2020 is off to a good start. In France, unemployment fell below 9% for the first time in ten years, job creation - 260,000 last year - has started to rise again and wages have been rising for five years. "They are increasing in France at a significant rate, higher than inflation," moreover recalled Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, at 20 Hours of France 2, on January 12.
The increase in wages is much higher than that of receipts, of the order of 2 to 3% on average last year, faced with inflation of 1.1%. After the years of wage freeze that followed the 2008 financial crisis, here is a welcome upturn in household purchasing power, which should continue in 2020.
The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, has also called on businesses to “guarantee a better sharing of value […] when their economic results are there. They must open up prospects for a better life for their employees, ”he insisted during his greetings to economic players on January 7.
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But who are the winners of these wage increases? Are you well paid in terms of your profile, your qualification, your years of experience and the sector in which you work? With an equivalent position and field of activity, is your remuneration in the right range?
This is what you will be able to verify by delving into our file on salaries carried out in partnership with PageGroup France, specialist in recruitment. And above all, we have set up this barometer in which you can enter the data that corresponds to your professional situation and see what annual salary you are worth on the job market. And if you are not satisfied with your remuneration, read the advice of our experts before negotiating an increase.
Finally, if you think about your (re) orientation, be aware that certain profiles benefit from salary increases far above the average, of the order "from 5% to 6%", tells us Isabelle Bastide, president of PageGroup France.
20 highly sought after profiles
You don't have to have a long education or work in finance to see your salary go up. Account manager, site manager or even IT maintenance technician are sought-after talents. PageGroup consultants have identified 20 winning profiles who benefit from a favorable balance of power in the face of companies that struggle to find the right recruits.
“50% of French companies say they have trouble recruiting. Some manage to fill their positions only on the condition of increasing their wages, "recalls Eric Heyer, economist at the French Observatory of Economic Conditions (OFCE). But if the winners of the wage increase will be numerous, the 19.6 million employees in the private sector will not be housed in the same boat.
Update your skills
"The job market is changing in our country: many jobs are disappearing with the digitalization of the economy," said Eric Heyer. Those who appear as compensation are either very qualified or very unskilled and therefore poorly paid, ”he warns.
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Hence the interest for employees, whatever their sector of activity, to remain attentive to the various vocational training offers available throughout their career and not to hesitate to update their skills throughout their life.