INDEX POINT INCREASE. The salary of civil servants will be increased by 3.5% in 2022. What gain on the payslip? For who ? All info.
[Mis à jour le 26 juillet 2022 à 08h06] The government endorsed the thaw of the public service index point, during the examination of the purchasing power bill in the National Assembly. In other words, the salary of civil servants increases by 3.5% on July 1. A revaluation visible on your payslip from August 2022, with retroactive effect from July 1, 2022. An increase supposed to compensate for the harmful effects of inflation on the purchasing power of households (5.8% in June over one year). This thaw concerns all civil servants, including contract employees, the State, territorial or hospital civil service as well. With this increase, the index point should rise to 4.85 euros against 4.68 euros previously. But then, what does this increase really represent on your payslip? Here are three examples:
- Town Clerk with 15 years of experience: +€57.30 per month and +687 euross per year
- Peacekeeper with 15 years of experience: +€68.50 per month and +822 euros per year
- Nurse anesthetist with 8 years of experience: +€91.10s per month and +€1,093 per year
The increase in the index point for civil servants is calculated at 7.5 billion euros for the State. A great first since 2017, the date of the last thaw of the index point, +1.2%, it was under the presidency of François Hollande. It is also the largest increase in 37 years. In fact, the government has not been able to ignore the poor health of the teaching profession for several years now. The job attracts less and less, especially because of the remuneration, especially among school teachers at the start of their careers. In mathematics and German, the latest Capes eligibility results revealed significant deficiencies. These two subjects are not full, the number of vacancies remains higher than the number of eligible candidates. The revaluation of the index point of the civil service then appeared to be vital.
What is the index point in the civil service?
The amount of the civil service index point has been totally 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. If approved by Parliament, the index point could reach €4.85.
The minimum salary (increased index 352) should rise from 1,649.48 euros to €1,707.21 per month. In other words, €20,486.54 per year.
The increase in the index point for civil servants allows all civil servants in France to see their salary revalued. The increase in the index point must take into account the level of inflation (5.8% in June 2022 over one year). Frozen since 2010, the index point for civil servants experienced two slight successive increases in 2016 under the presidency of François Hollande (+0.6% and +0.6%). That is an increase of 1.2% at the start of 2017. Since that date, there has been no further movement to report concerning the index point, and therefore, on the pay slips of the vast majority of civil servants. The Head of State has practiced categorical measures, rather than a general revaluation.
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 revaluation of the index point, and therefore the increase in the salaries of civil servants, is not the only measure recently announced concerning them. First of all, the Gipa premium (individual purchasing power guarantee) is renewed in 2022. If the evolution of your indexed gross salary is lower, over four years, than that of the consumer price index, the Gipa bonus intervenes and is paid completely automatically with your treatment. Then the officers of category B at the start of their career should benefit from a extra help in terms of salary. Also, the eligibility conditions for sustainable mobility package will be more flexible in the public service. Finally, the State’s participation in financing the collective catering is revised upwards! She climbs from 7% in 2022.
The value of the index point amounts to €4.68602 since February 1, 2017 for an annual salary value of €5,623.23. It should be noted that this figure has been constantly rising since March 1, 1995 and could even rise to €4.85 in the event of validation of the increase by Parliament.
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: