Reservist salaries to go up from May

The salaries of the reservists will be increased from May 1, 2023, according to a decree issued by the Ministry of Defence.

Rank and file reservists will be paid EUR 65.51 per day, whereas previously it was EUR 63.30, said the ministry in a press release on Friday.

The daily pay of non-commissioned officers will be raised from the previous EUR 66.46 to EUR 68.79 while the pay of officers and special officers will increase from the previous EUR 69.62 to EUR 72.06.

Reservist salaries are based on the task-specific pay component of demand level 5 in the pay system for public officials in the Ministry of Defence, which will be increased as of May.

Reservist salaries were last raised on 1 June 2022.

The proposal increases the appropriation requirement and the impact of the increase in reservist salaries will be covered from the Defence Forces' operating expenditure.