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September 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

0.91 EUR = 1 USD

€63,514 EUR

$69,985 USD

Paris

€69,527 EUR

€42,654 EUR

$47,000 USD

Including "Paris"

Excluding "Paris"

Average Salary / France

Average salary in France is €63,514 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €42,654 EUR. All data are based on 1,408 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €65,796 EUR. Women receive a salary of €57,084 EUR.

The most paid careers are Insurance with average income €92,569 EUR and Law with income €90,481 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €66,159 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €65,433 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €100,464 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €94,656 EUR.

Levels / France (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	3	100% 0.21%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	11	99.79% 0.78%
€18,200 EUR - €22,699 EUR	27	99.01% 1.92%
€22,700 EUR - €27,199 EUR	45	97.09% 3.2%
€27,200 EUR - €31,799 EUR	75	93.89% 5.33%
€31,800 EUR - €36,299 EUR	93	88.57% 6.61%
€36,300 EUR - €40,799 EUR	118	81.96% 8.38%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€40,800 EUR - €45,399 EUR	147	73.58% 10.44%
€45,400 EUR - €49,899 EUR	116	63.14% 8.24%
€49,900 EUR - €54,499 EUR	116	54.9% 8.24%
€54,500 EUR - €58,999 EUR	95	46.66% 6.75%
€59,000 EUR - €63,499 EUR	92	39.91% 6.53%
€63,500 EUR - €68,099 EUR	66	33.38% 4.69%
€68,100 EUR - €72,599 EUR	40	28.69% 2.84%
€72,600 EUR - €77,099 EUR	44	25.85% 3.13%
€77,100 EUR - €81,699 EUR	36	22.73% 2.56%
€81,700 EUR - €86,199 EUR	23	20.17% 1.63%
€86,200 EUR - €90,799 EUR	26	18.54% 1.85%
€90,800 EUR - €95,299 EUR	29	16.69% 2.06%
€95,300 EUR - €99,799 EUR	22	14.63% 1.56%
€99,800 EUR - €104,399 EUR	17	13.07% 1.21%
€104,400 EUR - €108,899 EUR	12	11.86% 0.85%
€108,900 EUR - €113,399 EUR	17	11.01% 1.21%
€113,400 EUR - €117,999 EUR	7	9.8% 0.5%
€118,000 EUR - €122,499 EUR	13	9.3% 0.92%
€122,500 EUR - €127,099 EUR	22	8.38% 1.56%
€127,100 EUR - €131,599 EUR	4	6.82% 0.28%
€131,600 EUR - €136,099 EUR	15	6.53% 1.07%
HIGH SALARIES
€136,100 EUR - €145,199 EUR	10	5.47% 0.71%
€145,200 EUR - €154,299 EUR	9	4.76% 0.64%
€154,300 EUR - €163,399 EUR	6	4.12% 0.43%
€163,400 EUR - €172,399 EUR	13	3.69% 0.92%
€172,400 EUR - €181,499 EUR	7	2.77% 0.5%
€181,500 EUR - €190,599 EUR	11	2.27% 0.78%
€190,600 EUR - €199,699 EUR	6	1.49% 0.43%
€199,700 EUR - €208,699 EUR	4	1.07% 0.28%
€208,700 EUR - €217,799 EUR	2	0.78% 0.14%
€217,800 EUR - €226,899 EUR	2	0.64% 0.14%
€226,900 EUR - €317,599 EUR	7	0.5% 0.5%

Gender / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	912	€65,796 EUR
2	Women	401	€57,084 EUR

Education / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	146	€66,159 EUR
2	Masters Degree	813	€65,433 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	340	€62,075 EUR
4	Some College	58	€55,813 EUR
5	Bellow H. School	10	€53,091 EUR
6	High School	41	€41,383 EUR

Experience / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	133	€100,464 EUR
2	16-20 Years	107	€94,656 EUR
3	12-16 Years	126	€77,503 EUR
4	8-12 Years	238	€72,693 EUR
5	4-8 Years	272	€56,902 EUR
6	2-4 Years	226	€47,373 EUR
7	1-2 Years	135	€41,928 EUR
8	0-1 Year	171	€41,020 EUR

Age / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	24	€112,262 EUR
2	61-65	6	€110,810 EUR
3	51-55	36	€100,918 EUR
4	71-75	1	€97,469 EUR
5	46-50	81	€94,293 EUR
6	66-70	1	€93,204 EUR
7	41-45	104	€88,666 EUR
8	36-40	179	€76,233 EUR
9	n/a	95	€69,063 EUR
10	31-35	284	€62,529 EUR
11	26-30	390	€47,101 EUR
12	14-20	20	€45,830 EUR
13	21-25	187	€43,471 EUR

