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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Europe's cross-border caravan commuters: How an army of French workers camp on Swiss border and cross daily into prosperous Alpine neighbour to earn higher salaries
French workers are increasingly leaving behind their lives to stay in a caravan on the border and commute into neighbouring countries for more gainful employment. Communes on the country's eastern frontier are now said to be filling up with citizens eyeing work in richer countries - while still enjoying the lower cost of living at home. Employees can receive twice their French salary or more while working in Switzerland, and then return home for cheaper bills, groceries and fuel. This year, France recorded more than 230,000 people crossing the border into Switzerland alone - more than double the 99,500 noted 20 years ago. Cross-border work may be protected by law, but the scale now threatens to overwhelm the French welfare system and strain tiny frontier communities. Roger Belot, the mayor of the Alpine village of Les Fourgs, told The Sunday Times that these workers have transformed the commune. The community of 1,500 faces housing shortages, longer queues at food banks and a lack of staff in key industries as workers arrive and immediately look east. Over the winter, the outlet reports, a car park serving tourists was filled with caravans and trucks, much to the chagrin of locals dependent on the ski trade. Mr Belot said that he was now having to use village money to accommodate cross-border workers in a formal campsite where he can, at least, charge for access to water, electricity and waste disposal. While these workers do face a stripped-back life living out of vans in potentially hostile territory, the financial benefits are clear. France is battling an unemployment rate of 7.4 per cent and the median salary is approximately €2,735 (£2,355) net per month in the private sector, according to the latest INSEE data. In Switzerland, the median gross monthly salary for full-time employees was CHF 6,788 (£6,249) in 2022, the most recent data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Put differently, the €400 (£344) Mr Belot hopes to charge for staying in the campsite is around 15 per cent of the median French wage. It is 5.5 per cent of the median Swiss. Les Fourgs is not unique. In Pontarlier, near the Swiss border, 30 per cent of the 18,000 inhabitants are cross-border workers, 24 heures reports. Locals complain that Swiss wages are massively driving up property prices on the French side of the border - up to levels comparable with Paris. This trend is felt most in France, but exists in Italy, Germany and Austria, too. In total, some 405,000 people crossed borders to work in Switzerland in the first quarter of 2025. 234,000 were French. France has, until recently, guaranteed certain protections to these workers. Should a cross-border worker from France lose their well-paying job in Switzerland, they will be cushioned by the French state, which pays out benefits based on prior salary. According to The Times, the French state is losing €800 million every year to such workers who lose their jobs. Efforts are being taken to redress this. In March, a new decree aimed at cross-border workers introduced 'major changes' to compensation. Before April 1, a cross-border worker who lost their job in Switzerland could refer to his Swiss salary to determine claims in France. Now, it has to be defined in line with French expectations. Nonetheless, there are now some 500,000 'frontaliers' living and working between France and its neighbours as more and more cotton on. Social media is now awash with anonymous users gently probing how they might go about finding work over the border while continuing to live in France. On Facebook last week, one French member of a Swiss expats group said they had a 'stable and comfortable' remote IT job based in France, but hoped to 'experience the Swiss professional environment' while continuing to live in France near the border. They asked what kind of salary they should aim for in an IT support role while living on the French side with two young children. 'Anything above 80k CHF [£73,639] gross/year is a good salary, [especially] if you're living in France,' another anonymous user replied. Glassdoor estimates that even working in Paris, an IT support worker can only expect a salary of around €40,500 (£34,859). Once folded into the Swiss tax system, they can expect to pay significantly lass tax than they would in France. Then, after a short commute home, they can pay a fraction of what they would have spent in Switzerland for dinner, utilities or a night on the town. Curiosity around cross-border benefits has spawned blogs, travel pages and official websites dedicated to answering questions on the topic. Associations for cross-border workers have also banded together to form the 'European Confederation of Cross-Border Workers', in part to create a legal unit to defend those subject to the new rules on benefits. Working within the EU is, for France, slightly more straightforward. Citizens are able to move to and reside in other member countries, thanks to the right to free movement. This means a French worker can cross the border into Germany or Belgium and live for up to three months without any requirements other than a valid identity card or passport. To stay longer, they may be asked to meet certain conditions, like proof of study or work. Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but French workers can work across the border with a G permit, a Swiss document that their employer applies for. Working in Switzerland and living in France has been legal since 1983, thanks to a bilateral agreement between the two countries. There are certain conditions; cross-border workers must return to France at least once a week, for example. After 12 years of recognised status, cross-border workers may be eligible for Swiss nationality, while also retaining their French nationality. Switzerland voted against joining the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992, but separately does also allow EU citizens to live and work in Switzerland under a free movement agreement. Switzerland, with an ageing population of just nine million, stands to gain from the system. But the influx of French workers has been met with some resistance. Long-time beneficiaries of the system told the Sunday Times that newcomers were giving them a bad name. And the increased supply of workers is believed to be lowering wages for available jobs in Switzerland. Some Swiss have also started limiting access to amenities for the French. Last week, French media picked up on reports a popular pool would limit use to Swiss nationals and holders of a valid settlement permit or work permit. Cross-border workers may be able to enjoy the benefits for now. But on both sides of the frontier, perceptions are changing in response to the scale of the movement.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Who earns the most in France? Official stats and job listings reveal best-paying jobs
France is the world's seventh-largest economy, with a projected GDP of $3.21 trillion (€2.74 trillion) in 2025, ranking third in Europe according to IMF estimates from April 2025. Residents across the country are seeking well-paid, high-quality employment opportunities. France also remains one of the top destinations for immigrants—ranking behind Germany and Spain in total arrivals from both within and outside the EU, according to Eurostat. Whether highly skilled or not, newcomers are also in search of better job prospects and improved living standards. So, what are the best-paying jobs in France? Which professions offer the highest salaries, and what are the average annual earnings for top jobs in France? Euronews Business explores the highest-paying jobs in France, using two complementary sources that shed light on different dimensions of the labour market. ● The monthly average net salaries for 2023 from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) (They were converted to annual figures by multiplying the monthly values by 12). These figures cover private sector employees only and exclude those working in the public sector. ● Job postings from global hiring firm Indeed, covering annual gross earnings from May 2024 to April 2025. Five main sectors dominate the top 50 highest-paying jobs in France according to INSEE. Aviation leads all sectors with an average salary of €111,600, driven by highly specialised roles in civil aviation, in particular pilots. Corporate roles such as managers and directors have an average of €92,000, the highest among multi-role sectors. Healthcare follows with €84,600, including dental surgeons and non-hospital doctors. Legal and finance sectors also rank high, averaging over €70,000. Related Why and where are weekly working hours dropping in Europe? Highest-paying jobs in Germany: Official data and job postings reveal top salaries A closer look reveals that, unsurprisingly, managers of large companies with 500 or more employees top the list, earning nearly €200,000 in average net annual salary. They are followed by executives in financial markets (€132,000), administrative, financial, and commercial managers in large companies (€127,200), and managers of medium-sized businesses with 50 to 499 employees (€123,600). All of these roles reported average net earnings above €120,000 in 2023. Civil aviation technical and commercial flight officers and executives—including airline pilots—also surpass the €100,000 mark, with average net annual salaries of around €116,000. This totals only five jobs with average net annual earnings over €100,000. Lawyers (€99,600) and technical directors of large companies (€98,400) come close to the €100,000 threshold. Dental surgeons (€87,600) and salaried non-hospital physicians (€81,600) also rank among the top 10 highest-paying jobs in France. Engineers in various roles, including management positions, are also well-paid in France and are well represented in the top 50 list. The IT sector likewise features prominently among the highest earners. Despite the widespread impact of digital disruption on media outlets, newspaper directors, press administrators, and publishing directors—across literary, musical, audiovisual, and multimedia sectors—remain well remunerated, ranking 22nd with an average annual net salary of €57,600. Besides lawyers, legal experts are also in the top 50 list with €51,600 annual salary. These figures represent average salaries, not medians—meaning the range can be quite wide in some sectors, especially where experience plays a significant role. Related Which career in Europe will reward you with the highest salary? Job postings on Indeed are also useful for observing recent wage trends; however, they reflect gross salaries (before deductions), unlike the net figures provided by INSEE. Dentists top the list with the highest annual median salary at €95,000, followed by orthodontists earning €78,750. In the tech sector, network architects receive €72,361, while medical agents in the healthcare field make €70,000. Average salaries are also available in the chart below. A compliance officer in production & manufacturing earns €67,500. Roles like domain manager and sales agent follow, with salaries of €65,000 and €64,855 respectively. The digital transformation consultant and mechanical designer earn €62,750 and €62,500. Several positions report identical median salaries of €60,000, including engineering director, real estate salesperson, operations director, senior sales representative, account executive, production director, human resources director, cloud architect and loan broker advisor. The occupation 'Physicians & Surgeons' is excluded from the Indeed dataset, prompting a separate analysis. Related From gross pay to take-home: The real salary picture across Europe 'Now is the moment to really embrace those tools': LinkedIn's top tips to futureproof your career While some jobs are emerging, others are gradually disappearing. Artificial intelligence has already begun to reshape the job market and the skills in demand. 