France
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$60,483 2025
France recorded a 2025 average annual wage of 60,483 USD PPP in constant prices. Current earnings sit just 1.32 percent below the 2019 historical peak. Price structures diverge sharply from the United States, with health costs dramatically lower but transport expenses exceeding the benchmark.
1-Year Change
+1.0%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+3.7%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
70.4
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$60,483
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.0%
5-Year Change
+3.7%
10-Year Change
+1.7%
Historical Peak
$61,289
Peak Year
2019
Change From Peak
−1.3%
What the Wage Trend Shows
Average annual wages reached 60,483 USD PPP in 2025 using constant prices. This marks a 1.03 percent gain from the previous reporting year.
Five-year growth from 2020 to 2025 equals 3.7 percent. The current wage level remains 1.32 percent below the 2019 historical maximum.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Transport
Transport has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 114 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 43.4, −56.6 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 70.4, below the United States benchmark (−29.6 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
Overall consumption prices indexed at 70.4 relative to the United States in 2024. This indicates a substantial gap of -29.6 points below the benchmark.
Health costs were remarkably low with a -56.6 point gap from the United States. Transport was the sole category exceeding the benchmark by 14 points.
Seven of eight categories fell below United States price levels. Only transport registered higher relative costs in this comprehensive 2024 snapshot.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $60,483
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States7 below, 0 at 100
- 1 above
Compare France
See how France's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
New Zealand$60,8962025+0.7%higher
South Korea$61,2592025+1.3%higher
Sweden$61,4432025+1.6%higher
Lithuania$58,1122025−3.9%lower
Finland$63,0532025+4.2%higher
Spain$57,7792025−4.5%lower
Slovenia$63,3762025+4.8%higher
Israel$57,4262025−5.1%lower
Türkiye$57,2752024−5.3%lower
United Kingdom$66,2992025+9.6%higher
Italy$53,8642025−10.9%lower
Canada$67,9012025+12.3%higherSimilar Economies
How to Read This Country Page
Three boundaries keep wage and price comparisons from being misread.
- Wage basis
- The annual wage is expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. It is an average, not a median wage, local-currency amount, or take-home figure.
- Years stay separate
- The latest wage year and the price year do not have to match. Price controls read only 2022, 2023, or 2024 and never substitute another year.
- Price benchmark
- 100 represents the United States price level. A value of 120 is reported here as 20 index points above that benchmark.
Data Coverage and Limits
See which years are actually present before comparing wage and price records.
The wage time series covers 35 years starting from 1990 through 2025. A total of 36 observations document compensation evolution across this span.
Price data exists only for selected years within the broader observation period. Temporal gaps require careful navigation when constructing longitudinal analyses.
Unavailable values are never replaced with estimates or adjacent-year proxies. This strict handling preserves data integrity for all comparative assessments.
- Wage observations
- 36
- Wage coverage
- 1990-2025
- Price categories · 2024
- 8 of 8
- Price categories · 2023
- 0 of 8
- Price categories · 2022
- 0 of 8
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in France?
France reported an average annual wage of 60,483.173 USD PPP in 2025. This figure uses constant 2025 prices for standardized comparison.
How has the average wage changed in France?
Wages grew 3.7 percent over the five years ending in 2025. The longer ten-year change from 2015 measures 1.68 percent growth.
What are consumer price levels like in France?
Most consumer prices fall well below United States levels in 2024. Health costs show the largest negative gap at -56.6 index points.
Is the average wage in France close to its historical peak?
Current wages are quite close to the historical peak of 61,289 USD PPP. The 2025 value sits only 1.32 percent below that 2019 maximum.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
OECD Comparative Price Levels
Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024