Wages in the public hospital service In 2016, average net wage increased by 0.4% in real terms

In 2016, a civil servant in the public hospital service received an average net monthly salary of €2,258 per equivalent full-time post; this average includes all those employed at hospitals or medical-social institutions, whether they were civil servants, contract workers or medical staff.

Between 2015 and 2016, that average net wage rose by 0.4% in real terms.

The average net wage of civil servants in the public hospital service increased by 0.3%, driven by that of A category staff. For contract workers excluding medical staff, wages also increased by 0.3% while that for medical staff increased by 1.0%.

In 2016, wage disparities in the public hospital service increased, mainly because wages at the bottom of the scale stagnated. Women's net wages were still 20.6% lower than those of men; for positions with identical characteristics, the gap was 3.4%.

In 2015 and 2016, employees working all year for the same employer, with the same work quota — i.e. almost two-thirds employees in the public hospital service — saw their average net wage increase by 1.5%. This reflects their increasing seniority and their career progression.