Sluggish development, troublesome worldwide state of affairs, political instability, enterprise failure… The financial context in 2025 is especially difficult in France. However, the labor market, regardless of a decline, has not collapsed. The unemployment price stays comparatively secure, at 7.7% of the working inhabitants, in comparison with 7.4% a yr in the past. This contraction, which has been at work since 2023, is anticipated to proceed. In its autumn financial forecasts, the European Commission anticipates a continued deterioration of the French state of affairs, with a gradual enhance in unemployment: 8% in 2026 and eight.2% in 2027.
This local weather didn’t stop salaries from rising in 2024 and 2025. According to the group of consultants on the minimal wage, which submitted its annual report back to the federal government and social companions on Thursday, November 27, over these two years, “wages have increased on average faster than inflation, partly making up for the declines in the purchasing power of wages caused by the renewed inflation between 2021 and 2023”. Being listed to inflation, the minimal wage elevated by 17% between 2021 and 2025 with a number of will increase. Over the identical interval, negotiated salaries within the branches in addition to precise base salaries elevated by round 15% on common.
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