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Title: Corporate Secretary hourly rate in France | Deftridge
Summary: Corporate Secretary & Governance pay in France: median wage €17 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €24. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

France · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Corporate Secretary & Governance hourly rate in France

The market median wage for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in France is **€16.78 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€24 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€24/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€16.78/hr** median wage

**€13-19** middle half of wages

**€520** a month at 5 hours a week

## Corporate Secretary & Governance wage percentiles in France

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €11.88 | €260 | €24,700 |
| 25th | €13.19 | €290 | €27,400 |
| Median | €16.78 | €360 | €34,900 |
| 75th | €19.32 | €420 | €40,200 |
| 90th | €24.60 | €530 | €51,200 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## France in numbers

What sets France apart for a Corporate Secretary & Governance, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€21** country floor: no France rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in France by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €24 | €520 |
| Manager | €30 | €650 |

- Regular role **€24**

- One-off task **€30**

- Task bundle **€25**

## Corporate Secretary & Governance pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Corporate Secretary & Governance, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | €33.86 | €50 |
| Luxembourg | €29.93 | €45 |
| Ireland | €29.15 | €40 |
| Germany | €26.41 | €40 |
| Belgium | €26.22 | €40 |
| Netherlands | €23.01 | €35 |
| Austria | €22.73 | €35 |
| Sweden | €20.92 | €30 |
| Finland | €20.69 | €30 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Corporate Secretary & Governance rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/) · [Corporate Secretary & Governance jobs in France](https://deftridge.com/jobs/corporate-secretary-and-governance/france/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
