Question 16217 — civil servants and public agents

Summary

Ms. Prisca Thevenot draws the attention of the Minister of Action and Public Accounts to the consequences of the revaluation of the minimum professional growth salary (SMIC) on June 1, 2026, in accordance with the decree of May 22, 2026 published in the Official Journal of May 24, 2026, on the civil service index scales. In the current state of the remuneration scales, this new increase in the SMIC strongly accentuates the phenomenon index crushing, in particular for agents falling into categories C and B. For example, in the context of employment of territorial administrative assistants, the level of the minimum wage as of June 1, 2026 now corresponds to step 10 of the grade of territorial administrative assistant, which has 11 steps. Likewise, concerning the grade of principal territorial administrative assistant 2nd class, the minimum wage reaches the level of the 7th level on a grade which has 12. This situation also concerns category B agents: in the context of the employment of territorial editors, the impact is felt from the 5th level. As for category A agents, the gap between the salary of the first level and the minimum wage level is only 77 euros gross per month. Such a development leads to a progressive loss of readability and coherence of professional career paths. within the territorial civil service. Newly recruited agents now receive remuneration equivalent to, or even very close to, that of agents with several years of seniority. Local authorities are also questioning the real scope of grade advancements and internal promotions when they only result in a marginal gain. Beyond the salary question, this This situation raises a major issue of attractiveness and retention of local public officials, in a context where many professions are already experiencing significant recruitment difficulties. Acting as a relay for a local authority located in its constituency, it asks it, for the sake of legal security, fairness of treatment between public agents and preservation of the attractiveness of the local public service, in what timescales a revision of the index scales could be undertaken and what measures it envisages in order to guarantee a more responsive adaptation of these to the evolution of the SMIC; in the absence of a structural reform of public remuneration, a growing proportion of territorial agents risks experiencing a form of salary erosion, with direct consequences on staff commitment and the attractiveness of public careers. and, ultimately, the quality of the service provided to users.

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