France - Wage agreement for hairdressers - January 31, 2026

Wages in the hairdressing sector will increase by 2.3% for the year 2025. The FGTA-FO union, which signed the agreement, welcomes this progress, noting, however, that it was achieved after a year of particularly difficult negotiations. After a year of tough negotiations, an agreement on minimum wages in the hairdressing sector was reached between employers and unions in the Joint Standing Committee for Negotiation and Interpretation (CPPNI). It will apply to the 106,000 hairdressing employees after its extension by the Directorate General for Labour. With this pay increase, the collective agreement allows the first two levels (entry-level hairdresser and hairdresser) to rise slightly above the minimum wage, to € 1,843.

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