France hourly labour costs: info & communication
France hourly labour costs: info & communication stood at 117.6 in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Wages and labour cost table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1998 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Wages and labour cost table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| hourly costs - Information, communication (NAF rev. 2 item J) | 117.6 | 116.6 | 115.5 | 113.7 | 113.9 | 113.5 | 111.7 | 110.2 | 109.9 | 109 | |
| hourly costs - Financial and insurance activities (NAF rev. 2 item K) | 121 | 121.6 | 118.6 | 117.1 | 116.7 | 117.4 | 115 | 114.3 | 112.5 | 112 |
Understanding france hourly labour costs: info & communication
This indicator quantifies hourly employer expenditures for personnel engaged in publishing, telecommunications, broadcasting, software development, IT services, and information data processing. The calculation divides total compensation—including base salaries, technical performance bonuses, and statutory social contributions—by the aggregate hours worked by software engineers, media producers, telecommunications technicians, and administrative staff. It differs from traditional industrial and trade measures by focusing on knowledge-intensive, digital, and content-creation activities.
Remuneration in this sector often features variable incentive pay and project-based bonuses that can create quarterly volatility independent of base wage scales. Preliminary figures are subject to standard revisions as tech firms and media companies finalize their payroll audits. Analysts should evaluate these trends alongside structural shifts in remote work adoption and technological skill demand, which can alter the composition of worked hours.
Frequently asked questions
- What activities comprise the information and communication sector?
- It covers publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting, telecommunications, software publishing, computer programming, and data hosting.
- How do bonuses affect information sector labour costs?
- Project-based bonuses and performance incentives are common in tech fields, creating quarterly fluctuations in total hourly compensation.
- Are remote work trends reflected in this index?
- While it measures monetary costs per hour, shifts toward remote work can influence the types of contracted hours and operational overhead reported.