North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO grades
Browse NATO's current G1–G24 Single Salary Spine and understand each grade's official category.
Important: NATO maps its 24 grades to managerial/professional, linguistic, administrative/technical, and manual/technical categories. The vacancy defines the precise duties.
NATO grades
Single Salary Spine
NATO's current 24-grade remuneration and classification structure.
NATO grade G1
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G2
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G3
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G4
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G5
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G6
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G7
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G8
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G9
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G10
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G11
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G12
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G13
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G14
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G15
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G16
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G17
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G18
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G19
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G20
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G21
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G22
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G23
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →NATO grade G24
Requirements depend on the post category and vacancy
Grade guide and jobs →Using this guide
Choose by duties, not code alone
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Start with the system
Confirm the employer and whether the label is a staff grade, contract level or institution-specific band.
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Read the exact grade
Use the career-stage and scope notes as orientation, then check the official vacancy requirements.
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Open current jobs
Each grade page connects the guide to active vacancies indexed with that exact, system-aware grade.
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