# Administrators

- Link: https://euemployment.eu/glossary/administrators/
- Published: 2024-02-24T17:58:52+01:00
- Author: Ben

Administrators are EU officials in the grades [AD5](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-5/)
to [AD16](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-16/).

Usual tasks for administrators entail HR management, policy and legislation drafting,
and advising senior EU officials. They are supported in their work by[ Assistants](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/#Assistants)
and[ Contract Agents](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/#Contract-agent). This is
the most sought-after category of employment in EU institutions that has the highest
remuneration and best career prospects.

[AD5](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-5/) to [AD7](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-7/)
are considered entry-level grades, [AD9](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-9/)
to [AD12](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-12/) are considered middle management
grades, while [AD 13](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-13/) to [AD16](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-16/)
is the upper management at the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
and other EU institutions.

Following the 2008-2009 economic crisis, the separation of tasks between Administrators
in the lower grades of [AD 5](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-5/) to [AD 7](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-7/)
and other categories of employees of EU institutions has become less clear cut, 
and one can expect to perform Administrator-like tasks also as an Assistant or a
[Contract Agent](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-agent/) in the FG IV 
[grade](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/grade/).

Articles about [salaries of Administrators](https://euemployment.eu/category/administrators-ad5-to-ad16/)
in various grades:

[AD5](https://euemployment.eu/ad-5-salary/) |[ AD7](https://euemployment.eu/ad7-temporary-agents-salary/)
|[ AD16](https://euemployment.eu/von-der-leyen-salary/)