GBP 8,281	USD 11,612
G20	EUR 9,605	EUR 10,662	EUR 8,321	EUR 8,413	EUR 10,629	NOK 134,397	PLN 33,242	EUR 8,897	EUR 8,927	TRY 382,803	GBP 8,878	USD 12,450
G21	EUR 10,196	EUR 11,318	EUR 8,833	EUR 8,930	EUR 11,283	NOK 142,664	PLN 35,287	EUR 9,445	EUR 9,476	TRY 406,353	GBP 9,424	USD 13,215
G22	EUR 11,151	EUR 12,379	EUR 9,660	EUR 9,767	EUR 12,340	NOK 156,030	PLN 38,593	EUR 10,330	EUR 10,364	TRY 444,423	GBP 10,307	USD 14,454
G23	EUR 13,206	EUR 14,660	EUR 11,441	EUR 11,567	EUR 14,614	NOK 184,787	PLN 45,706	EUR 12,234	EUR 12,274	TRY 526,332	GBP 12,207	USD 17,117
G24	EUR 14,443	EUR 16,034	EUR 12,512	EUR 12,651	EUR 15,983	NOK 202,100	PLN 49,988	EUR 13,380	EUR 13,423	TRY 575,641	GBP 13,350	USD 18,721

Reproduced from NATO's own published salary structure, effective 1 February 2026. View the source document. UNjobnet is not affiliated with NATO; figures may change and the employer's own document is authoritative.

NATO publishes these twelve countries at this source. Posts in France, Estonia, Ukraine, Canada and Kosovo are on scales NATO does not publish here, so no figure is shown for them rather than a figure borrowed from another country.

These are not UN common-system salaries. NATO sets its own pay, so there is no post adjustment and no ICSC scale behind these grades — they cannot be compared with a P-4 or a GS-6 without accounting for the difference in basis. How UN pay works.