Work Type / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	53	€68,156 EUR
2	Permanent	1,122	€66,704 EUR
3	Contract	188	€48,099 EUR
4	Part Time	45	€43,924 EUR

Cities / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Amiens	5	€92,750 EUR
2	Reims	2	€71,151 EUR
3	Paris	859	€69,517 EUR
4	Lyon	89	€60,532 EUR
5	Marseille	26	€59,534 EUR
6	Strasbourg	30	€58,808 EUR
7	Nice	74	€57,628 EUR
8	--Other--	60	€56,539 EUR
9	Le Havre	7	€53,272 EUR
10	Aix-en-Provence	18	€52,274 EUR
11	Rennes	15	€51,820 EUR
12	Lille	34	€50,459 EUR
13	Clermont-Ferrand	5	€50,368 EUR
14	Bordeaux	20	€50,277 EUR
15	Dijon	11	€50,096 EUR
16	Toulouse	59	€49,551 EUR
17	Montpellier	24	€48,462 EUR
18	Brest, France	7	€48,371 EUR
19	Grenoble	29	€44,741 EUR
20	Saint-Étienne	5	€44,106 EUR
21	Nantes	20	€43,834 EUR
22	Angers	2	€42,654 EUR
23	Le Mans	2	€40,204 EUR
24	Toulon	3	€32,852 EUR
25	Limoges	2	€21,508 EUR

Career Groups / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Insurance	19	€92,569 EUR
2	Law	25	€90,481 EUR
3	Management & Business	201	€82,949 EUR
4	Finance & Banking	94	€77,957 EUR
5	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	11	€75,325 EUR
6	Public Sector	15	€73,329 EUR
7	Engineers & Technicians IV	14	€72,784 EUR
8	Engineers & Technicians III	10	€71,332 EUR
9	Human Resources	64	€70,062 EUR
10	Agriculture & Fishing	3	€66,431 EUR
11	Automobile	13	€65,252 EUR
12	Engineers & Technicians V	19	€64,707 EUR
13	Health Care & Medical II	16	€64,526 EUR
14	Military	2	€64,344 EUR
15	Accounting & Administration	44	€63,981 EUR
16	Salesmen & Saleswomen	19	€63,164 EUR
17	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	114	€62,166 EUR
18	Health Care & Medical	11	€61,621 EUR
19	Fashion	3	€59,534 EUR
20	Properties & Real Estates	7	€58,990 EUR
21	IT & Programming	192	€58,173 EUR
22	IT & Programming II	100	€58,173 EUR
23	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	9	€57,175 EUR
24	Aviation & Shipping	16	€54,996 EUR
25	Logistics, Road, Railway	20	€54,089 EUR
26	Engineers & Technicians	164	€52,455 EUR
27	Making Design	12	€51,003 EUR
28	Education & University	65	€50,822 EUR
29	Construction & Labor Workers	11	€50,549 EUR
30	Organization & Coordination	13	€48,734 EUR
31	Hotels & Tourism	25	€48,462 EUR
32	Architect Constructions	27	€45,649 EUR
33	Engineers & Technicians II	9	€44,197 EUR
34	Media	13	€42,382 EUR
35	Geography & Geodesy	1	€41,746 EUR
36	Customer Services	15	€32,126 EUR
37	Arts, Culture, Performance	6	€31,310 EUR
38	Sports & Recreation	3	€29,041 EUR
39	Archaeology & History	2	€28,859 EUR
40	Security & Fireguard	1	€22,234 EUR

