Hi,

I have a question w.r.t. the salary calculator.

The second questions states "Have you been based in the city of your EU job for more than 6 months". That seems somewhat confusing: I have been working in Brussels for over 9 years now, but I am not living in Brussels (I am commuting from the Walloon Region). I noticed that the Yes/No reply to this question has a significant impact on the final outcome of the salary calculation. I think this has to do with the 16% expat remuneration. However, in my case the answer to the question would be "no, I have not been based in Brussels for more than 6 months" (my home base is the Walloon Region), which would grant me the 16% premium, although I can hardly argue that I am an expat.

Long story short: unless I am mistaken, I guess the question should be "Have you based in the country (not city) of your EU job for more than 6 months". If the EU were to give you 16% just for not living in the city, that'd make an incentive (also for locals) to move out of the city where they'd be working as an EU officer. I don't think that's the EU's intention...

Warm regards,

Geert