Country
France
Full labour cost: €44.30 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €26.97 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €19.35 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €14.25 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €14.87 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€44.30 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in France
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €1.90 | €0.26 | 7.2× |
| Answer a customer chat | €1.24 | €0.15 | 8.3× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €1.19 | €0.14 | 8.7× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.95 | €0.14 | 6.9× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €7.13 | €1.02 | 7× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €2.38 | €0.28 | 8.4× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €5.94 | €1.00 | 5.9× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €7.13 | €1.10 | 6.5× |
| Research one B2B lead | €6.45 | €1.13 | 5.7× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €3.23 | €0.35 | 9.2× |
| Screen one CV | €1.94 | €0.34 | 5.8× |
| Draft a social media post | €4.84 | €0.66 | 7.3× |
| Write a help-centre article | €12.90 | €1.97 | 6.5× |
| Write a product description | €8.99 | €1.37 | 6.6× |
| Translate one page | €22.48 | €4.52 | 5× |
| Write a job ad | €13.48 | €2.28 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €26.97 | €4.55 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €6.74 | €1.41 | 4.8× |
| Review a small pull request | €13.48 | €2.32 | 5.8× |
| Write a SQL report query | €13.48 | €2.30 | 5.9× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method