Note that if we take the gross average sector, the gap is even higher. For civil servants, this amounts to 5,445 euros, or 28.7% more compared to 2020. For those in the private sector, the salary is 4,355 euros, or 12.9% up compared to it. four years ago. This is partly because the average salary is the average of all salaries, which makes it sensitive to extreme values, such as higher salaries of senior civil servants. The median wage, on the other hand, is the wage that divides the population in two. In this specific case, there are therefore half of the civil servants who earn more than 4,842 euros gross.
Advantages and a rise in the ranking
But the attractiveness of the public sector does not stop there. In addition to competitive remuneration, civil servants benefit from an average of 10 additional days of leave per year compared to private sector employees. Add to this the near impossibility of dismissal which completes the picture of advantages. The government therefore appears to offer stability and benefits that few private employers can match.
Our salaries will soon be paid in real time?
As a result, the public sector is now positioned among the three best-paid sectors in the country, just behind the pharmaceutical and chemical industry as well as the energy sector. It is surpassing historical stalwarts like banks, insurance companies and technology companies. Only two years ago he was in fifth place.
Note, however, that in the Jobat Barometer methodology, gross salaries below 900 euros and above 20,000 euros were not taken into account. This corresponds to 1,100 records deleted from the nearly 12,000 used to collect the data. This has the consequence of excluding the highest salaries, from both public and private companies. It remains to be seen whether these high salaries are more present in the private sector…
