Overview
- DEPP published its 2024 pay report on August 20 showing an average net monthly pay of €3,090 and a 4.3% real-terms increase year-on-year.
- Unions reject the headline number as misleading, arguing the average is pulled up by older staff, includes bonuses and overtime, and excludes roughly 8–9% of lower-paid contract teachers.
- DEPP’s breakdown shows wide gaps: primary teachers average €2,850 net, secondary €3,240, agrégés €4,080, while contract teachers average about €2,130 net and are not counted in the headline figure.
- A separate poll finds 71% of teachers feel neither respected nor recognized, and unions say long-term purchasing-power losses and poor working conditions drive salary anger.
- Operational strain from a summer cyberattack has disrupted local school administrations in places such as Nantes and Toulouse and adds pressure to pay and staffing debates before planned autumn union actions.