one in five small business managers earns less than the minimum wage

Speedwell Gou runs a shoe store in the Paris region. In good months, she receives an average of 2,000 euros net. A salary that she estimates to have halved in ten years. “With inflation, there is less consumption. We are more in debt because we took out a loan guaranteed by the State, which increased our charges. We have a fairly high maintenance of tax charges. This is complicated, especially with banks”, she laments. His profession remains uncertain. “Tomorrow, if my business fails, I do not have the possibility of contributing to the unemployment. If I stop, I no longer have none income”she recalls.

20% of them earn less than 1,400 euros per month

A situation experienced by many small business leaders. According to a study, 20% of them earn less than 1,400 euros per month, 31% between 1,400 and 2,600 euros, the rest earn more than 2,600 euros. “We see that many of these business leaders have lower salaries than their own employees”, indicates Jean-Eudes du Mesnil, general secretary of the CPME. There France account Today more than 2.5 million small businesses.

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Study by the CPME, Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises, with 1,331 managers on their monthly remuneration: https://www.cpme.fr/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/enquete-de-conjoncture-cpme-sur-la-remuneration-des-dirigeants-un-entrepreneur-sur- cinq-gagne-minis- what-the-smic

Jean-Eudes du Mesnil general secretary of the CPME: the CPME has more than 200,000 members, very small businesses and small and medium-sized businesses

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