Annexes to the Staff Regulations

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Annex I

Salary scales and related provisions

1. The Secretary-General shall establish the salary of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the salaries of United Nations officials in the Director category and above, in accordance with amounts determined by the General Assembly, subject to the staff assessment plan provided in staff regulation 3.3 and to post adjustments. If otherwise eligible, they shall receive the allowances that are available to staff members generally.
2. The Secretary-General is authorized, on the basis of appropriate justification and/or reporting, to make additional payments to United Nations officials in the Director category and above to compensate for such special costs as may be reasonably incurred, in the interests of the Organization, in the performance of duties assigned to them by the Secretary-General. Similar additional payments in similar circumstances may be made to heads of offices away from Headquarters. The maximum total amount of such payments is to be determined in the programme budget by the General Assembly.
3. Except as provided in paragraph 6 of the present annex, the salary scales for staff members in the Professional and higher categories shall be as shown in the present annex.
4. Subject to satisfactory service, salary increments within the Professional levels shall be awarded annually, except that any increments above step VII shall be preceded by two years at the previous step.
5. Salary increments at the D-1 level shall be awarded annually, except that any increments above step IV shall be preceded by two years at the previous step. Salary increments at the D-2 level shall be awarded biennially.
6. The Secretary-General shall determine the salary rates to be paid to personnel specifically engaged for conference and other short-term service, including language staff, and to staff in the Field Service category.
7. The Secretary-General shall fix the salary scales for staff members in the General Service and related categories, normally on the basis of the best prevailing conditions of employment in the locality of the United Nations office concerned, provided that the Secretary-General may, where he or she deems it appropriate, establish rules and salary limits for payment of non-resident allowance to General Service staff members recruited from outside the local area. The gross pensionable remuneration of such staff shall be determined in accordance with the methodology specified in article 51 (a) of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and are shown in the salary scales applicable to such staff.
8. The Secretary-General shall establish rules under which a language allowance may be paid to staff members in the General Service category who pass an appropriate test and demonstrate continued proficiency in the use of two or more official languages.
9. In order to preserve equivalent standards of living at different offices, the Secretary-General may adjust the basic salaries for staff in the Professional and higher categories and in the Field Service category by the application of non-pensionable post adjustments based on relative costs of living, standards of living and related factors at the office concerned as compared to New York. Such post adjustments shall not be subject to staff assessment.
10. No salary or allowances shall be paid to staff members in respect of periods of unauthorized absence from work unless such absence was caused by reasons beyond their control or duly certified medical reasons.

Salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories showing annual gross salaries and net equivalents after application of staff assessment

Effective 1 January 2025^a

(United States dollars)

Level		Step I	Step II	Step III	Step IV	Step V	Step VI	Step VII	Step VIII	Step IX	Step X	Step XI	Step XII	Step XIII
USG	Gross	235 064
USG	Net	170 642
ASG	Gross	213 655
ASG	Net	128 422
D2	Gross	171 094	174 964	178 835	182 709	186 585	190 456	194 326	198 202	202 071	205 942
D2	Net	128 422	130 976	133 531	136 088	138 646	141 201	143 755	146 313	148 867	151 422
D1	Gross	152 417	155 817	159 223	162 626	166 015	169 420	172 820	176 215	179 620	183 017	186 417	189 812	193 215
D1	Net	116 095	118 339	120 587	122 833	125 070	127 317	129 561	131 802	134 049	136 291	138 535	140 776	143 022
P5	Gross	131 486	134 214	136 944	139 667	142 397	145 120	147 851	150 612	153 506	156 395	159 291	162 177	165 076
P5	Net	101 540	103 450	105 361	107 267	109 178	111 084	112 996	114 904	116 814	118 721	120 632	122 537	124 450
P4	Gross	107 389	110 020	112 653	115 283	117 914	120 546	123 181	125 813	128 444	131 071	133 709	136 334	138 967
P4	Net	84 672	86 514	88 357	90 198	92 040	93 882	95 727	97 569	99 411	101 250	103 096	104 934	106 777
P3	Gross	87 779	90 022	92 267	94 508	96 754	98 996	101 346	103 784	106 219	108 653	111 094	113 529	115 966
P3	Net	70 212	71 917	73 623	75 326	77 033	78 737	80 442	82 149	83 853	85 557	87 266	88 970	90 676
P2	Gross	67 978	69 983	71 988	73 995	76 004	78 012	80 022	82 022	84 030	86 037	88 043	90 055	92 059
P2	Net	55 163	56 687	58 211	59 736	61 263	62 789	64 317	65 837	67 363	68 888	70 413	71 942	73 465
P1	Gross	52 163	53 867	55 570	57 274	58 975	60 682	62 382	64 087	65 789	67 495	69 196	70 897	72 603
P1	Net	43 144	44 439	45 733	47 028	48 321	49 618	50 910	52 206	53 500	54 796	56 089	57 382	58 678

Abbreviations: ASG, Assistant Secretary-General; USG, Under-Secretary-General.

