UN Salary & Take-Home Calculator — Net Base to Real Pay

A UN salary is not one number.

It is built layer by layer — base pay, then the allowances that stack on top — before two deductions, pension and insurance, come off to what actually lands. Switch staff category, grade, step and duty station, and watch it rebuild.

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Main duty station shown; hardship, danger and non-family status vary by exact location — see Pay by Duty Station.

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Mobility — assignment number

You must already have 5 years' continuous UN service to qualify, and it applies from your 2nd duty station onward. Paid for up to 5 years at any one station.

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Indicative take-home

After pension and insurance.

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Rental subsidy · Education grant · Assignment & settling-in grant · Relocation shipment · Repatriation grant · Rest & recuperation travel · Home leave — reimbursements and one-off payments, not monthly pay. See Benefits & Allowances.

Overtime · Night & hazard differential · Non-resident's allowance · Pension lump-sum — these vary by duty station and staff rule. See Benefits & Allowances.

* Health insurance is indicative only — real premiums vary by organization, plan (medical and dental are billed separately) and coverage option. The ~2.5% shown is a placeholder, not a quote.

Net remuneration (base + post adjustment) is not your take-home. Pension is 7.9% of pensionable remuneration (the PR figure on the ICSC scale), not of salary. Figures render from the live ICSC salary scale and post-adjustment circular (January 2026); flat allowance rates (ICSC rates effective 1 Jan 2024 — verify before relying on exact amounts) are maintained by hand. A plain-language estimate, not official entitlement advice — where this and your offer differ, the offer prevails.

A UN salary is not one number.