{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"fr-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-minimum-wage/","title":"France Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"France's Minimum Wage: 1,802 EUR per month in 2025, +2.0% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","France","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"France","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"France Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"France"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"France (2025)","value":"1,802","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+2.0% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+2.0%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"France Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":1066},{"period":"2001","value":1105},{"period":"2002","value":1140.5},{"period":"2003","value":1184.5},{"period":"2004","value":1250.5},{"period":"2005","value":1252},{"period":"2006","value":1236},{"period":"2007","value":1267},{"period":"2008","value":1300.5},{"period":"2009","value":1329.5},{"period":"2010","value":1344},{"period":"2011","value":1365},{"period":"2012","value":1412},{"period":"2013","value":1430},{"period":"2014","value":1445},{"period":"2015","value":1458},{"period":"2016","value":1467},{"period":"2017","value":1480},{"period":"2018","value":1498},{"period":"2019","value":1521},{"period":"2020","value":1539},{"period":"2021","value":1555},{"period":"2022","value":1624.5},{"period":"2023","value":1728},{"period":"2024","value":1767},{"period":"2025","value":1802}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"1802.0","yoyChange":"+2.0%"},{"year":"2024","value":"1767.0","yoyChange":"+2.3%"},{"year":"2023","value":"1728.0","yoyChange":"+6.4%"},{"year":"2022","value":"1624.5","yoyChange":"+4.5%"},{"year":"2021","value":"1555.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2020","value":"1539.0","yoyChange":"+1.2%"},{"year":"2019","value":"1521.0","yoyChange":"+1.5%"},{"year":"2018","value":"1498.0","yoyChange":"+1.2%"},{"year":"2017","value":"1480.0","yoyChange":"+0.9%"},{"year":"2016","value":"1467.0","yoyChange":"+0.6%"},{"year":"2015","value":"1458.0","yoyChange":"+0.9%"},{"year":"2014","value":"1445.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2013","value":"1430.0","yoyChange":"+1.3%"},{"year":"2012","value":"1412.0","yoyChange":"+3.4%"},{"year":"2011","value":"1365.0","yoyChange":"+1.6%"},{"year":"2010","value":"1344.0","yoyChange":"+1.1%"},{"year":"2009","value":"1329.5","yoyChange":"+2.2%"},{"year":"2008","value":"1300.5","yoyChange":"+2.6%"},{"year":"2007","value":"1267.0","yoyChange":"+2.5%"},{"year":"2006","value":"1236.0","yoyChange":"-1.3%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in France in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 1,802 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,066 in 2000. The latest reading of 1,802 in 2025 represents a change of +2.0%."}]}