France Severance Pay Calculator 2026 (indemnité légale de licenciement)
Calculate the legal severance pay in France for 2026 (indemnité légale de licenciement): a quarter of a monthly salary per year, a third after 10 years.
Your collective agreement or contract may give more. The legal or agreed severance on dismissal is free of income tax; above it, limits apply.
What it does
In France an employee on a permanent contract (CDI) who is dismissed after at least 8 months of uninterrupted service, except for serious or gross misconduct, receives the legal severance pay of article R1234-2 of the Labour Code: a quarter of a monthly salary for each year up to 10 years and a third of a monthly salary for each year from the 11th, with incomplete years counted pro rata. The reference salary is the more favourable of the average of the last 12 months and of the last 3 months. A rupture conventionnelle must pay at least the same amount.
How to use it
- Type the average gross salary of the last 12 months and, if higher, of the last 3 months.
- Type the years and months of service at the end of the notice period.
- Read the legal severance pay and the number of months of salary it represents.
The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.
Frequently asked questions
How much severance after 12 years with 2,500 €?
10 years × 1/4 = 2.5 months plus 2 years × 1/3 = 0.67 month: 3.17 months, that is 7,916.67 € gross.
Which salary is used?
The higher of the two averages, bonuses included pro rata. With 3,000 € over 12 months and 3,200 € over the last 3 months, 5 years and 6 months give 3,200 € × 1.375 = 4,400 €.
Does a rupture conventionnelle pay the same?
At least the same: the agreed amount cannot be lower than the legal severance pay (or the one of the collective agreement). It also opens the right to unemployment benefit.
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