INDEX POINT INCREASE 2022. The index point for civil servants has been increased by 3.5% since July 1, 2022. What gain on the pay slip? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 4 juillet 2022 à 08h07] The unfreezing of the index point for civil servants has been in effect since July 1, 2022. In other words, the remuneration of all civil servants, including contract workers, increases by 3.5%. This is the largest revaluation of the index point for 37 years, and the first since 2017. The increase will take effect from August, with a retroactive effect to July 1 to allow beneficiaries not to miss out on July’s gain. But then, what does a 4% increase on your pay slip really represent?
For a town clerk with 15 years of experience, these are €57.30 additional each month and for a peacekeeper, €68.50. A midwife will now pocket €110.80 more each month. Finally, a nurse anesthetist with 8 years of experience will benefit from a gain of €91.10 monthly. A costly maneuver that could amount to 7.5 billion euros for the state. On the opposition side, Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Nudes) demanded a net increase of 10%. Same thing for the CGT. This increase in the civil service index point comes as inflation continues to rise in France (5.8% in June over one year) and that the teaching profession is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. The job attracts less and less, especially because of the remuneration, especially among school teachers at the start of their careers.
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 (5.8% inflation in June 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 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 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 for several months (5.8% in June over one year). Want to save money? Here is our file dedicated to promotions and savings in these times of rising consumer prices: