The minimum wage increases by 24 euros per month from December 1, an increase of 1.6% which brings the minimum wage to 1,502 euros net monthly, announced the French Minister of Labor. The CFDT regrets an “insufficient” measure, while the CGT denounces “crumbs”.

Published on: 09/11/2026 - 1:42 p.m.

The Minister of Labor, Jean-Pierre Farandou, announced Monday, November 9 that the minimum wage would be increased by 1.6% from December 1 to approximately 1,502 euros net, i.e. a monthly increase of approximately 24 euros.

"On the minimum wage, we are deciding two things: we are deciding to anticipate [the automatic increase which was to take place a month later, on January 1, Editor's note] the increase on December 1 and we are deciding to bring this increase to 1.6%," declared the minister during a press conference in Matignon, following a meeting with trade union and employer organizations.

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The minimum wage today stands at 1,477.93 euros.

“The second largest increase in 20 years”

This increase constitutes "the second largest increase in 20 years, it should not be despised", the Prime Minister insisted during this press conference. He insisted on the “not only symbolic” nature of this boost.

“This revaluation has been documented (...) so that it is not a source of job destruction,” also justified Sébastien Lecornu.

While the unions denounce the maintenance in certain professional sectors of minimums below the minimum wage, Jean-Pierre Farandou assured that this increase would constitute “a helping hand, but also a boost”.

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“It’s a boost since the mechanism is to ask – and we did it this morning very clearly – that the professional branches take up the subject and open very rapid negotiations, from next week, that we have a real dynamic of branch negotiation to raise the conventional minimums taking into account this new minimum wage.”

An “insufficient” increase for the CFDT

The general secretary of the CFDT, Marylise Léon, immediately reacted, considering that this 1.6% increase was “insufficient”. However, she welcomed the fact that "for the first time", a certain amount of aid to businesses was conditional on sectoral negotiations.

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“He announced to us a 23 euro increase in the minimum wage on December 1 when we know that a priori the minimum wage should automatically increase by 18 euros on January 1,” for her part castigated the general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, referring to “crumbs”.

With AFP

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