10Public administration and defence$5,509+$2,401 (+77.2%)2025
11Wholesale and retail trade$5,358+$2,534 (+89.8%)2025
12Human health and social work$5,257+$2,564 (+95.2%)2025
13Agriculture, forestry and fishing$5,080+$2,710 (+114.3%)2025
14Other service activities$4,545+$1,990 (+77.9%)2025
15Accommodation and food service$4,380+$1,934 (+79.1%)2025
16Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning$4,132+$20 (+0.5%)2024
17Professional, scientific and technical$3,995+$257 (+6.9%)2024
18Mining and quarrying$3,621+$71 (+2.0%)2024
19Water supply and waste management$2,955+$10 (+0.3%)2024
20Arts, entertainment and recreation$2,648+$153 (+6.1%)2024
21Administrative and support services$2,520+$82 (+3.4%)2024
22Households as employers$1,102+$143 (+14.9%)2024
What earnings by industry are
Average monthly earnings by economic activity (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTA_SEX_ECO_CUR_NB) split employees across ISIC Rev. 4 sections, in 2021 PPP dollars. For France, all activities: $6,069 in 2025.
Industry gaps reflect mix, hours and who is counted as an employee, not only pay scales. From 2008 to 2025 (18 years) for this series: latest $6,069 (2025), previous year $3,064 (2024); low $1,813 (2008), high $6,069 (2025).
Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).
Reading this series
This series splits mean monthly employee earnings by economic activity, using ISIC Rev. 4 sections. It is ILOSTAT indicator EAR_EMTA_SEX_ECO_CUR_NB, both sexes, annual, in 2021 PPP dollars. Values are gross employee pay, not take-home pay, and cover employees only. On a country desk the page shows that economy’s own sections; on the all-countries page each industry’s reading is the median of the published national means for that year, which is a comparison device and not an official world figure.
Earnings differ between industries because of hours, qualifications, bargaining coverage and the mix of occupations, not only pay rates. Small sections can rest on small samples and move sharply. The chart and table follow one section over time; the range buttons shorten the window. National definitions of an industry and of an employee vary, so treat cross-country gaps as indicative. The ILO revises series, so values can change at the next rebuild. Read the year labels; sections do not all update together.
About this desk
This desk shows ILOSTAT mean monthly employee earnings by ISIC Rev. 4 section for France, where published. The all-countries industry chart instead takes the median of published national section means in each year. That comparison summary is not an official world series.
Country industry values are ILOSTAT national means in 2021 PPP dollars. They are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay; coverage varies.
Chart and Table show the same observations. Range buttons change only the displayed years; use Country to switch desks. Each page names its source and licence.