Wages in SMEs and very small businesses (TPE) rose by 3.1% between December 2021 and June 2022, according to a barometer published on Wednesday.
The Perspectives framework, which brings together 17 accountancy firms, analyzed more than 430,000 pay slips with the help of research firm Init and found that the average increase in non-executive salaries in VSE/SMEs, ie 3.14%, was stronger , than executives – by 2.76%. “Usually it’s the other way around“, Laurent Chapart, president of the “Perspectives” circle, said in an interview with AFP. “Traditionally, high salaries in companies were much higher than low salaries.“, he said.
Slightly higher growth in women
The increase was also slightly higher among women (3.16%) than among men (3.05%), which is “catch potentialAccording to accounting firms, women’s salaries are on average lower than men’s. This level of wage growth is roughly in line with the rate of inflation seen in early 2022, but price growth has accelerated sharply since then, reaching 6.2% over the year in October.
“Some sectors under pressure have made more efforts to attract or retain talent“, according to the barometer. Housing and catering led the way with a 5.23% increase in wages over the period, followed by transport and warehousing (3.68%). At the back of the pack we find education (2.55%), as well as the field of human health and social action (2.4%).
At the geographic level, we are witnessing, according to accountants, “gradual alignment with Ile-de-France wages» in SMEs/SMEs. Thus, SMEs/VSEs in Haut-de-France (3.23%), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (3.20%), Pays de la Loire (3.22%), Brittany (3.17%) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (3.17%) recorded higher wages. growth than that of Ile-de-France (2.99%).
“Throughout the Atlantic region, there are many food and hotel businesses that must contribute mechanicallyto higher wage growth in these regions, explained Laurent Chapart. Circle Perspectives will publish a new study in February, based on the same sample, to consider the increases that will occur in early 2023, in the context of worsening economic conditions as well as persistent labor market tension.
Source: Le Figaro
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