Salaries in France
€2,822a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €33,860
- Equals
- $3,150
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO€75,190
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€73,680
- Senior government officials€73,050
- IT project manager€72,430
- Finance manager€70,940
- Specialist doctor€70,870
- Insurance agent€70,350
- Operations manager€70,100
- Social media manager€69,830
- Head of marketing€69,370
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€14,370
- Subsistence crop farmers€17,120
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€17,140
- Subsistence livestock farmers€17,310
- Tailor€17,880
- Tree doctor€18,100
- Shelf stacker€18,530
- Kitchen assistant€18,540
- Cleaner€18,580
- Poultry sexer€18,370
By major occupation group
| Managers | €5,253 a month |
| Professionals | €3,642 a month |
| Armed forces | €2,800 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €2,761 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €2,212 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €2,127 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €2,080 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €2,059 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €1,772 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €1,588 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€41,580
- Accounts assistant€25,190
- Accounts clerk€29,510
- Actor€29,110
- Actuary€45,220
- Agricultural technician€30,040
- Aid worker€30,910
- Air traffic controller€49,410
- Air traffic safety technician€35,190
- Aircraft technician€30,150
- Airline pilot€50,450
- Animal carer€23,340
- Announcer€38,250
- Anthropologist€38,010
- Apiarists and sericulturists€20,870
- Aquaculture support worker€20,870
- Architect€40,370
- Art director€41,100
- Artist€38,190
- Astrologer€25,940
- Astrophysicist€49,880
- Athlete€32,480
- Audio-visual technician€30,700
- Audiology technician€27,980
- Audit clerk€27,130
- Auto mechanic€23,660
- Avionics mechanic€28,240
- Ballet dancer€34,120
- Bartender€22,290
- Basketmaker€20,240
- Beautician€21,980
- Benefits officer€32,240
- Bicycle mechanic€22,940
- Bike assembler€22,940
- Bindery worker€19,880
- Blacksmith€23,980
- Blaster€28,460
- Boiler operator€34,360
- Bricklayer€25,590
- Broadcast engineer€48,190
- Builder€25,880
- Bus driver€26,840
- Butcher€20,720
- Buyer€31,930
- Cabinetmaker€22,370
- Call centre agent€26,210
- Candle factory worker€22,710
- Car assembler€26,200
- Car cleaner€19,930
- Car electrician€28,560
- Car painter€23,710
- Career coach€38,940
- Caretaker€26,440
- Carpenter€24,580
- Carpet worker€20,580
- Cashier€20,870
- CEO€75,190
- Cheese maker€26,450
- Chef€27,180
- Chemical engineer€46,460
- Chemical engineering technician€36,690
- Chemical operator€37,540
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€29,690
- Chemist€41,960
- Chief engineer€39,450
- Childcare centre manager€45,960
- Civil engineer€45,120
- Civils worker€26,910
- Cleaner€18,580
- Cleaners€21,690
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€23,700
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€22,800
- Clinical research assistant€26,220
- Cnc operator€25,330
- Coffee taster€22,580
- Commodity trader€37,140
- Community health worker€31,360
- Companion€24,770
- Concrete finisher€26,150
- Construction foreman€38,630
- Construction manager€55,400
- Construction worker€23,420
- Cook€23,460
- Corporate trainer€39,360
- Correctional officer€32,730
- Corrugator operator€26,140
- Courier€21,100
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€20,070
- Crane operators€31,340
- Crop producer€19,150
- Crop team leader€19,200
- Croupier€21,470
- Cure operator€25,230
- Customer service clerk€22,910
- Customs agent€29,800
- Customs officer€33,150
- Dance teacher€21,730
- Data administrator€44,500
- Data centre operator€37,520
- Data entry clerk€22,380
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€46,170
- Day care worker€23,920
- Debt collector€26,520
- Deep-sea fisherman€19,790
- Dental hygienist€27,820
- Dentist€49,180
- Dietitian€36,430
- Doctor€58,820
- Door to door seller€25,650
- Draughtsperson€33,290
- Driving instructor€30,170
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€29,280
- Economist€47,160
- Education officer€39,070
