France

France — Average salary

FR desk: France first; euro area, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States alongside.

$6,069

+$3,005 (+98.1%)

As of 2025 | 2021 PPP $ per month

Latest
$6,069 2025
Previous year
$3,064 2024
Min
$1,415 1999
Max
$6,069 2025
YearAverage salary
2025$6,069
2024$3,064
2023$2,940
2022$2,724
2021$2,507
2020$2,543
2019$2,460
2018$2,298
2017$2,228
2016$2,204
2015$2,123
2014$2,145
2013$2,121
2012$2,052
2011$2,022
2010$1,937
2009$1,892
2008$1,813
2007$1,764
2006$1,717
2005$1,676
2004$2,112
2002$2,434
2001$1,574
#CountryAverage salaryChangeYear
8United States$6,273+$288 (+4.8%)20259Germany$6,135+$306 (+5.3%)202211France$6,069+$3,005 (+98.1%)202515Italy$5,481+$155 (+2.9%)2025
18Spain$5,203+$38 (+0.7%)2025
22United Kingdom$4,500+$52 (+1.2%)2025

What average monthly earnings are

Average monthly earnings of employees (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB) are the mean gross monthly pay of employees, both sexes, converted to 2021 PPP dollars. Latest for France: $6,069 in 2025.

This is not take-home pay: it is a national mean, before tax, for employees only, and survey coverage differs by country. From 1999 to 2025 (26 years): latest $6,069 (2025), previous year $3,064 (2024); low $1,415 (1999), high $6,069 (2025).

Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).

Reading this series

This series is the mean of monthly employee earnings. It is produced by ILOSTAT as indicator EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB for both sexes, published annually and expressed in 2021 PPP dollars. Because it is an arithmetic mean, it is pulled upward by high earners more than the median is. Values are gross employee pay, before income tax and social insurance, and they are not take-home pay. Only employees are covered; self-employed and contributing family workers are not part of the average.

National sources differ in survey coverage, reference period and how part-time work is treated, and the ILO converts each national series to a common purchasing-power basis. Comparisons are therefore broad. Use the chart and range buttons for the trend within one economy, and the ranked table for the latest published year. Published estimates are revised from time to time, so a later rebuild may show a different historical value.

About this desk

France appears first, with comparison economies where the producer publishes them. This desk filters the same official series as the all-countries view; it does not recalculate values.

Average and median monthly earnings come from ILOSTAT, in 2021 PPP dollars. These are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay. National coverage differs.

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