Lønn André Kuipers

ESA Jan 2022: monthly A4 Grade salary The Netherlands €7,819.60 (ESA staff receive 12 months’ salary per calendar year)

ESA/NATO Oct. 2016: The ESA astronaut position is classified in the A2/A4 grade band of the Coordinated Organizations’ salary scale. NATO is part of these Organizations and lists the monthly A2 salary as 5,102.13 Euros (annual 61225,56 Euros) and the monthly A4 salary as 7,315.62 Euros (annual 87,787.44 Euros)

ESA astronauts usually get paid at A4 level after their first spacefligth. Kuipers' first fligth was in 2009, the DELTA mission, so he earns approx. €6800-€7700/month. At €7700/month Kuipers earns €92400 annually.

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• Picture: Wikipedia
• Text: ESA
• Text: Nato.int
• Text: Wikipedia

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Update: 2022-1