- Electric powerline worker€31,640
- Electrical assembler€23,230
- Electrical engineer€49,270
- Electrical technician€36,180
- Electrician€26,870
- Electronic engineer€47,760
- Electronics engineering technician€33,750
- Elementary school teacher€39,250
- Embalmer€27,420
- Embroiderer€20,660
- Employment agent€32,420
- Energy manager€64,930
- Environment engineer€43,120
- Environmental protection professionals€39,450
- Esol teacher€33,600
- Event coordinator€29,750
- Executive assistant€31,470
- Fabric cutter€19,350
- Fabric dyer€23,450
- Façade cleaner€19,210
- Facility manager€64,850
- Factory labourer€22,220
- Farm equipment operator€25,760
- Farm hand€21,430
- Farm hands€20,260
- Fast food worker€14,370
- Fiacre driver€19,380
- File clerk€25,060
- Fill operator€21,360
- Finance adviser€40,660
- Finance manager€70,940
- Financial analyst€45,560
- Financier€45,640
- Fire alarm technician€27,410
- Firefighter€36,180
- Fisheries boatman€19,790
- Fishery production manager€47,960
- Fitness club manager€48,550
- Flight attendant€28,150
- Food and related products machine operators€23,790
- Food service worker€20,620
- Food stall holder€23,040
- Forest ranger€19,990
- Forest worker€22,950
- Forester€52,160
- Forestry advisor€41,590
- Forestry technician€30,690
- Forklift operator€24,610
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€21,520
- Fur animal rearer€21,220
- Garage manager€55,760
- Gardener€21,400
- Garment presser€19,190
- Gas station salesperson€20,800
- General manager€60,970
- Geologist€46,520
- Glassblower€21,460
- Glassmaker€26,090
- Glazier€23,840
- Gluing operator€21,690
- Grader€23,330
- Grinder€23,300
- Guide€24,780
- Gym worker€20,450
- Hairdresser€21,940
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€20,810
- Head of marketing€69,370
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€36,170
- Health records clerk€30,650
- Health screener€28,710
- Heat treat operator€26,550
- Hide machine operator€23,600
- High school teacher€41,680
- Historian€39,760
- Horticulturist€18,670
- Hotel manager€48,150
- Hotel receptionist€20,550
- House manager€26,170
- Household manager€25,390
- Housekeeper€18,820
- HR manager€64,690
- Hunter€19,970
- Hvac mechanic€27,010
- Industrial engineer€46,530
- Industrial painter€22,740
- Information clerk€23,690
- Insulator€24,850
- Insurance agent€70,350
- Insurance seller€34,110
- IT presales technician€45,600
- IT project manager€72,430
- IT technician€32,680
- IT trainer€38,200
- Jeweller€21,500
- Journalist€38,680
- Judge€55,070
- Kitchen assistant€18,540
- Laboratory technologist€30,680
- Landscape architect€40,660
- Laser technician€36,550
- Laundry worker€20,300
- Lawyer€51,510
- Legal aide€31,780
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€44,370
- Legal secretary€27,670
- Legislators€29,670
- Librarian€38,460
- Library assistant€23,140
- Livestock and dairy producers€19,940
- Livestock farm labourers€20,710
- Loan officer€33,670
- Logistics manager€58,690
- Loss adjuster€35,070
- Machine oiler€28,290
- Mail carrier€24,760
- Management consultant€45,790
- Manufacturing director€62,680
- Market trader€25,750
- Marketing specialist€41,200
- Mechanical engineer€47,370
- Mechanical engineering technician€37,270
- Medical assistant€25,330
- Medical herbalist€29,270
- Medical laboratory technician€30,570
- Medical transcriber€27,820
- Medical writer€36,990
- Metal caster€28,280
- Metal filer€25,940
- Metal furnace operator€34,600
- Metal molder€23,560
- Metal worker€24,420
- Metallurgist€35,000
- Metalworker€25,570
- Meteorologist€45,970
- Meter reader€21,730
- Midwife€42,410
- Midwife assistant€32,450
- Military officer€36,320
- Mine engineer€49,970
- Mine supervisor€39,190
- Miners€32,130
- Mining assistant€27,130
- Mixed farmer€19,590
- Motorcyle courier€23,500
- Museum curator€37,260
- Museum technician€28,140
- Music teacher€34,720
- Musician€34,510
- Network engineer€34,530
- Networks engineer€46,050
- Nursing assistant€25,830
- Nursing associate professionals€30,400
- Nursing home manager€57,770
- Odd job persons€22,540
- Office clerk€24,700
- Office manager€33,520
- Operations manager€70,100
- Optician€26,900
- Optometrist€40,460
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€31,460
- Paper maker€26,980
- Paramedic€35,380
