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# Take-home pay in France

The national median gross salary in France is €2,531 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €30,372 a year, a single person without children pays €3,726 in income tax and €3,435 in employee social contributions and keeps €23,211 a year: €1,934 a month, 76.4% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €45,964 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €22,982 | €1,915 | €1,645 | 85.9% |
| 67% | €30,796 | €2,566 | €1,958 | 76.3% |
| 100% | €45,964 | €3,830 | €2,759 | 72.0% |
| 133% | €61,133 | €5,094 | €3,484 | 68.4% |
| 167% | €76,761 | €6,397 | €4,237 | 66.2% |
| 200% | €91,929 | €7,661 | €4,967 | 64.8% |
| 250% | €114,911 | €9,576 | €6,067 | 63.4% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €22,982 | €1,915 | €2,435 | 127.1% |
| 67% | €30,796 | €2,566 | €2,744 | 106.9% |
| 100% | €45,964 | €3,830 | €3,579 | 93.4% |
| 133% | €61,133 | €5,094 | €4,446 | 87.3% |
| 167% | €76,761 | €6,397 | €5,214 | 81.5% |
| 200% | €91,929 | €7,661 | €5,945 | 77.6% |
| 250% | €114,911 | €9,576 | €6,969 | 72.8% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €22,982 | €1,915 | €2,224 | 116.1% |
| 67% | €30,796 | €2,566 | €2,534 | 98.7% |
| 100% | €45,964 | €3,830 | €3,183 | 83.1% |
| 133% | €61,133 | €5,094 | €4,175 | 82.0% |
| 167% | €76,761 | €6,397 | €5,064 | 79.2% |
| 200% | €91,929 | €7,661 | €5,843 | 76.3% |
| 250% | €114,911 | €9,576 | €6,875 | 71.8% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by French Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €11,497 | 0% | — |
| €11,498 – €29,315 | 11% | — |
| €29,316 – €83,823 | 30% | — |
| €83,824 – €180,294 | 41% | — |
| above €180,294 | 45% | — |

- Standard VAT rate: 20%; reduced 10%, 5.5%, 2.1%

## Minimum wage

€11.88 an hour (2025); €24,710 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, and €20,399 after income tax and employee contributions (€1,700 a month).

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. French Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.impots.gouv.fr/particulier/questions/comment-calculer-mon-taux-dimposition-dapres-le-bareme-progressif-de-limpot
3. Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly), Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses_monthly?format=JSON&lang=EN&freq=A&indic_se=MED_E_EUR&worktime=FT&age=TOTAL&sex=T&isco08=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&time=2022&geo=FR

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/france/
- JSON (the model for France): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/fr.json