KLM

GROSS (bruto), taxable in the Netherlands; no Gulf-style tax-free housing, schooling or transport allowances. Contract currency EUR, converted at ECB EUR/USD 1.1555 dated 10 August 2026 (verified against ECB series EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A). THESE ARE CEILINGS, NOT A CAREER RANGE, AND MUST NOT BE DISPLAYED AS A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FOR THE ROLE. KLM pay is a formula, Bijlage 2: monthly salary S = (L + P + F + 198,03) x A, where L = 2,5 x age in full months, P = 70/12 per month of service, F = fleet component, and A = 3,9993 since 1 January 2025. L + P is contractually capped at 3.050 for KLM mainline (1.900 for KLM Cityhopper, which is excluded here). Both endpoints are computed at that hard cap: the low end uses F 1.900 (B-737/700/800/900 and A-32Xneo up to 190 seats), the high end uses F 3.000 (B-777/200/300, B-787/9/10, A-330/200/300, A-350/900/1000), both per the F table effective 8 September 2025. A captain below the cap earns materially less on the same published formula, and no entry figure is published or estimated here because it depends on the individual's age and length of service. Annualised as 12 months plus 8% vakantieuitkering (art. 10.2) and 8,33% eindejaarsuitkering (art. 10.11), x13,9596. EXCLUDED: profit share, employer pension, per-diems and instruction allowances. STALENESS, AND THE REASON THIS IS WEAK: the CAO term ran 2 March 2023 to 28 February 2025 and the consolidated text is maintained to 28 April 2026, but KLM and VNV agreed a successor CAO at the end of May 2026 covering February 2025 to February 2027 with a 4,75% pay increase over the two years. The uprated multiplier A has not been published. The figures above are computed from the last published formula and are therefore a floor on what KLM captains are paid today, not the current rate.

GROSS (bruto), taxable in the Netherlands; no Gulf-style tax-free allowances. Contract currency EUR at ECB EUR/USD 1.1555 dated 10 August 2026 (verified against ECB series EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A). AGAIN CEILINGS, NOT A CAREER RANGE, AND NOT TO BE DISPLAYED AS A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FOR THE ROLE. Same formula S = (L + P + F + 198,03) x A with A = 3,9993 and L + P at the KLM mainline cap of 3.050. The low end uses F 1.050, the senior narrowbody and regional FO block; the high end uses F 1.500, the widebody FO value set on 8 September 2025 for B-777, B-787, A-330 and A-350. Junior FOs sit in lower F blocks (550, 600, 800, and 850 or 900 for the larger A-32Xneo cabins) assigned by seniority and are also far from the L + P cap, so their pay is materially lower; no entry figure is published because the CAO gives no entry salary point, only a formula driven by the individual's age and service. Note that F 1.050 is itself subject to a monthly uplift under Bijlage 2 (1)d that redistributes the A-32Xneo F 850 and F 900 volume across the existing blocks, so the low end is a conservative floor for that block. Annualised as 12 months plus 8% vakantieuitkering and 8,33% eindejaarsuitkering (x13,9596). EXCLUDED: profit share, employer pension, per-diems, instruction allowances. STALENESS, AND THE REASON THIS IS WEAK: the CAO term ran 2 March 2023 to 28 February 2025; KLM and VNV agreed a successor at the end of May 2026 covering February 2025 to February 2027 with a 4,75% increase over two years, and the uprated multiplier A has not been published. These figures are a floor on current pay, not the current rate.

