{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"fr-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in France (2025)","description":"France's Median Equivalised Net Income: 26,459 EUR per person in 2025, +3.5% YoY, roughly 115% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does France's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, France's median equivalised net income of about 26,459 EUR was roughly 115.3% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 3,520 EUR. That premium has typically narrowed since 2014, when France's ratio to the EU-27 average peaked at roughly 140.4%, even as France's absolute income has kept rising."},{"question":"How much has France's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"France's median equivalised net income rose from about 19,960 EUR in 2010 to approximately 26,459 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 32.6% over 15 years. Growth was fairly steady through most of the 2010s, dipped slightly to 22,143 EUR in 2020 (-1.9%), then accelerated from 2023 onward with year-on-year gains of +4.9%, +5.7%, and +3.5% in the following three years."},{"question":"Why did France's median income dip in 2020?","answer":"France's median equivalised net income fell from 22,562 EUR in 2019 to 22,143 EUR in 2020, a -1.9% decline — the only year-on-year drop in the 2010–2025 series. Eurostat flags a break in the underlying series in both 2020 and 2022, so part of the movement likely reflects methodological changes in the EU-SILC survey rather than a proportional shift in household income alone."},{"question":"Has France's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Narrowing, typically, over the past decade. France's ratio to the EU-27 average rose from about 137.5% in 2010 to a high of roughly 140.4% in 2014, then declined in most years since to reach 115.3% in 2025 — its lowest point in the 2010–2025 series, even as France's absolute income kept rising."}]}