The average net salary fell by 0.3% between 2012 and 2013 if inflation is taken into account, according to an INSEE study published on Sept. 16. This is the second consecutive year that purchasing power has fallen.
In France in 2013, full-time private sector and public company workers averaged 2,912 euros a month gross and 2,202 euros net. That is, a 1.3% increase in the average gross salary and a 0.6% increase in the average net salary, compared to 2012, “in a context of a worsening labor (...)
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