Wage increases have reached, in a context of high inflation, “unprecedented levels in 2023” in France, in particular for workers and employees (4.6%) due to successive increases in the minimum wage, according to a study by Deloitte. released Thursday. In 2023, the median increases in base salary “were 4.6% (1.5 points) for OETAMs (workers, employees, technicians, supervisors, editor’s note) and 4.0% for executives ( 2.1 points)”, levels approaching the inflation observed in recent months, writes Deloitte in this annual study on remuneration.
“This represents a sharp increase compared to the year 2022 which marked the recovery after the salary freezes observed in 2021”, underlines the cabinet. “96% of companies have paid increase budgets greater than 2%,” he says. Taking into account variable compensation schemes and employee savings, the median increases are 7.0% and 3.0% respectively for OETAMs and executives.
In addition, more and more companies are emphasizing the “value sharing” bonus (53% compared to 29% in 2022), with amounts greatly increased compared to 2022, from 300 euros, without distinction of socio-professional categories, at 600 euros for OETAMs and 816 euros for executives. For 2024, the increase forecasts are revised slightly downwards, to 4.0% for OETAMs and 3.5% for managers.
After three years without significant progress, equal pay for women and men will improve in 2023 with an average gap of 2.6% compared to 3.7% in 2022. between the Île-de-France region and the provinces (4.7% compared to 4.9% in 2022) Finally, Deloitte notes a stabilization in the number of telework days “around 2 days (per week) for all socio-economic categories professionals combined, with now compensation paid by 50%” of companies. This study is based on a panel of 300 companies and more than a million individual compensation data within the main sectors of activity.