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Narva replaces its municipal basic-pay scale with effect from April
The replacement salary-scale annex entered into force on 7 August 2026 and applies retrospectively from 1 April 2026 to staff covered by the city’s pay guide.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 7 August 2026
Narva has replaced the basic-pay scale annex to its municipal staff pay guide, with retrospective application from 1 April 2026.Riigiteataja The amending regulation entered into force on 7 August 2026.
Riigiteataja Payroll teams in the covered city administrative bodies should review the replacement scale against the pay arrangements applying from April.
The new annex lists basic-pay grades and their corresponding rates. Grades 1–9 share a rate of 946, while the highest listed grade, 24, has a rate of 3,362.Riigiteataja
Riigiteataja Between them, the schedule assigns a separate rate to each grade from 10 to 23. The operative amendment replaces the annex as a whole rather than setting out individual changes against the previous table.
The city’s pay guide governs both officials and employees in Narva’s municipal administrative bodies. It requires those bodies to follow the guide when determining and paying remuneration. Classification into the relevant staff group follows the institution’s structure, and the annex supplies the basic-pay grades and rates used within that framework.
Individual pay still requires the appropriate authorisation. An official’s basic pay is set by an order of the person entitled to appoint them. An employee’s basic pay is agreed in the employment contract or an addendum. The guide also contains a specific implementation provision for applying the annex’s grades and rates by agreement with the staff member, with a reference to its existing pay-protection provision if agreement is not reached.
Pay is calculated for a calendar month and for the period during which assigned duties were performed. Working time is recorded in a timesheet, for which the institution’s head is responsible. The approved institutional budget, staffing structure and pay guide provide the basis for determining basic pay.
The city finance department checks use of the pay fund. Institutions should therefore reconcile the revised annex, individual pay authorisations and relevant payroll periods. The change was made by Narva City Council Regulation No 13 of 26 July 2026, amending Annex 1 to the pay guide adopted in 2015.
Reconcile Narva’s replacement pay-scale annex with individual pay decisions and payroll periods from April.