Didier, who now has 77 yearsis receiving a retirement pension of 4,205 euros per month from the French Social Security. This corresponds, as explained in an interview published by Le Figaro, to the more than 30 years of contributions that he has added as a bailiff in Paris. The amount received as a retirement pension is well above the national average. But he explains it because it is an occupation in which the responsibility is very high and where there is a lack of workers.
“I retired when I was 65 years old, later than my legal limit because I was very happy at work. At the end of my career I understood that it was no longer my time, that I had to leave the path open to young people,” he stated. In 2023, in France, retirees received pensions that were between 790 euros gross and 4,000 euros, as reflected in a report prepared by the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES).
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The average pension was 1,666 euros gross for retirees residing in France, slightly higher than in Spain (according to data from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations). In this system, those who are affiliated with a special regime, self-employed workers and civil servants are those who receive the highest pensions.
His job as a civil servant helped him have a pension fund
The retiree has been working for many years as a civil servant, a position he accessed thanks to his University Degree in Law and having passed a personnel selection process. He then rose to an important position in the administration for which he had to take an oath at the Ministry of Justice.
Thus, during all this time (more than 30 years) that he has been in the ministerial offices, he has contributed with contributions to improve the basic pension. He has contributed to the National Old-Age Insurance Fund for Liberal Professionals (CNAVPL) and the Old-Age Insurance Fund for Ministerial Officials, Public Officials and Judicial Companies for the complementary pension.
These two retirement pensions are calculated using a points system, to which this public employee contributed every time he collected his paycheck.
“I retired at 65 because I enjoyed my work”
The moment of retirement was difficult for Didier. He enjoyed his job but understood that the time had come to enjoy his pension to which he had been contributing for so long. “I applied for retirement at the age of 65, later than the legal age in France because I really enjoyed my work. But, when I was reaching the end of my career, they made me understand that I had to make room for younger people.”
You have taken advantage of your time and have known how and where to invest your savings. “I have accumulated an important real estate portfolio, I have a house in Paris and a second vacation home in Sologne where I spend most of the time in the company of my wife,” he noted.
Although the job this man has been doing is one of the best paid within the administration, there is a lack of professionals. According to data from the National Chamber of Judicial Commissioners, between 100 and 120 new graduates enter this sector each year and there would continue to be a lack of employees, up to 150 and 180 to also cover the retirement quota.