Wages in SMEs and very small companies (TPE) increased by 3.1% between December 2021 and June 2022, according to a barometer published this Wednesday. The Insights circle, which brings together 17 accounting firms, analyzed more than 430,000 payslips with the help of research firm Init and found that at VSEs/SMEs, the average increase in non-executive salaries, i.e., 3.14%, was stronger than that of female executives, with 2.76%.
Strong rises in women and in accommodation and restaurants
The increases were also slightly higher for women (3.16%) than for men (3.05%), constituting a “catch-up” according to accounting firms, with women’s salaries on average lower than those of men.
This level of wage increase roughly corresponds to the inflation observed in early 2022, but since then the rise in prices has accelerated considerably, to 6.2% per year in October.
Accommodation and restaurants rank first with a salary increase of 5.23% in the period, followed by the transport and storage sector (3.68%). At the end of the pack we find education (2.55%), as well as the human health and social action sector (2.4%).
A recovery effect in Île-de-France in various regions
On a geographical level, we are witnessing, according to accountants, a “gradual alignment of Ile-de-France wages” in SMEs / VSEs. Thus, SMEs/VSEs from Hauts-de-France (3.23%), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (3.20%), Pays de la Loire (3.22%), Brittany (3.17%) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (3.17%) registered higher wage increases than those of Ile-de-France (2.99%).
Cercle Perspectives will publish in February a new study based on the same sample to take into account the increases that will take place at the beginning of 2023, in a context of deteriorating economic conditions but also of persistent tensions in the labor market.
Source: BFM TV