GROSS, Netherlands, taxed in the normal Dutch income tax system. No Gulf-style tax-free housing, schooling or transport allowances exist. Contract currency EUR. Source is Bijlage 2b of the KLM-cabinepersoneel CAO 2023-2025, the appendix that applies to crew in dienst vanaf 28 augustus 2014, table headed 'Met ingang van 1 juli 2024' (the most recent table printed in the CAO). Steward(ess) column: salarisstap 1 = EUR 2,927.82 per month; top of the scale is salarisstap 18 = EUR 4,573.50 per month. Both ends are read off the published table; nothing is extrapolated. Annualised with the CAO's own components, 12 monthly salaries plus 8 percent vakantie-uitkering (art. 10.2) plus 8.33 percent eindejaarsuitkering (art. 10.11), i.e. 13.96 x maandsalaris, giving EUR 40,872 to EUR 63,846. Converted at the ECB euro reference rate of 10 August 2026, USD 1.1555 per EUR. EXCLUDES the separate promotieschaal column (EUR 3,520.98 to EUR 5,185.87 per month on the same steps), variable flight allowances (vliegtoelage), per diems, profit share and pension contributions. Progression is one step per completed year of active cabin service, so the top of the scale is an 18-year figure, not an attainable early-career figure. CURRENCY OF THE FIGURE: the CAO 2023-2025 expired 28 February 2025. The successor CAO 2025-2027 (1 March 2025 to 28 February 2027) awards 1.0 percent from 1 December 2025, 1.25 percent from 1 July 2026 and 1.0 percent from 1 January 2027. As at August 2026 that is a compounded 2.26 percent on top of this table, i.e. roughly USD 48,300 to USD 75,400, but no consolidated post-July-2024 salary table has been published, so the headline range above is the last fully documented one.

GROSS, Netherlands, fully taxed. No tax-free allowance package of the Gulf type. Contract currency EUR. Source is Bijlage 2b of the KLM-cabinepersoneel CAO 2023-2025 (the appendix for crew in dienst vanaf 28 augustus 2014), table headed 'Met ingang van 1 juli 2024', the most recent table printed. The two endpoints are different jobs and should be read that way: the floor is the Purser column's first populated step, salarisstap 6 = EUR 3,731.04 per month; the ceiling is the Senior Purser column's top step, salarisstap 27 = EUR 7,947.06 per month. For reference the Purser column itself tops at salarisstap 26 = EUR 7,178.85 and the Senior Purser column opens at salarisstap 8 = EUR 4,992.42. Both endpoints are printed in the table; neither is extrapolated. Annualised at 13.96 x maandsalaris (12 months plus 8 percent vakantie-uitkering, art. 10.2, plus 8.33 percent eindejaarsuitkering, art. 10.11), giving EUR 52,085 to EUR 110,941. Converted at the ECB euro reference rate of 10 August 2026, USD 1.1555 per EUR. EXCLUDES the promotieschaal columns, vliegtoelage, per diems, profit share and pension. Progression is one salarisstap per completed year of active cabin service (Bijlage 2b point 2), so the Senior Purser ceiling is reachable only after roughly 27 years of service. CURRENCY OF THE FIGURE: the CAO 2023-2025 expired 28 February 2025; the successor CAO 2025-2027 adds 1.0 percent from 1 December 2025, 1.25 percent from 1 July 2026 and 1.0 percent from 1 January 2027. At August 2026 that is 2.26 percent compounded above this table, roughly USD 61,500 to USD 131,100, but no consolidated post-July-2024 table is published.

GROSS, taxed in the Netherlands. Contract currency EUR; converted at EUR 1 = USD 1.1555, ECB reference rate 10 August 2026. From the CAO's published 'T-OSG per 1 juli 2024' table: group A start EUR 2,667.68/month to group L end EUR 5,458.05/month. Annualised x12 x1.1633 for the CAO's 8% vakantie-uitkering (art. 10.3) and 8.33% eindejaarsuitkering (art. 10.13). The T-OSG line is defined by the CAO as the standard OSG ground line plus the EUR 100/month Technische Autorisatie- en Expertisevergoeding, and applies to technically trained staff holding a legal authorisation to sign off their own maintenance work (bijlage 17A). EXCLUDED and paid on top: EASA Part-66 AML and per-aircraft-type authorisation allowances (the CAO's amount table for these did not render in the published PDF, so the amounts are unknown and have NOT been estimated), shift allowance, and overtime. No housing, schooling or transport allowances. STALENESS, the main reason confidence is moderate: 1 July 2024 is the last table printed in this CAO document, whose term ran to 2025; a successor KLM ground CAO covering roughly March 2025 to December 2026 has been agreed with further increases that are NOT in these figures, so treat these as a floor on today's actual money. The CAO also does not publish which maintenance job titles (B1 vs B2 vs mechanic) sit in which of groups A to L, so this is the whole authorised-maintenance line, not a per-licence figure.