France hourly rate calculator

From monthly salary to gross hourly rate and back in France, with overtime and the comparison with the Smic.

Gross hourly rate

€13.19

for 151.67 paid hours a month

151.67 contract hours a month
Annual salary €24,000.00
Above the Smic

A salary of €2,000.00 gross a month for 35 hours a week (151.67 hours a month) corresponds to a gross hourly rate of €13.19.

The gross hourly Smic is €12.31 (Service Public, page checked 1 June 2026): your base rate is €0.88 above the Smic. Overtime increases do not count in this comparison.

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Your gross amount

Your gross monthly salary (with any overtime paid each week, if you work it) if you chose «Monthly salary», otherwise your base gross hourly rate. Gross means before contributions and tax.

Hours per week

The length of your employment contract, from 1 to 35 hours: 35 hours is the legal full-time duration. Beyond that they are overtime: enter them in the next field. Half hours are written with a decimal point: 17.5.

Overtime hours per week

The hours worked each week beyond 35 hours, full time. Without a collective agreement, the first 8 (from the 36th to the 43rd) are increased by 25%, the following by 50%; your agreement may provide other rates, of at least 10%. You cannot exceed 48 hours a week.

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The calculation
	Hours per week (contract)	35
×	Weeks per year	52
÷	Months per year	12
=	Hours per month	151.67
	Gross monthly salary	€2,000.00
÷	Hours per month	151.67
=	Base gross hourly rate	€13.19
	Smic for these hours€12.31 an hour × 151.67 hours a month	€1,867.02

How it works

The hours of the week are converted into hours of the month: hours per week × 52 weeks ÷ 12 months. For a 35-hour full-time job that gives 151.67 hours a month, the legal monthly duration.
From hourly rate to monthly salary, you multiply the rate by the hours of the month; from monthly salary to hourly rate, you divide. The annual salary is the hourly rate × the hours of the week × 52.
Overtime, beyond 35 hours a week, is increased: without a collective agreement, 25% from the 36th to the 43rd hour and 50% from the 44th. An hour at +25% therefore counts as 1.25 paid hours. You cannot exceed 48 hours a week.
For the Smic, the base rate is compared with €12.31 an hour: overtime increases, profit-sharing bonuses and expense reimbursements do not count.

Worked example

A salary of €2,000 gross for 35 hours a week: 35 × 52 ÷ 12 = 151.67 hours a month, so 2,000 ÷ 151.67 = €13.19 an hour, which is €0.88 more than the Smic. Conversely, the Smic of €12.31 an hour gives 12.31 × 151.67 = €1,867.02 a month and €22,404.20 a year, the Service Public figures. With 4 hours of overtime a week at €12.31: 4 × 12.31 × 1.25 = €61.55 a week, so €266.72 a month extra.

Sources

Text checked on October 5, 2026

Good to know

The hourly rate on this page is gross, before contributions. To know what is left in your account, run the gross monthly salary through the net salary calculator.
The Smic counts the base salary, benefits in kind and productivity bonuses; it does not count overtime increases, profit-sharing bonuses or expense reimbursements. The collective agreement may provide a higher minimum: the employer then pays what the agreement provides.
The Smic is reduced for employees under 18 with less than 6 months of practice in their branch: €11.08 at 17 and €9.85 at 16 or under. There is also a reduction for apprenticeships and professionalization contracts.
Executives and employees on an annual day-rate arrangement have no overtime. Hours worked on top of the contract duration, in part-time work, are complementary hours: they follow other rules and are not calculated here.
Nothing here is legal advice: for your contract, look at the payslip and the collective agreement, or ask the payroll department.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours a month for a full-time job?

For 35 hours a week, the legal monthly duration is 151.67 hours: 35 × 52 weeks ÷ 12 months (Service Public).

How do I convert monthly salary to hourly rate?

Divide the gross monthly salary by 151.67 for a full-time job at 35 hours: €2,000 ÷ 151.67 = €13.19 an hour. For another number of hours a week, first calculate the hours of the month: hours × 52 ÷ 12.

What is the hourly Smic?

€12.31 gross an hour, so €1,867.02 gross a month for 35 hours, according to Service Public (page checked 1 June 2026). The net, given as a guide, is €9.74 an hour.

How is overtime paid?

Beyond 35 hours a week, without a collective agreement, the first 8 hours (from the 36th to the 43rd) are increased by 25% and the following by 50%. At €15 an hour, 4 hours of overtime bring 4 × 15 × 1.25 = €75 a week, so €325 a month. With 10 hours in the week: 8 × 15 × 1.25 + 2 × 15 × 1.50 = €195.

How many hours can you work at most?

Actual working time cannot exceed 48 hours in a single week, nor 44 hours a week on average over 12 consecutive weeks, and 10 hours a day except by derogation (Service Public).

Gross or net hourly rate: which counts?

The contract, the Smic and the overtime increases speak in gross. For the net, take the gross monthly salary from this page and run it through the net salary calculator, which removes employee contributions and CSG.