Careers / France (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	37	€134,315 EUR
2	General Manager	13	€127,963 EUR
3	Lawyer	12	€107,997 EUR
4	Risk Manager	8	€98,377 EUR
5	Finance Manager	13	€96,834 EUR
6	CEO	7	€95,110 EUR
7	University Professor	9	€91,026 EUR
8	IT Manager	30	€84,491 EUR
9	Sales Manager	15	€84,310 EUR
10	Human Resources Manager	34	€81,134 EUR
11	Consulting, Speaker	7	€79,863 EUR
12	Salesmen or Saleswomen	6	€79,409 EUR
13	Other Public Sector Career	9	€78,229 EUR
14	Civil Engineer	7	€77,594 EUR
15	Other Engineer Career	13	€77,322 EUR
16	Business Development Manager	17	€76,959 EUR
17	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	7	€76,687 EUR
18	Other Automobile Career	7	€76,233 EUR
19	Hotel Manager	7	€75,235 EUR
20	Engineering Manager	12	€73,419 EUR
21	Marketing Manager	26	€72,693 EUR
22	Technical Manager	7	€71,967 EUR
23	Operations Manager	7	€69,336 EUR
24	Manager	30	€67,702 EUR
25	Logistics Manager	7	€66,885 EUR
26	Project Manager	28	€65,796 EUR
27	Other IT Career	14	€63,074 EUR
28	IT Project Manager	37	€62,257 EUR
29	Audit Manager	9	€62,075 EUR
30	Other Human Resource Career	11	€61,894 EUR
31	Financial Analyst	23	€61,803 EUR
32	Other Finance Career	16	€59,534 EUR
33	Lead Developer	6	€58,445 EUR
34	Computer Engineer	6	€57,810 EUR
35	Other Management Career	21	€57,719 EUR
36	University Professor Assistant	7	€55,813 EUR
37	Software Engineer	29	€55,450 EUR
38	Electrical Engineer	14	€55,087 EUR
39	System Analyst	6	€54,543 EUR
40	Mechanical Engineer	21	€53,635 EUR
41	Aerospace Engineer	9	€52,183 EUR
42	Marketing	13	€50,822 EUR
43	Engineer	55	€50,186 EUR
44	Software Developer	45	€48,734 EUR
45	.NET Developer	10	€48,371 EUR
46	Python Developer	11	€47,101 EUR
47	C, C++ Developer	8	€46,738 EUR
48	Purchaser	6	€45,921 EUR
49	Research Engineer	29	€45,558 EUR
50	Other Education Career	18	€43,924 EUR
51	Web Developer	7	€42,291 EUR
52	Human Resource Coordinator	7	€40,204 EUR
53	Mathematician	8	€39,568 EUR
54	Architect	21	€39,296 EUR
55	Other Marketing Career	7	€39,114 EUR
56	Market Research	6	€37,390 EUR
57	Teacher	7	€30,402 EUR
58	Receptionist	7	€25,683 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50 Juriste Droit Social (Woman)

Posted 06 June 2024

What I do?

"Master of international law three years as paralegal manager three year as sector manager contract redaction legal monitoring labor law transport law french public market with adminsitration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dijon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€30,100 EUR

49/50 CHEF DE MISSION (Man)

Posted 29 May 2024

What I do?

"CHEF DE MISSION."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€53,100 EUR

48/50 Developpeur C# (Man)

Posted 28 April 2024

What I do?

"6 years of experience in C++ and C#."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€47,100 EUR

47/50 Ingenieur Procedes (Man)

Posted 24 April 2024

What I do?

"Qualite r&d."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lyon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€32,100 EUR

46/50 Consultant Cartographie Du Système D'inforamtion (Man)

Posted 17 April 2024

What I do?

"Intégration et conseil client."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Montpellier	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€40,100 EUR

45/50 HR BP (Woman)

Posted 17 April 2024

What I do?

"All task in HR except recruiting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lyon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€34,500 EUR

44/50 Professional Services (Woman)

Posted 15 April 2024

What I do?

"Manage global team of trainers internal training initiatives feedback from clietnsto product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€70,200 EUR

43/50 Conseil Affarire (Man)

Posted 14 April 2024

What I do?

"Realiser la valuer du captial client."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Strasbourg	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€65,100 EUR

42/50 Intern (Man)

Posted 08 April 2024

What I do?

"Financial Statement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€40,100 EUR

41/50 Analyste (Man)

Posted 08 April 2024

What I do?

"Strategy consultant in energy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€44,100 EUR

40/50 Advisor (Woman)

Posted 03 April 2024

What I do?

"Advising & coordinating different initiatives."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€55,100 EUR

39/50 Postdoc Researcher (Man)

Posted 01 April 2024

What I do?

"Computer science, research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€40,100 EUR

38/50 Head Of Sales And Marketing (Woman)

Posted 19 July 2023

What I do?

"Marketing sales management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€37,900 EUR

37/50 Information And Digital Manager (Man)

Posted 18 July 2023

What I do?

"Practice manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nice	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€77,700 EUR

36/50 Financial Analyst (Man)

Posted 17 July 2023

What I do?

"Analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	€46,600 EUR

35/50 Tech Recruiter (Woman)

Posted 13 July 2023

What I do?

"Recruiting tech profiles."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€63,200 EUR

34/50 General Manager (Man)

Posted 12 July 2023

What I do?

"Boundless task."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€145,700 EUR

33/50 General Manager (Man)

Posted 28 September 2022

What I do?

"Everything."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€114,300 EUR

32/50 Purchasing Manager (Man)

Posted 12 September 2022

What I do?

"Automobile Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Strasbourg	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€56,700 EUR

31/50 Purchase Manager (Man)

Posted 12 September 2022

What I do?