'Over the next 5-10 years, we anticipate that green energy, AI/GenAI, cybersecurity, and biotechnology will produce new top-earning job titles,' Pawel Adrjan, director of economic research at Indeed, told Euronews Business. 'Roles like AI ethicist, key sustainability roles, GenAI engineers, and climate data analysts are gaining traction and are likely to move into the upper salary echelons as demand for specialised expertise in these areas grows,' he added. Adrjan also noted that attending a top-ranked university can certainly enhance job prospects and salary potential. However, he added that recent trends observed on Indeed in both the UK and France indicate that formal education requirements are appearing less frequently in job postings—particularly in high-skill fields such as IT and data science—pointing to a gradual shift toward skills-based hiring.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Who earns the most in France? Official stats and job listings reveal best-paying jobs
France is the world's seventh-largest economy, with a projected GDP of $3.21 trillion (€2.74 trillion) in 2025, ranking third in Europe according to IMF estimates from April 2025. Residents across the country are seeking well-paid, high-quality employment opportunities. France also remains one of the top destinations for immigrants—ranking behind Germany and Spain in total arrivals from both within and outside the EU, according to Eurostat. Whether highly skilled or not, newcomers are also in search of better job prospects and improved living standards. So, what are the best-paying jobs in France? Which professions offer the highest salaries, and what are the average annual earnings for top jobs in France? Euronews Business explores the highest-paying jobs in France, using two complementary sources that shed light on different dimensions of the labour market. ● The monthly average net salaries for 2023 from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) (They were converted to annual figures by multiplying the monthly values by 12). These figures cover private sector employees only and exclude those working in the public sector. ● Job postings from global hiring firm Indeed, covering annual gross earnings from May 2024 to April 2025. Five main sectors dominate the top 50 highest-paying jobs in France according to INSEE. Aviation leads all sectors with an average salary of €111,600, driven by highly specialised roles in civil aviation, in particular pilots. Corporate roles such as managers and directors have an average of €92,000, the highest among multi-role sectors. Healthcare follows with €84,600, including dental surgeons and non-hospital doctors. Legal and finance sectors also rank high, averaging over €70,000. Related Why and where are weekly working hours dropping in Europe? Highest-paying jobs in Germany: Official data and job postings reveal top salaries A closer look reveals that, unsurprisingly, managers of large companies with 500 or more employees top the list, earning nearly €200,000 in average net annual salary. They are followed by executives in financial markets (€132,000), administrative, financial, and commercial managers in large companies (€127,200), and managers of medium-sized businesses with 50 to 499 employees (€123,600). All of these roles reported average net earnings above €120,000 in 2023. Civil aviation technical and commercial flight officers and executives—including airline pilots—also surpass the €100,000 mark, with average net annual salaries of around €116,000. This totals only five jobs with average net annual earnings over €100,000. Lawyers (€99,600) and technical directors of large companies (€98,400) come close to the €100,000 threshold. Dental surgeons (€87,600) and salaried non-hospital physicians (€81,600) also rank among the top 10 highest-paying jobs in France. Engineers in various roles, including management positions, are also well-paid in France and are well represented in the top 50 list. The IT sector likewise features prominently among the highest earners. Despite the widespread impact of digital disruption on media outlets, newspaper directors, press administrators, and publishing directors—across literary, musical, audiovisual, and multimedia sectors—remain well remunerated, ranking 22nd with an average annual net salary of €57,600. Besides lawyers, legal experts are also in the top 50 list with €51,600 annual salary. These figures represent average salaries, not medians—meaning the range can be quite wide in some sectors, especially where experience plays a significant role. Related Which career in Europe will reward you with the highest salary? Job postings on Indeed are also useful for observing recent wage trends; however, they reflect gross salaries (before deductions), unlike the net figures provided by INSEE. Dentists top the list with the highest annual median salary at €95,000, followed by orthodontists earning €78,750. In the tech sector, network architects receive €72,361, while medical agents in the healthcare field make €70,000. Average salaries are also available in the chart below. A compliance officer in production & manufacturing earns €67,500. Roles like domain manager