INDEX POINT INCREASE. The index point for civil servants is upgraded on Friday July 1, 2022! For who ? What gain? And the contractors? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 30 juin 2022 à 14h55] The government has announced the unfreezing of the index point for civil servants (which serves as the basis for calculating the definition of the gross salary), and it’s for tomorrow! This Friday, July 1, 2022, the civil service index point is revalued by 3.5% ! In other words, the remuneration of all civil servants, caregivers, soldiers, teachers, police and contract workers will increase. This increase comes in a complicated economic climate, galloping inflation cutting into the purchasing power of French households (5.8% in June over one year). The financing of this operation should prove to be extremely costly for the State, around 7.5 billion euros. It’s the first time since 37 years that such an increase is made. But then, how much does this increase represent on the next payslip of civil servants?
- Town Clerk (15 years of experience) : 687 euros annual gain
- Peacekeeper (15 years of seniority) : 822 euros annual gain
- Nurse anesthetist (8 years of experience) : 1,093 euros of annual gain
- Midwife (mid-career) : 1,330 euros of annual gain
This thaw of the civil servants’ index point has been a top priority in recent months. The teaching profession, in particular, no longer attracts enough. The figures from the last competition for school teachers in 2022 in Ile-de-France attest to this. In total, 2 out of 3 positions have not been filled and 2,000 posts still remain vacant for the start of the school year in September. The index point had not been revalued since 2017 and an increase of 1.2% under the presidency of François Hollande. For its part, the CGT already deems this increase insufficient, it demanded a net increase in 10%. The CDTCshe, demanded a more aggressive revaluation to the tune of 20%. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Nudes and former leader BIA offered him a raise of 10%.
The amount of the civil service index point has been completely frozen since 2017. Indeed, for more than 5 years, no general increase in the remuneration of public officials has taken place. Only a few categorical increases have been implemented by Emmanuel Macron since his election as President of the Republic in 2017. For the time being, the value of this index point is €4.68. In other words, an annual treatment value of €5,623.23.
The increase in the index point for civil servants by 3.5% has been in effect since Tuesday, June 28, announced by the Minister of Transformation and the Civil Service, Stanislas Guerini during a social conference. The thaw of the index point, which serves as a basis in the calculation of public officials will be part of the purchasing power bill. As since its introduction, the index point must take inflation into account to allow the salaries of civil servants to follow the evolution of the rise in consumer prices (5.2% inflation in May 2022 on a year).
Problem, this clue point was frozen between 2010 and 2017. A thaw took place under François Hollande, the index point then increased by 0.6% on July 1, 2016 and 0.6% again on February 1, 2017. July 2022 therefore marks the first salary increase for civil servants in five years. On the side of the unions of civil servants, the increase claimed was of the order of 10%, in particular on the side of the CGT. On the one hand, to compensate for the harmful effects of inflation, but also to compensate for the losses of the civil servants related to the freezing of the point in 2010. It will not have been heard.
The value of the index point amounts to €4.68602 since February 1, 2017 for an annual salary value of €5,623.23. Note that this figure has been rising steadily since March 1, 1995.
The thaw of the index point seems essential for a profession that is suffering from its reputation, and which is unable to recruit enough. In addition, some public officials have not benefited from the categorical measures taken by Emmanuel Macron. The Head of State preferring more general revaluation measures, before changing his mind recently on this famous index point. The increase in the index point is also linked to the constant rise in inflation, which has largely reduced the purchasing power of French households in recent months (5.2% in May over one year). Want to save money? Here is our file dedicated to promotions and savings in these times of rising consumer prices: