The hourly wages of child care individual increased by almost 3 % year on year. But they vary greatly from one department to another. State of the premises.

3,50 € net per child kept out of paid holidays : it is the average hourly pay of assistant(s) breast(the)s in the last quarter of 2018, up 2.6 % year on year, according to figures from the Observatory of employment of the family unveiled this Thursday 18 July.

This average hides strong geographical disparities, with the average salary ranging from 2,80 € in the Sarthe to € 4.50 in Haute-Corse, 60% more. This is generally around the Mediterranean sea, overseas and in the paris region that this mode of custody cost the most.

in Addition to the High-Corsican, it thus goes beyond the 4,10 € in 11 departments : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Corse-du-Sud, French Guiana, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Herault, Meeting, Val-de-Marne, Var. Territories where the carrying capacity is often much lower than the national average of about 33 seats of assistant kindergarten for 100 children under three years of age, the study found.

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The wage remains under the 3,30 € in 25 departments, all located on the two-third’s northern territory – Charente, Cher, Jura, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Manche, Calvados, Vendée, etc, It is close to the national average in four regions : the Great-Is, and Brittany (3,40 €), the New-Aquitaine (3,50 €), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (3,60 €).

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The net salary (of which the minimum is 2,21 €/hour) is only a part of the amount paid to the assistant(e) maternel(le). In addition to the allowance of maintenance (minimum 3,08 € per working day to 9 hours from home), the costs of meals and travel, paid leave.

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there is, however, no social contributions to be paid, the parents affecting the complement mode de garde (CMG) are tax exempt (provided that the salary does not exceed certain ceilings).

Two other financial aid minorent the cost of the guard : the partial support of the salary of the employee (88 to 609 € per month, in the limit of 85 % of the expenditure) through the CMG and a tax credit of 50 % of the cost, capped at 1150 € per year and per child.

Wind in its sails for home guards

The geographical differences are less for the guard of children who are working in the parents. Net wages means vary from 8,50 € / hour in the Nièvre to 9,70 € in Guadeloupe, which is 14 % of the gap. National average : 9,20 € in the 4th quarter of 2018, up 2.7 % year on year.

In the Ile-de-France, which concentrates 46 % of parents, employers of home guards, the department, the least expensive is the Val-d’oise, 8,90 €/hour, the most expensive in the Yvelines, 9,50 €. Average fare to Paris : 9,30 €.

The salary of a home care service (minimum 7,95 € net) is not per child but per employee. It is necessary to add to the net repayment of a portion of its costs of transportation and meals, as well as the social security contributions you get, however, an exemption of 50 % of these expenses if you touch the CMG, up to certain ceilings, and the deduction of contributions of € 2 per hour (details here). The other two helpers : the partial support of the salary of the employee (88 609 € per month, in the limit of 85 % of the expenditure) as part of the CMG and the tax credit of 50 % of expenditure, capped to between 6000 and 7500 euros per year depending on the number of children. At home, a single CMG is paid per household, even for two children kept by the same person.

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If the assistant(e) maternel(le) remains far and away the first mode of the host individual – 1.06 million of parents use 317 000 people, the home-based care is gaining ground : 127 000 parents have recourse to 116 000 nurses home, indicates the barometer. The number of parents salariant a home care service increased approximately 4 % in 2016 as in 2017, according to the Federation of private employers (Fepem), which operates the observatory. “This type of care is now spreading in the province, outside the perimeter of classic that is the Ile-de-France”, notes Marie-Béatrice Levaux, president of Fepem.

The reasons of the price rise

As to the why of the increase of the wage observed for both the assistant(e)s maternel(le)s as home guards, the observatory recalls that a general reduction of contributions took place in 2018. “Everything leads us to believe that the parents employers have played the game and allowed their employees to take advantage of it by increasing net wages, says Marie-Béatrice Levaux, even if this resulted in a slight increase of their care expenses. They also often have rounded the new salary at the higher euro.”

Another element explanatory : the net salary minimum of home guards has been upgraded of 7.66 7.95 € (+3.8 %) August 1, 2018, says the study. The president of Fepem also notes that tensions began to be felt on the market, the first effects of the announced shortage of childminders, linked to many retirements and renewal insufficient of the profession.”

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hence the importance, in his eyes, a boost to the attractiveness of these trades, “which is not just about the salary.” Among the levers that it identifies : strengthen social protection and access to training, but also work on the new modes of organization, such as the houses of wizards maternal (MAM) which will break the isolation of these professionals and respond to their concerns about housing.” Tracks discussed with the executive, which shall publish in the months to come, orders the modes of reception of young children.