^a The normal qualifying period for in-grade movement between consecutive steps is one year. The shaded steps in each grade require two years of qualifying service at the preceding step.

Pay protection measures for staff in the Professional and higher categories whose salaries are higher than the maximum salaries on the unified salary scales, with effect from 1 January 2025, showing annual gross salaries and net equivalents after application of staff assessment

Effective 1 January 2025

(United States dollars)

Level		Pay protection point 1	Pay protection point 2
P4	Gross	141 603	144 236
P4	Net	108 622	110 465
P3	Gross	118 400	120 833
P3	Net	92 380	94 083
P2	Gross	94 064
P2	Net	74 989
P1	Gross	74 304
P1	Net	59 971

Annex II

Letters of appointment

(a) The letter of appointment shall state:
- (i) That the appointment is subject to the provisions of the Staff Regulations and of the Staff Rules applicable to the category of appointment in question and to changes which may be duly made in such regulations and rules from time to time;
- (ii) The nature of the appointment;
- (iii) The date at which the staff member is required to enter upon his or her duties;
- (iv) The period of appointment, the notice required to terminate it and the period of probation, if any;
- (v) The category, level, commencing rate of salary and, if increments are allowable, the scale of increments, and the maximum attainable;
- (vi) Any special conditions which may be applicable;
- (vii) That a temporary appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal. A temporary appointment shall not be converted to any other type of appointment;
- (viii) That a fixed-term appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal or conversion, irrespective of the length of service.
(b) A copy of the Staff Regulations and the Staff Rules shall be transmitted to the staff member with the letter of appointment. In accepting appointment the staff member shall state that he or she has been acquainted with and accepts the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and in the Staff Rules.
(c) The letter of appointment of a staff member on secondment from government service signed by the staff member and by or on behalf of the Secretary - General, and relevant supporting documentation of the terms and conditions of secondment agreed to by the Member State and the staff member, shall be evidence of the existence and validity of secondment from government service to the Organization for the period stated in the letter of appointment.

Annex III

Termination indemnity

Staff members whose appointments are terminated shall be paid an indemnity in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) below and in regulation 9.3, the termination indemnity shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

Completed years of service	Temporary appointments exceeding six months (Months of gross salary, less staff assessment, where applicable)	Fixed-term appointments (Months of gross salary, less staff assessment, where applicable)	Continuing appointments (Months of gross salary, less staff assessment, where applicable)
Less than 1	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	Not applicable
1	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	Not applicable
2	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	One week for each month of uncompleted service subject to a minimum of six weeks’ and a maximum of three months’ indemnity pay	3
3			3
4			4
5			5
6		3	6
7		5	7
8		7	8
9	Not applicable	9	9
10		9.5	9.5
11		10	10
12		10.5	10.5
13		11	11
14		11.5	11.5
15 or more		12	12

(b) A staff member whose appointment is terminated for reasons of health shall receive an indemnity equal to the indemnity provided under paragraph (a) of the present annex reduced by the amount of any disability benefit that the staff member may receive under the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund for the number of months to which the indemnity rate corresponds;
(c) A staff member whose appointment is terminated for unsatisfactory service or who for disciplinary reasons is separated from service for misconduct other than by dismissal may be paid, at the discretion of the Secretary-General, an indemnity not exceeding one half of the indemnity provided under paragraph (a) of the present annex;
(d) No indemnity payments shall be made to:
- (i) A staff member who resigns, except where termination notice has been given and the termination date agreed upon;
- (ii) A staff member who has a temporary or a fixed-term appointment that is completed on the expiration date specified in the letter of appointment;
- (iii) A staff member who is dismissed;
- (iv) A staff member who abandons his or her post;
- (v) A staff member who is retired under the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund;

Annex IV

Repatriation grant

In principle, the repatriation grant shall be payable to staff members who have completed at least five years of qualifying service, whom the Organization is obligated to repatriate and who at the time of separation are residing, by virtue of their service with the United Nations, outside their country of nationality. The repatriation grant shall not, however, be paid to a staff member who is dismissed. Eligible staff members shall be entitled to a repatriation grant only upon relocation outside the country of the duty station. Detailed conditions and definitions relating to eligibility and requisite evidence of relocation shall be determined by the Secretary-General.

Years of qualifying service	Staff member with a spouse or dependent child at time of separation	Professional and higher categories staff member with neither a spouse nor dependent child at time of separation	General Service category staff member with neither a spouse nor dependent child at time of separation
5	14	8	7
6	16	9	8
7	18	10	9
8	20	11	10
9	22	13	11
10	24	14	12
11	26	15	13
12 or more	28	16	14