10 April 2019
2019The all employees-revised index of hourly labour cost - (ICHTrev-TS); both a cost
index and an index of employer contributions Hourly labour cost index - fourth quarter 2018
The ICHTrev-TS is primarily intended for users who need indicators of labour costs to upgrade their contracts. Therefore, this index cannot be subject to any revision once it has been published. It is a monthly index (base 100 in December 2008) that is published every quarter for all industries.
The tax credit for encouraging competitiveness and jobs (CICE) has been included in the computation of the ICHTrev-TS as a subsidy received by employers since its implementation on 1st January 2013. On 1st January 2018, the CICE rate decreased from 7% to 6% for wages lower than 2.5 minimum wage in metropolitan France. The rate remains at 9% in overseas departments. Since the ICHTrev-TS is an index smoothed over a four-quarter period, the impact of an increase in the CICE rate on the change in the index is spread over the whole year. On 1st January 2019 the CICE was transformed into a permanent reduction of employer contributions.
On 1 January 2019, the Competitiveness and Employment Tax Credit (CICE) was transformed into a permanent reduction in employers' social contributions. In concrete terms, this means abolishing the tax credit as such, and creating a uniform 6-point reduction in the rate of employers' social contributions applicable to salaries up to a maximum of 2.5 times the minimum wage (the rate reduction, as well as the base, are equal to those of the CICE in metropolitan France before its abolition). This transformation will be virtually neutral regarding the level and evolution of labour costs as measured by the ICHTrev-TS from Q1 2019 (publication scheduled for early July 2019). On the other hand, it will lower, all other things being equal, the "non-CICE indices" which will remain published as additional data until the convergence of the series, including and excluding CICE. For more details, see the additional methodological note.
Cost index
The ICHTrev-TS is primarily intended for users who need indicators of labour costs to upgrade their contracts. Therefore, this index cannot be subject to any revision once it has been published. It is a monthly index (base 100 in December 2008) that is published every quarter for all industries.
The tax credit for encouraging competitiveness and jobs (CICE) has been included in the computation of the ICHTrev-TS as a subsidy received by employers since its implementation on 1st January 2013. On 1st January 2018, the CICE rate decreased from 7% to 6% for wages lower than 2.5 minimum wage in metropolitan France. The rate remains at 9% in overseas departments. Since the ICHTrev-TS is an index smoothed over a four-quarter period, the impact of an increase in the CICE rate on the change in the index is spread over the whole year. On 1st January 2019 the CICE was transformed into a permanent reduction of employer contributions.
tableauICHTrev-TS – Cost
| Oct. 2018 | Nov 2018 | Dec. 2018 | Jan. 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and electrical industries | 122.7 | 123.0 | 123.3 | 123.7 |
| Mining and quarrying | 121.7 | 122.1 | 122.5 | nd |
| Manufacturing | 120.4 | 120.6 | 120.9 | nd |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 116.6 | 116.9 | 117.2 | nd |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 113.2 | 113.4 | 113.6 | nd |
| Construction | 118.6 | 118.7 | 118.9 | nd |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 116.1 | 116.4 | 116.7 | nd |
| Transportation and storage | 112.0 | 112.4 | 112.7 | nd |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 116.0 | 116.3 | 116.5 | nd |
| Information and communication | 120.8 | 121.0 | 121.3 | nd |
| Financial and insurance activities | 120.4 | 120.7 | 121.1 | nd |
| Real estate activities | 129.9 | 130.5 | 131.1 | nd |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 117.8 | 118.2 | 118.6 | nd |
| Administrative and support service activities | 118.6 | 118.9 | 119.2 | nd |
- na: not available
- Scope: non-agricultural market sector excluding services to households
- Sources : ACOSS, DARES, INSEE
Index of employer contributions
The index of employer contributions has been published since April 2010 (base 100 in December 2008). It differs from the ICHTrev-TS in two ways: the three monthly indices of a same quarter are identical and there is no forecast for the mechanical and electrical industries as far as the first month of the next quarter is concerned. This index of employer contributions measures the change in the variable “1 + rate of employer contributions” where the rate of employer contributions is the percentage of employer social contributions and taxes minus subsidies based on wages and employment, relative to gross salary (see methodological note).
The CICE affects the index of employer contributions.
tableauICHTrev-TS - Employer contributions
| Oct. 2018 | Nov 2018 | Dec. 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and electrical industries | 98,2 | 98,2 | 98,2 |
| Mining and quarrying | 97,5 | 97,5 | 97,5 |
| Manufacturing | 97,8 | 97,8 | 97,8 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 98,5 | 98,5 | 98,5 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 97,3 | 97,3 | 97,3 |
| Construction | 98,4 | 98,4 | 98,4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 97,7 | 97,7 | 97,7 |
| Transportation and storage | 96,4 | 96,4 | 96,4 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 97,2 | 97,2 | 97,2 |
| Information and communication | 98,8 | 98,8 | 98,8 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 98,9 | 98,9 | 98,9 |
| Real estate activities | 99,1 | 99,1 | 99,1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 98,6 | 98,6 | 98,6 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 96,3 | 96,3 | 96,3 |
- Scope: non-agricultural market sector excluding services to households
- Sources : ACOSS, DARES, INSEE
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