Median Equivalised Net Income in France (2025)
France's Median Equivalised Net Income: 26,459 EUR per person in 2025, +3.5% YoY, roughly 115% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,459 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 25,557 | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 24,179 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 23,053 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 22,732 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 22,143 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 22,562 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 22,220 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 21,960 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 21,713 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 21,415 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 21,199 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 20,924 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 20,603 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 19,995 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 19,960 | n/a |
About this Dataset
France's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 26,459 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 3.5% increase from 25,557 EUR in 2024, following an even sharper +5.7% gain the year before.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is France's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, France's median income of 19,960 EUR was already about 137.5% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That premium widened modestly through the mid-2010s, peaking at roughly 140.4% in 2014, before typically narrowing in most years since to reach 115.3% in 2025 — its lowest point in the series, even as France's absolute income kept climbing.
Growth has not been perfectly linear. France's income rose steadily from 19,960 EUR in 2010 to 22,562 EUR in 2019, then eased slightly to 22,143 EUR in 2020 (-1.9%) — the only year-on-year decline in the series. Eurostat flags a break in the underlying series in both 2020 and 2022, so part of that movement, and the following rebound to 22,732 EUR in 2021, likely reflects methodological adjustments to the EU-SILC survey rather than a proportional shift in household income alone. Growth then accelerated from 2023, with the level rising to 24,179 EUR in 2023, 25,557 EUR in 2024, and 26,459 EUR in 2025. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2023–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. France's national statistical office (INSEE) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.