In France, published rates for a reporter start at €2,604.30 a month on staff, with €55–€69.38 a feuillet as a freelance.
On staff
€2,604.30 a month
Freelance
€55–€69.38 a feuillet
Sources
5 documents
What reporter work in France pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Feuillet (1,500 characters)
Original and exclusive article, per feuillet (25 lines of 60 characters)SNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025
€69.38
Feuillet (1,500 characters), print piges onlySNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Sep 2025
€62
Agences de presse écrite, rédacteur-reporter, feuillet de 1 500 signesSNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Sep 2025
€60
Feuillet, gross, from 1 Apr 2027SPIIL · Collective agreement · 1 Apr 2027
€57
Feuillet, grossSPIIL · Collective agreement · 1 Sep 2025
€55
Unions' counter-proposal, per feuilletSNJ · Union demand
€55–€60
Per feuillet (2023)Paye ta pige · Crowdsourced list · 1 Jan 2023
€54
Employers' offer, per feuillet (1,500 characters)SNJ · Union demand · 22 Nov 2024
€50
Piece or item
Agences radio, fourniture d'un sonSNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Sep 2025
€47
Short item (écho)SNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025
€20.20
Month
Staff, editorial production, position 2.1 (coefficient 155): monthly minimumSNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025
€2,604.30
Trainee, position 1.1 (coefficient 110): monthly minimumSNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025
€1,900
Assignment
Per 6 feuillets (2024); paid two months laterPaye ta pige · Crowdsourced list · 1 Jan 2024
€245
What reporter job ads in France offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 7 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
ReporterOn staff
€36,500 a year
Journalism jobs in France →
The middle figure of the ads for each job, with the middle half of them. Shown only where at least 3 employers posted ads with pay and none posted more than half of them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
On staff · 1 figure
€2,604.30 a month
Trainees and interns · 1 figure
€1,900 a month
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Staff, editorial production, position 2.1 (coefficient 155): monthly minimum | €2,604.30 a month | $145.93 | SNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025 |
| Trainees and interns | Trainee, position 1.1 (coefficient 110): monthly minimum | €1,900 a month | $106.47 | SNJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jul 2025 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
Printed
Feuillet de 1 500 signes 60,00 €DocumentMinimum gross pige rates at French news agencies, 1 Sep 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Sep 2025
Printed
Fourniture d'un son (+1,4%) 47,00 €DocumentMinimum gross pige rates at French news agencies, 1 Sep 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Sep 2025 'Fourniture d'un papier' 52,00 €; radio bulletin day ≤ 6 h 103,82 €, > 6 h 119,40 €.
Printed
le barème de piges est passé à 62€ le feuilletDocumentMinimum pige rate for French magazines, 1 Sep 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Sep 2025
Printed
le barème minimum pour la pige à 55 euros bruts le feuilletDocumentMinimum pige rate for independent online press (SPIIL members), 1 Sep 2025 and 1 Apr 2027 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Sep 2025
Printed
Le feuillet 69,38 €DocumentMinimum salaries and pige scale for French national daily newspapers (PQN), 1 Jul 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2025
Printed
Echos 20,20 €DocumentMinimum salaries and pige scale for French national daily newspapers (PQN), 1 Jul 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2025
Printed
2.1 155 2604,30DocumentMinimum salaries and pige scale for French national daily newspapers (PQN), 1 Jul 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2025 Double month paid at 31 December.
Printed
1.1 110 1900,00DocumentMinimum salaries and pige scale for French national daily newspapers (PQN), 1 Jul 2025 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2025
Printed
245 € brut / 6 feuilletsDocumentJeune Afrique pige rates, Paye ta pige (2018–2024) · Crowdsourced list StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2024
Printed
54 € brut / feuilletDocumentJeune Afrique pige rates, Paye ta pige (2018–2024) · Crowdsourced list StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2023
Printed
passera à 57 euros bruts au 1er avril 2027DocumentMinimum pige rate for independent online press (SPIIL members), 1 Sep 2025 and 1 Apr 2027 · Collective agreement StatusAgreed, starts later · 1 Apr 2027
Printed
le montant proposé le 22 novembre, établi à 50€ le feuillet (1500 signes)DocumentPige rate talks in French regional dailies (PQR): employers offered €50, unions sought €55–60, Dec 2024 · Union demand StatusIn talks · 22 Nov 2024
Printed
les contre-propositions … des organisations syndicales (entre 55€ et 60€ le feuillet)DocumentPige rate talks in French regional dailies (PQR): employers offered €50, unions sought €55–60, Dec 2024 · Union demand StatusIn talks
Printed
58 euros bruts minimum le feuillet de 1 500 signesDocumentMinimum pige rates at French news agencies, 1 Jul 2024 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jul 2024
Printed
46,35 euros bruts minimum la fourniture d'un sonDocumentMinimum pige rates at French news agencies, 1 Jul 2024 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jul 2024
Printed
79,45 € / enrobé, interview longue ou chroniqueDocumentRFI correspondent item rate, Paye ta pige (2019) · Crowdsourced list StatusReplaced or expired
Printed
122,88 € brut / article (quelle que soit la longueur)DocumentLe Point Afrique pige rate, Paye ta pige (2022) · Crowdsourced list StatusReplaced or expired
Questions people ask
In France, published rates for a reporter start at €2,604.30 a month on staff, with €55–€69.38 a feuillet as a freelance.
Paye ta pige, SNJ, SPIIL, in 9 documents.
€36,500 a year in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half €31,120–€37,650 · 7 ads.
Feuillet (1,500 characters). Rates per unit stay in that unit on our pages, never turned into a day.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count