"Automobile Engineering Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€56,700 EUR

30/50 Payments Consulting (Man)

Posted 12 September 2022

What I do?

"Market sizing / Due diligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	€54,000 EUR

29/50 Programmeur (Man)

Posted 11 September 2022

What I do?

"Analyse et programmation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Bordeaux	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€32,400 EUR

28/50 Urban Planner (Woman)

Posted 09 September 2022

What I do?

"Urban planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€56,700 EUR

27/50 Accountant (Man)

Posted 08 September 2022

What I do?

"ALTERNANT."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€18,000 EUR

26/50 Salesman (Man)

Posted 06 September 2022

What I do?

"Filling shelves, helping customers, controlling orders."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	High School	0-1 Year	Basic	€21,600 EUR

25/50 Logistics Performance Project Manager (Man)

Posted 06 September 2022

What I do?

"PERFORMANCE LOGISTICS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€43,200 EUR

24/50 Consultant (Woman)

Posted 06 September 2022

What I do?

"Business planning, operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€71,900 EUR

23/50 Credit Risk Manager (Woman)

Posted 05 September 2022

What I do?

"Risk Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€134,900 EUR

22/50 Chief Technical Officer (Man)

Posted 01 September 2022

What I do?

"Managing team, developing and architecture web apps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nantes	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€33,700 EUR

21/50 Hr Manager (Woman)

Posted 01 September 2022

What I do?

"HR generalist role."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€51,500 EUR

20/50 Biostatistician (Man)

Posted 31 August 2022

What I do?

"R, Python, clinical trials."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€51,700 EUR

19/50 English Teacher (Woman)

Posted 30 August 2022

What I do?

"Teaching students and lesson planning, online lessons to adults."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Grenoble	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€17,800 EUR

18/50 Ingineer (Man)

Posted 25 July 2022

What I do?

"Research, design, calculus."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Le Havre	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€27,200 EUR

17/50 Postdoc Researcher Botanist (Man)

Posted 20 July 2022

What I do?

"Scientific research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Montpellier	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€27,500 EUR

16/50 Architecte (Man)

Posted 20 July 2022

What I do?

"Design, and build."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lyon	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€54,900 EUR

15/50 Mobile Software Engineer (Man)

Posted 19 July 2022

What I do?

"Xamarin."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€43,000 EUR

14/50 Hrbp (Woman)

Posted 18 July 2022

What I do?

"HRBP experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€71,400 EUR

13/50 Project Engineer (Man)

Posted 15 July 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Marseille	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€52,500 EUR

12/50 Research Engineer (Man)

Posted 14 July 2022

What I do?

"DevOps, Programmng."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Toulouse	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€38,200 EUR

11/50 Vessel & Operations Manager (Man)

Posted 16 June 2022

What I do?

"Vessel Chartering Vessel Operations Subsea Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Montpellier	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	€69,300 EUR

10/50 Phd Student, 3rd Year (Man)

Posted 13 June 2022

What I do?

"Power electronics, analog electronics, automatic control."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Toulouse	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€39,000 EUR

9/50 Project Manager (Man)

Posted 10 June 2022

What I do?

"Consrtuction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€53,700 EUR

8/50 Back-end Developer (Man)

Posted 09 June 2022

What I do?

"Django, Python, Bash, CI/CD, testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nice	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€32,200 EUR

7/50 Back Office (Man)

Posted 08 June 2022

What I do?

"KYC know your customer. Know the identity of customer, his professional activity & origine of his fortune."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Marseille	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€30,200 EUR

6/50 Postdoc Research Fellow (Man)

Posted 30 May 2022

What I do?

"Trained scientists in electron and AFM microscopy and data analysis Engineered chiral gold nanoparticles for spectrometry Synthesis of broad range of chiral biomolecules Synthesis of broad range of nanoparticles Established spectrometry setups to screen and characterize chiral biomolecules Evaluated the performance of nanoparticles-based chiral detector."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Bordeaux	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€37,100 EUR

5/50 Inward Investment Adviser (Woman)

Posted 08 April 2022

What I do?

"Help companies settle."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Toulouse	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€23,600 EUR

4/50 Technical Manager (Man)

Posted 08 April 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€59,700 EUR

3/50 Marketing Manager (Woman)

Posted 05 April 2022

What I do?

"Product management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€77,200 EUR

2/50 Phd Student (Man)

Posted 21 March 2022

What I do?

"Research on the PhD project."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	€25,900 EUR

1/50 Crm Program Manager (Man)

Posted 20 March 2022

What I do?

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Paris	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€72,000 EUR