What is the salary of Teresa Ribera?

What is the salary of Teresa Ribera?

The monthly salary of Teresa Ribera salary, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition and Commissioner for Competitiveness, is approximately EUR 24’727. This brings the annual salary to EUR 296’724.

Basic salary

When you try to understand how the salaries of EU officials are calculated, you are often directed at the ‘basic salary. However, the actual take-home remuneration package consists of many more components and be higher, lower, or similar to the basic salary depending of an official’s individual situation (family status, dependent children, relocation to Brussels from another country, etc.).

For the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, the basic salary is set at 125% of the basic salary of an official of the Union on the third step of grade 16, in other words, the highest basic salary possible for non-political posts in EU institutions like General Directors in DGs of the European Commission.

For reference, since 1 January 2024 the highest EU civil servant ‘basic salary’ is EUR 23,959.44.

Source: Article 66 of the EU Staff Regulations | See the full European Commission salary grid

Allowances and other payments

As the European Commission Executive Vice President, Roxana Mînzatu is entitled to the following additional monthly allowances and other payments.

Expatriation allowance
Expatriation allowance

Residence allowance (similar to Expatriation allowance)

Residence allowance equal to 15 % of their basic salary. This makes up EUR 4492.

European commission household allowance
European commission household allowance

Household allowance

Household allowance equal to EUR 192,78 + 2% of their basic salary. This makes up EUR 792.

EU entertainment allowance
EU entertainment allowance

Entertainment allowance

Members of the European College are entitled to the weirdly named ‘entertainment allowance’, which most likely is an allowance for covering costs of work-related lunches and similar expenses.

This allowance ranges from EUR 607.71 for “regular” Commissioners to EUR 1418.07 for the European Commission President.

Dependent child allowance european commission
Dependent child allowance european commission

Dependen tchild allowance

The dependent child allowance is equal to approximately EUR 440. This allowance amount is not included in the total remuneration calculation as we don’t know the family situation of these EU officials.

European Commission Education Allowance
European Commission Education Allowance

Education allowance

Education allowance for children. This allowance amount is not included in the total remuneration calculation as we don’t know the family situation of these EU officials.

Taxes and other deductions

Like other employees of the EU institutions, Roxana Mînzatu as Executive Vice President of the European Commission does not pay national taxes.

However, there are two European Union taxes.

Community Tax

Community Tax levied progressively at a rate of between 8% and 45 % of the taxable salary portion. We have not been able to find the exact rules about application of this tax, hence, we have assumed that the deduction is in the middle as 18.5% of the basic salary. This makes up EUR 5541.

Solidarity Levy

Solidarity Levy of 6%. This makes up EUR 1797.

There are also four social security-related deductions.

European Commission pension
European Commission pension

Pension

Pension contribution at 10.10% of the basic salary. This adds up to EUR 2995.

The European Commission College members have much more generous pension guarantees compared to regular EU staff. You can read more about the regular pension benefits for staff of EU institutions.

Health insurance

Health insurance contribution at 1.70% of the basic salary. This adds up to EUR 509.

The health insurance contribution makes the official eligible for the EU institutions health insurance scheme JSIS.

Accident coverage

Accident coverage contribution at 0.10% of the basic salary. This adds up to EUR 30.

European Commission unemployment allowance
European Commission unemployment allowance

Unemployment insurance

Unemployment insurance contribution at 0.81%. This adds up to EUR 243.

The European Commission College members have much more generous unemployment guarantees compared to regular EU staff. You can read more about the regular unemployment benefits for staff of EU institutions.

Background information

Basic salary coefficients for members of the College of European Commission

Source: Article 2 of the Council Regulation (EU) 2016/300 of 29 February 2016 determining the emoluments of EU high-level public office holders

Entertainment allowance

Source: Article 7 of the Council Regulation (EU) 2016/300 of 29 February 2016 determining the emoluments of EU high-level public office holders

Information about tax amounts and other salary deductions

For information about amounts of EU taxes, pension contributions, unemployment and other deductions see this document prepared by ECDC for candidates and staff. The same information applies to all EU institutions.

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