Reconstituer 25 ans de SMIC (2001-2026) : série harmonisée des revalorisations du salaire minimum français

Kaya, Tresor (2026): Reconstituer 25 ans de SMIC (2001-2026) : série harmonisée des revalorisations du salaire minimum français.

Abstract

This working paper documents a harmonized time series of the 34 statutory revaluations of the French minimum wage (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance, SMIC) observed between 1 July 2001 (EUR 6.67/hour) and 1 June 2026 (EUR 12.31/hour) — a cumulative increase of +84.6% in current euros over nearly 25 years. The series is built through programmatic extraction of the official INSEE data file (statistical reference 1375188, "Salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance"), supplemented for the most recent revaluation by the ministerial order of 22 May 2026 published in the Journal Officiel (Legifrance, JORFTEXT000054126589) and cross-checked against the 13 May 2026 press release of the French Ministry of Labour. The paper does not present econometric tests; it is a data-availability paper accompanied by descriptive statistics of the trajectory — pace of revaluations, magnitude of increases, periods of stability versus acceleration — intended as a verifiable factual reference for subsequent research on minimum wages, purchasing power, or employment policy in France. The underlying dataset is deposited under an open license (CC BY 4.0) and identified by three independent DOIs (Zenodo, Mendeley Data, Harvard Dataverse), ensuring its citability and long-term preservation. (The full paper is written in French; a French abstract is provided inside the PDF.)

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: 25-Year SMIC Reconstruction (2001–2026): Harmonized series of French minimum wage adjustments
• Language: French
• Keywords: SMIC, salaire minimum, France, série historique, revalorisation, INSEE, données ouvertes, pouvoir d'achat, minimum wage, wage policy
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J38 - Public Policy; K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K31 - Labor Law

References

INSEE (2026). Salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance (Smic), chiffres-clés, référence statistique 1375188, mise à jour du 13 février 2026. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1375188

République française (2026). Arrêté du 22 mai 2026 relatif au relèvement du salaire minimum de croissance, Journal officiel de la République française, JORFTEXT000054126589. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054126589

Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités (2026). Revalorisation du SMIC au 1er juin 2026, communiqué de presse, 13 mai 2026. https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/revalorisation-du-smic-au-1er-juin-2026

Kaya, T. (2026). SMIC historique France 2001-2026 : brut horaire et mensuel (34 revalorisations), jeu de données, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21158502

Kaya, T. (2026). SMIC historique France 2001-2026 : brut horaire et mensuel (34 revalorisations), jeu de données, Mendeley Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.17632/bs9jnn4yyj.1

Kaya, T. (2026). SMIC historique France 2001-2026 : brut horaire et mensuel (34 revalorisations), jeu de données, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7WFMRV