- Paramedical practitioners€46,060
- Passport officer€32,790
- Pastry cook€19,800
- Patent agent€37,720
- Pawnbroker€20,180
- Payroll clerk€27,330
- Performer€27,310
- Personal care attendant€25,180
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€25,790
- Personnel clerks€26,180
- Pest control technician€22,170
- Petty officer€30,060
- Pharmacist€44,810
- Photo retoucher€22,510
- Photographer€27,800
- Physical therapist€36,830
- Piano tuner€24,930
- Picker and packer€19,550
- Plasterer€23,550
- Plumber€26,350
- Police detective€43,580
- Police officer€36,750
- Policy analyst€41,030
- Potter€21,990
- Poultry sexer€18,370
- Power plant operator€38,650
- Prepress technician€22,710
- Preschool teacher€33,090
- Preschool teaching assistant€24,030
- Primary school manager€63,410
- Print operator€22,100
- Prison teacher€35,550
- Process operator€42,550
- Product designer€38,110
- Product manager€68,930
- Production line coordinator€27,860
- Production supervisor€36,660
- Professor€42,590
- Project manager€63,190
- Promotions demonstrator€22,070
- Proofreader€26,230
- Psychologist€42,260
- Public health inspector€41,690
- Public relations professionals€38,570
- Pulp control worker€29,780
- Quality inspector€34,620
- Radiologic technologist€35,940
- Rail conductor€26,430
- Real estate agent€33,090
- Receptionist€20,580
- Registered nurse€42,810
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€31,180
- Religious professionals€33,570
- Religious worker€27,930
- Rental sales worker€25,400
- Restaurant manager€42,140
- Retail sales associate€24,990
- Retail store supervisor€28,380
- Riding instructor€24,150
- Rig driller€32,220
- Rigger€28,040
- Roofer€19,830
- Runway model€22,540
- Sales engineer€44,360
- Sales representative€34,760
- Sawmill operator€25,210
- Scribes and related workers€25,290
- Secretary€25,390
- Security guard€27,340
- Senior government officials€73,050
- Set designer€28,290
- Sewing machine operator€20,420
- Sex worker€22,590
- Shelf stacker€18,530
- Ship pilot€37,010
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€27,740
- Shoemaker€20,180
- Shop keeper€34,050
- Sign installer€22,520
- Signalman€32,390
- Slitter operator€25,040
- Social care worker€29,360
- Social media manager€69,830
- Social services manager€56,070
- Social worker€37,630
- Software developer€47,540
- Software programmer€43,900
- Software tester€45,370
- Soldier€32,260
- Sorter€22,900
- Special needs teacher€39,660
- Specialist doctor€70,870
- Speech therapist€37,980
- Sport coach€23,510
- Statistician€36,210
- Steel erector€26,510
- Stock coordinator€24,040
- Stone fabricator€26,630
- Stone planer€26,830
- Stonemason€25,030
- Store manager€52,850
- Street and related service workers€21,690
- Street sweeper€22,460
- Street vendor€21,630
- Subsistence crop farmers€17,120
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€19,000
- Subsistence livestock farmers€17,310
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€17,140
- Survey enumerator€23,520
- Surveyor€41,970
- Switchboard operator€25,400
- Systems administrator€44,350
- Systems analyst€48,210
- Tailor€17,880
- Tanner€21,690
- Tax officer€34,640
- Taxi driver€22,430
- Technical aide€34,530
- Telecom administrator€36,260
- Teller€26,150
- Tent builder€25,110
- Test engineer€46,640
- Textile braider€22,670
- Textile machine operator€22,030
- Therapy assistant€24,050
- Tile installer€23,540
- Tobacco dryer€22,280
- Trades union official€65,980
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€73,680
- Traditional therapist€32,340
- Train driver€37,120
- Translator€35,640
- Transport clerks€27,580
- Travel agent€23,350
- Tree doctor€18,100
- Truck driver€27,320
- Typist€23,560
- Underwater welder€27,290
- Upholsterer€20,820
- Urban planner€42,790
- UX designer€35,570
- Vet technician€24,950
- Veterinarian€43,690
- Vocational teacher€38,590
- Waiter€21,280
- Warehouse worker€22,920
- Waste collector€22,840
- Watch maker€24,470
- Water and firewood collectors€21,390
- Water plant operator€33,210
- Water-based fisheries worker€20,530
- Web developer€43,940
- Web technician€37,540
- Welder€24,890
- Wind technician€30,220
- Winder operator€22,240
- Window washer€21,380
- Wood treater€22,950
- Woodworker€21,590
- Zoologist€42,950
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate