Salary 

Your salary will vary depending on your contract type and location. 

For the International Professional and Directors categories, you will be recruited internationally. Your salary will be determined on the basis of a global scale. Your benefits will take into account your dependents and the cost of living at your duty station. 

For the National Officers and General Service categories, you will be recruited and paid according to a local salary scale. Salary scales are reviewed periodically to reflect the best prevailing conditions in the locality of employment. 

For the Personnel Services Agreement category, you are recruited either on an international or local basis. If you are recruited internationally, your remuneration will be paid on the basis of a global scale. If you are recruited locally, your salary will be paid according to a local salary scale.  

You may calculate a salary estimate using the following links:  

• Local staff 
• International staff 
   

Benefits 

While you are taking care of building a fairer and more equitable world for everyone, we make it our mission to take care of you. 

UNDP provides a wide range of benefits and policies to ensure a caring and enabling environment for our employees. Benefit packages will vary by location and contract type, but our package generally includes the following: 

• Flexible working arrangements 

We offer a set of flexible working arrangements, with the goal of supporting you through different life events and allowing you to manage your work-life balance. Arrangements include part-time work, staggered working hours, and remote work. 

• Parental leave 

As a member of our personnel, you will benefit from parental leave entitlements, regardless of how you became a parent. This includes biological parents and parents via surrogacy or adoption. 

• Other family policies and allowances 

The full range of family allowances provided depends on the contract modality under which you are employed. These may include an allowance for eligible spouse and/or child(ren) as well as education grants for children. UNDP also provides support for the integration and employment of the spouses and partners of our staff, in addition to communities of support for the families of personnel being transitioned to new duty stations.  

• Leave entitlements 

You will be entitled to 18 to 30 days of annual leave per year, depending on your contract type and duration. In addition, the United Nations offers 10 UN official holidays per year that differ from duty station to duty station. International Professional and Director fixed-term appointments include home leave for those stationed away from their home country. 

• Medical and other insurance plans 

UNDP offers a complete set of medical insurance plans to make sure you are taken care of.  

• Pension 

Any staff member on a fixed-term appointment or a temporary appointment of six consecutive months or more is automatically enrolled in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). A compulsory contribution to the Fund is deducted from your monthly salary. More information can be found on the UNJSPF website. 

• Relocation support and rental subsidy 

As an International Professional or Director staff, you will have your travel and shipping expenses covered when taking up an assignment outside of your home country and when changing duty station. You will receive a shipment allowance and a settling-in grant to cover expenses related to settling in at a new location. In addition, support will be provided for visa arrangements and when preparing for a relocation. 

You may also qualify for rental subsidy if you are serving in another duty station than your home country. Rental subsidy may be payable under certain circumstances when your rent represents a high portion of net remuneration.   

• Hardship benefits 

At emergency and high-risk duty stations, a hardship allowance is paid to International Professional and Director staff. Where there are restrictions on bringing family members, a non-family hardship allowance is also paid. International Professional and Director staff may also receive danger pay and / or a rest and recuperation break when serving in locations where the conditions are particularly dangerous, stressful or difficult.  

• Tax exemption 

Depending on your contract type and location, your remuneration from the UN may be exempt from income tax.  

• Other benefits and allowances  

Other benefits and allowances, including language and evacuation allowances, will depend on your contract type and location. You can read more here about the benefits that may apply to you.