{"id":1932,"date":"2021-06-08T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usf-lux.cameleons-dev.com\/?page_id=1932&lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:42:14","slug":"our-pensions-our-salaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usf-luxembourg.eu\/en\/our-pensions-our-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Our pensions \/ Our salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our pensions \/ Our salaries<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
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Questions about our salaries and pensions are recurring subjects for the Staff Unions. We will tackle the matter in three chapters: The 'Method', the Salaries and the Pensions<\/p>\n

I \u2013 The 'Method'<\/h4>\n

Both salaries and pensions are adapted\/adjusted yearly using the same unique method expressed in Annex XI of the Staff Regulations (the 'Method'). The 'Method' is not an indexation of salaries. It ensures a parallelism (purchasing power) of our income with the income of the public services of key Member States. The 'Method' is automatic and implemented every year. Its aim is to prevent Member States from sharply reducing or eliminating the adjustment as it was the case in the past (previous Staff Regulations). The 'Method', as adopted by the Council, mainly results from the expertise, the hard work and the negotiations skills of our Federation (USF<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The salaries and pensions adjustment uses parameters calculated by Eurostat:<\/p>\n

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  1. prices evolution in Brussels and Luxembourg ('common index') and<\/li>\n
  2. changes in the purchasing power of national civil servants ('specific indicator').<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It foresees an exception and a moderation clause:<\/p>\n

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    GDP: Gross Domestic Product<\/em><\/p>\n

    GSI: Specific Indicator<\/em><\/p>\n

    If there is a sharp inflation, an intermediary update of our salary may happen (2022, 2023, 2024, \u2026) to keep up with the rising prices.<\/p>\n

    The 'Method' is working properly. One may disagree with its mechanism. However, in case of ongoing crisis, having a negative impact on our purchasing power, the main positive point of the 'Method' remains: it is automatic and therefore prevents Member States from intervening in our salaries\/pensions' calculation. Besides, in the long term, parallelism with national public services salaries and pensions is globally guaranteed. We stay vigilant though and ready to counter potential attacks to these principles.<\/p>\n

    II \u2013 Salaries<\/h4>\n

    Our salaries depend on our grade (grade at the entry into service and career speed<\/a>). They are composed of the basic salary and possibly allowances (defined in Annex VII).<\/p>\n

    A salary grid is set in the Staff Regulations and is updated on a yearly basis using the 'Method' explained above.<\/p>\n

    The two main types of possible allowances are:<\/p>\n