The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, receives a salary of EUR 34,000 per month.

Omissions

• The claimed EUR 34,000 is a rounded, gross figure: EU officials' and Commissioners' salaries are subject to a special EU tax and a solidarity levy, so the net amount is considerably lower.
• The figure corresponds to the remuneration after successive automatic annual indexations (the Commission President's salary reportedly rose from around EUR 28,000 in 2020 to about EUR 34,800 in 2025), a context that is not mentioned.
• The most directly relevant sources are secondary/tertiary (a blog relaying a Bild report, and a Euronews fact-check); no primary official document stating the President's exact 2025/2026 monthly salary was retrieved.

Sources

• PrimaryCedefop - 2024 Annual Update of the Remuneration of EU Officials2024 annual update of the remuneration of the officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients. Table of the amounts of basic monthly salaries for each grade and step in function groups AD and AST referred to in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 July 2024.
• SecondarySimon Mercieca (citing Bild)European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will see the biggest increase of her monthly salary to €34,800, up by €2,700, according to German newspaper Bild on March 24.
• SecondaryEuronews - Fact checkA video recently shared on Instagram claims that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is 'automatically increasing' her own salary by €2,400 per month.
• TertiaryEuropean Union Employment AdvisorThe salary of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is around 28'026 EUR per month, which is 336'308 EUR per year.