JC 200 (supplementary JC for white-collar staff)

JC 200 is Belgium's largest joint committee: the catch-all for white-collar staff at companies without a sector-specific committee. Over half a million employees fall under it, including many engineers, planners and technical-commercial profiles. It sets minimum scales, the yearly indexation and an end-of-year premium.

Who does JC 200 apply to?

White-collar staff at employers not covered by a specific sector committee: engineering consultancies, service providers, trading companies, many technology and project organisations. In the technical world, project engineers, sales engineers and support roles often sit in JC 200, while their production colleagues fall under an industrial committee.

What does it regulate?

Minimum scales per job class (A to D) rising with experience, the well-known yearly indexation in January, an end-of-year premium under conditions, training days and a bicycle allowance. The scales are minima; for technical shortage profiles the market pays well above them. The JC 200 January index makes the news every year because it touches so many employees at once.

Negotiating within JC 200

Because the minima are relatively modest, JC 200 leaves plenty of room for individual negotiation: your actual pay, car, bonus and fringe benefits are largely set at company level. Use the market data from our salary guide as your anchor, not the scale.