and sales agent follow, with salaries of €65,000 and €64,855 respectively. The digital transformation consultant and mechanical designer earn €62,750 and €62,500. Several positions report identical median salaries of €60,000, including engineering director, real estate salesperson, operations director, senior sales representative, account executive, production director, human resources director, cloud architect and loan broker advisor. The occupation 'Physicians & Surgeons' is excluded from the Indeed dataset, prompting a separate analysis. Related From gross pay to take-home: The real salary picture across Europe 'Now is the moment to really embrace those tools': LinkedIn's top tips to futureproof your career While some jobs are emerging, others are gradually disappearing. Artificial intelligence has already begun to reshape the job market and the skills in demand. 'Over the next 5-10 years, we anticipate that green energy, AI/GenAI, cybersecurity, and biotechnology will produce new top-earning job titles,' Pawel Adrjan, director of economic research at Indeed, told Euronews Business. 'Roles like AI ethicist, key sustainability roles, GenAI engineers, and climate data analysts are gaining traction and are likely to move into the upper salary echelons as demand for specialised expertise in these areas grows,' he added. Adrjan also noted that attending a top-ranked university can certainly enhance job prospects and salary potential. However, he added that recent trends observed on Indeed in both the UK and France indicate that formal education requirements are appearing less frequently in job postings—particularly in high-skill fields such as IT and data science—pointing to a gradual shift toward skills-based hiring. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Who earns the most in France? Official stats and job listings reveal best-paying jobs
France is the world's seventh-largest economy, with a projected GDP of $3.21 trillion (€2.74 trillion) in 2025, ranking third in Europe according to IMF estimates from April 2025. Residents across the country are seeking well-paid, high-quality employment opportunities. France also remains one of the top destinations for immigrants—ranking behind Germany and Spain in total arrivals from both within and outside the EU, according to Eurostat. Whether highly skilled or not, newcomers are also in search of better job prospects and improved living standards. So, what are the best-paying jobs in France? Which professions offer the highest salaries, and what are the average annual earnings for top jobs in France? Euronews Business explores the highest-paying jobs in France, using two complementary sources that shed light on different dimensions of the labour market. ● The monthly average net salaries for 2023 from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) (They were converted to annual figures by multiplying the monthly values by 12). These figures cover private sector employees only and exclude those working in the public sector. ● Job postings from global hiring firm Indeed, covering annual gross earnings from May 2024 to April 2025. Five main sectors dominate the top 50 highest-paying jobs in France according to INSEE. Aviation leads all sectors with an average salary of €111,600, driven by highly specialised roles in civil aviation, in particular pilots. Corporate roles such as managers and directors have an average of €92,000, the highest among multi-role sectors. Healthcare follows with €84,600, including dental surgeons and non-hospital doctors. Legal and finance sectors also rank high, averaging over €70,000. Related Why and where are weekly working hours dropping in Europe? Highest-paying jobs in Germany: Official data and job postings reveal top salaries A closer look reveals that, unsurprisingly, managers of large companies with 500 or more employees top the list, earning nearly €200,000 in average net annual salary. They are followed by executives in financial markets (€132,000), administrative, financial, and commercial managers in large companies (€127,200), and managers of medium-sized businesses with 50 to 499 employees (€123,600). All of these roles reported average net earnings above €120,000 in 2023. Civil aviation technical and commercial flight officers and executives—including airline pilots—also surpass the €100,000 mark, with average net annual salaries of around €116,000. This totals only five jobs with average net annual earnings over €100,000. Lawyers (€99,600) and technical directors of large companies (€98,400) come close to the €100,000 threshold. Dental surgeons (€87,600) and salaried non-hospital physicians (€81,600) also rank among the top 10 highest-paying jobs in France. Engineers in various roles, including management positions, are also well-paid in France and are well represented in the top 50 list. The IT sector likewise features prominently among the highest earners. Despite the widespread impact of digital disruption on media outlets, newspaper directors, press administrators, and publishing directors—across literary, musical, audiovisual, and multimedia sectors—remain well remunerated, ranking 22nd with an average annual net salary of €57,600. Besides lawyers, legal experts are also in the top 50 list with €51,600 annual salary. These figures represent average salaries, not medians—meaning the range can be quite wide in some sectors, especially where experience plays a significant role. Related Which career in Europe will reward you with the highest salary? Job postings on Indeed are also useful for observing recent wage trends; however, they reflect gross salaries (before deductions), unlike the net figures provided by INSEE. Dentists top the list with the highest annual median salary at €95,000, followed by orthodontists earning €78,750. In the tech sector, network architects receive €72,361, while medical agents in the healthcare field make €70,000. Average salaries are also available in the chart below. A compliance officer in production & manufacturing earns €67,500. Roles like domain manager and sales agent follow, with salaries of €65,000 and €64,855 respectively. The digital transformation consultant and mechanical designer earn €62,750 and €62,500. Several positions report identical median salaries of €60,000, including engineering director, real estate salesperson, operations director, senior sales representative, account executive, production director, human resources director, cloud architect and loan broker advisor. The occupation 'Physicians & Surgeons' is excluded from the Indeed dataset, prompting a separate analysis. Related From gross pay to take-home: The real salary picture across Europe 'Now is the moment to really embrace those tools': LinkedIn's top tips to futureproof your career While some jobs are emerging, others are gradually disappearing. Artificial intelligence has already begun to reshape the job market and the skills in demand. 'Over the next 5-10 years, we anticipate that green energy, AI/GenAI, cybersecurity, and biotechnology will produce new top-earning job titles,' Pawel Adrjan, director of economic research at Indeed, told Euronews Business. 'Roles like AI ethicist, key sustainability roles, GenAI engineers, and climate data analysts are gaining traction and are likely to move into the upper salary echelons as demand for specialised expertise in these areas grows,' he added. Adrjan also noted that attending a top-ranked university can certainly enhance job prospects and salary potential. However, he added that recent trends observed on Indeed in both the UK and France indicate that formal education requirements are appearing less frequently in job postings—particularly in high-skill fields such as IT and data science—pointing to a gradual shift toward skills-based hiring.
CTV News
04-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Quebec residential construction workers striking for ‘equal pay for equal work'
A construction worker attaches a basket on a crane as they work on the rooftop of a residential apartment building in Levis, Que. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Residential construction workers are on strike. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Nearly 1,000 workers from the Alliance syndicale de la construction demonstrated in front of the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec (APCHQ) offices to mark the first week of strikes in the residential sector Wednesday. The event was peaceful, with the slogan 'equal pay for equal work' illustrating their main demand: that the 60,000 residential construction workers receive the same wage increases as construction workers in other sectors, who have all already settled. The workers made themselves heard with trumpets, horns, percussion and music blaring from loudspeakers. Some of the signs had humorous tones, with slogans like 'if you don't want to pay me, don't make me saw' in French ('si tu veux pas me payer, fais-mois pas scier'). Many workers arrived from the regions by chartered bus; streets had to be closed and bus stops moved due to the size of the protest. After a week on strike, the workers did not seem discouraged. They gave a standing ovation to the spokesperson for the union alliance, Alexandre Ricard, president of FTQ-Construction. 'It's not true that we're going to be blamed for the increase in housing prices in recent years. There are several factors that make housing expensive today. We are just one factor. We're not the ones who caused these prices to rise,' said Ricard. 'I see lots of contractors attracting (residential) workers by offering them commercial conditions—proof that our demands are fair and reasonable," he told the protesters. It should be noted that, unlike in other sectors of the economy, construction workers do not receive a retroactive wage increase on the expiry date of the previous collective agreement when it is not renewed. They, therefore, lose money. Their agreement expired on April 30. APCHQ and Minister Boulet The APCHQ commented on the demonstration. 'As the critical date of July 1 approaches, the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec is growing impatient with the union alliance's inaction and hopes that the current negotiations will quickly lead to an agreement,' it said. Ricard responded in turn that, 'Yes, there are discussions at the table. But we need to move forward.' 'It makes no sense to drag this out, because we don't have the right to retroactivity. In the meantime, we are losing money. In the meantime, we also have no anti-strike-breaker law, which is totally unreasonable and also causes friction,' he said. The anti-strike-breaker provisions of the Labour Code do not apply to the construction industry. When questioned in Quebec City, Labour Minister Jean Boulet reiterated his offer to resort to arbitration. Under this process, an arbitrator, who is a neutral third party, determines the content of the collective agreement, thereby ending the labour dispute. However, both parties must agree to this. The APCHQ has said it is willing to accept, but not the Alliance syndicale, which wants to negotiate its own working conditions. Minister Boulet himself pointed out that several construction sites were still operating despite the strike. 'Workers can continue to work. Workers are at work,' he said. He noted that there had been 'incidents here and there where police intervention was required,' but the situation has calmed down. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French June 4, 2025. Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press
