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The towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur with the highest average salary

Q: Which town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has the highest average salary?

Biot (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average salary in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: private-sector employees who work there earn €4,678 net a month on average.

Biot (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average salary in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: private-sector employees who work there earn €4,678 net a month on average. Next come Orgon (Bouches-du-Rhône, €4,040) and Valbonne (Alpes-Maritimes, €3,730).

319 towns ranked out of 946

Biot, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

This ranking covers 319 of the 946 towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Not ranked: towns for which INSEE does not publish the average salary (statistical confidentiality, mostly small towns). The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Le Thoronet (Var) comes last with €1,836.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: highest average salaries in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rank	Town	Department	Average net monthly salary (€)	Population
1	Biot	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	4,678	10,845
2	Orgon	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	4,040	2,794
3	Valbonne	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	3,730	12,669
4	Le Bar-sur-Loup	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	3,617	3,035
5	Marignane	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,489	33,957
6	Saint-Étienne-du-Grès	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,413	2,532
7	Rousset	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,342	5,541
8	Fos-sur-Mer	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,257	16,074
9	Berre-l'Étang	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,247	13,912
10	Lamanon	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,222	2,134
11	Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	3,016	8,646
12	Gémenos	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,985	6,712
13	Mougins	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,933	20,142
14	Carros	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,908	13,935
15	Signes	Var (83)	2,907	3,169
16	Martigues	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,881	48,807
17	Ollioules	Var (83)	2,856	14,796
18	La Ciotat	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,843	38,868
19	Châteauneuf-le-Rouge	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,805	2,434
20	Aix-en-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,788	152,854
21	Fuveau	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,782	10,564
22	Le Tholonet	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,767	2,448
23	Gassin	Var (83)	2,765	2,744
24	Meyreuil	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,761	6,837
25	Port-de-Bouc	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,738	15,955
26	Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,717	4,149
27	Marseille	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,709	892,391
28	Saint-Tropez	Var (83)	2,690	3,649
29	Mouans-Sartoux	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,680	11,231
30	Rognac	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,667	12,686
31	Saint-Jeannet	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,663	4,550
32	Callas	Var (83)	2,659	2,162
33	La Turbie	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,657	3,113
34	Peynier	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,631	3,814
35	Cannes	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,626	75,105
36	Châteauneuf-les-Martigues	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,625	18,582
37	Vitrolles	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,616	37,134
38	Èze	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,614	2,180
39	La Motte	Var (83)	2,598	3,127
40	La Penne-sur-Huveaune	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,560	6,656
41	Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,558	6,046
42	Grasse	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,555	51,830
43	Villeneuve-Loubet	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,551	17,758
44	Le Castellet	Var (83)	2,540	6,109
45	Sisteron	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)	2,535	8,097
46	Vedène	Vaucluse (84)	2,533	12,278
47	Sainte-Tulle	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)	2,530	3,642
48	Saint-Laurent-du-Var	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,527	32,366
49	Gréasque	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,526	4,640
50	Velaux	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,525	9,090
51	Nice	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,521	360,710
52	Éguilles	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,518	8,642
53	Avignon	Vaucluse (84)	2,517	93,567
54	Gardanne	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,516	21,934
55	Saint-Cannat	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,504	6,199
56	Roquefort-la-Bédoule	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,498	5,859
57	Venelles	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,496	8,581
58	Lambesc	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,495	10,272
59	Istres	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,491	44,953
60	Sorgues	Vaucluse (84)	2,489	19,227
61	Châteauneuf-du-Pape	Vaucluse (84)	2,486	2,083
62	Bouc-Bel-Air	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,484	15,679
63	Saint-Chamas	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,475	8,805
64	Mandelieu-la-Napoule	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,473	21,845
65	Le Revest-les-Eaux	Var (83)	2,470	4,139
66 tied	Drap	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,467	5,502
66 tied	Saint-Savournin	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,467	3,467
68	Aubagne	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,459	47,920
69	Noves	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,454	6,150
70	Tourrette-Levens	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,450	4,658
71 tied	Toulon	Var (83)	2,448	180,774
71 tied	La Garde	Var (83)	2,448	26,772
73	Caderousse	Vaucluse (84)	2,436	2,549
74	Malijai	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)	2,433	2,054
75	Colomars	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,428	3,439
76	La Gaude	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,423	7,384
77 tied	Les Pennes-Mirabeau	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,421	22,791
77 tied	Pertuis	Vaucluse (84)	2,421	19,817
79 tied	Cassis	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,420	6,760
79 tied	Le Cannet-des-Maures	Var (83)	2,420	5,211
79 tied	Grimaud	Var (83)	2,420	4,651
82	Cagnes-sur-Mer	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,419	53,819
83	Antibes	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,417	78,612
84	Septèmes-les-Vallons	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,415	12,049
85	Saint-André-de-la-Roche	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,409	5,937
86	Pégomas	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,408	8,342
87	Beaulieu-sur-Mer	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,406	3,909
88	Cap-d'Ail	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,404	4,571
89	Bormes-les-Mimosas	Var (83)	2,390	8,637
90	Belcodène	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,384	2,046
91 tied	Châteaurenard	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,381	16,804
91 tied	Mimet	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,381	4,336
93 tied	Saint-Victoret	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,380	6,758
93 tied	Mollégès	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,380	2,694
95	Peyrolles-en-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,379	5,486
96	Vallauris	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	2,375	29,509
97	Allauch	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,365	21,657
98	Saint-Andiol	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	2,364	3,404
99	Le Pontet	Vaucluse (84)	2,363	18,566
100	Courthézon	Vaucluse (84)	2,362	6,499

Source: INSEE, all-employees database (Base Tous salariés); average net monthly salary in full-time equivalent of private-sector employees working in the commune. Not ranked: towns for which INSEE does not publish the average salary (statistical confidentiality, mostly small towns). Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Highest average salaries in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: FAQ

Which town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has the highest average salary?

Biot (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average salary in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: private-sector employees who work there earn €4,678 net a month on average.

What are the 10 towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur with the highest average salary?

In order: Biot (€4,678), Orgon (€4,040), Valbonne (€3,730), Le Bar-sur-Loup (€3,617), Marignane (€3,489), Saint-Étienne-du-Grès (€3,413), Rousset (€3,342), Fos-sur-Mer (€3,257), Berre-l'Étang (€3,247), and Lamanon (€3,222).

How many towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur are ranked?

319 out of 946. Not ranked: towns for which INSEE does not publish the average salary (statistical confidentiality, mostly small towns).

Which salary is ranked?

It is the average net monthly salary, in full-time equivalent, of private-sector employees who work in the commune, wherever they live, according to the INSEE all-employees database (Base Tous salariés). It describes the jobs located in the town, not the income of its residents (see the ranking by standard of living). A town that hosts a corporate headquarters or highly skilled jobs can have a high average salary with few residents. INSEE publishes the figure only when there are enough employees.