Average monthly personnel costs at CERN

Average monthly personnel costs (EUR)

Currency: EUR

Staff (per Career Path)

Average costs in EUR

2 9.800
3 11.700
4 13.900
5 16.500
6 18.100
7 21.600
8 25.700
9 30.500
10 36.300

Other status

 
Early Career Professional (GRAE - Origin) 7.400
Experienced Project Graduate (GRAP-Quest) 9.400
Research Fellow (GRAF) 10.200
Guest Professor (invited in the frame of External Grants) 5.300
Scientific Associate

9.200

Other Associate 5.300
Technical Student 4.100
Admin Student 4.100
Doctoral Student 4,500

This table is to be used only when the members of personnel working on the project are not identified

These values should be used for budget estimates. They include pension, health insurance, etc.

They are average of CERN's personnel costs at an estimated CHF/EUR exchange rate.

The costs are given in EUR. They are deemed to be used at the first steps of an EU Project proposal writing only. For more information or more  precise figures please contact our section (SR-SE-EUI) via email: external.grants@cern.ch

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Updated on: 13/02/2026