Free calculator · Sick leave
How much will you get during sick leave in France?
Waiting days, daily sick pay from the Assurance maladie, your employer's top-up: worked out day by day, for a private-sector employee. Nothing you type leaves your device.
Your situation
Average of the last 3 months, bonuses included: the “gross pay” line on your payslips.
Calendar days, extensions included. One month is about 30 days.
On the first day off work.
Leave 0 if you do not know.
Enter your gross monthly pay to see the estimate.
How the calculation works
During sick leave, a private-sector employee in France can receive two amounts: daily sick pay (indemnités journalières) from the Assurance maladie, and a top-up from the employer. The calculator applies the rules for sick leave prescribed since 1 July 2026.
1. Daily sick pay
- Reference pay: your gross pay over the last 3 months, divided by 91.25. It counts up to 1.4 times the minimum wage, that is €2,613.83 gross a month.
- Amount: 50% of that daily pay, at most €42.97 gross a day. It is paid for every day of sick leave, weekends included.
- Waiting period: nothing is paid for the first 3 days. It does not apply to an extension, even after going back to work for 48 hours at most, nor to further sick leave for a long-term condition (ALD), for 3 years.
- Deductions: CSG (6.2%) and CRDS (0.5%) are taken from daily sick pay.
- Condition: having worked at least 150 hours in the 3 months before the sick leave, or paid contributions on at least 1,015 times the hourly minimum wage over 6 months.
Source: Ameli, updated 1 September 2026.
2. The employer's top-up
With at least one year of service, your employer tops up daily sick pay from the 8th day of sick leave: up to 90% of your gross pay, then up to two thirds. The employer deducts daily sick pay from what it pays. How long depends on your length of service:
| Length of service | Up to 90% | Then up to 66.66% |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 years | 30 days | 30 days |
| 6 to 10 years | 40 days | 40 days |
| 11 to 15 years | 50 days | 50 days |
| 16 to 20 years | 60 days | 60 days |
| 21 to 25 years | 70 days | 70 days |
| 26 to 30 years | 80 days | 80 days |
| 31 years or more | 90 days | 90 days |
Days already paid this way in the previous 12 months are deducted. You must also have sent the sick note to your employer within 48 hours and be treated in France or the European Economic Area. Temp, seasonal, intermittent and home workers are not entitled to this legal top-up (Service-Public).
Your collective agreement may do better, for example keep your full pay or remove the waiting period, and an insurance scheme (prévoyance) may take over. Ask your HR department: the calculator shows the legal minimum.
An example
Gross pay of €2,200 a month, 3 years of service, 30 days of sick leave:
- days 1 to 3: waiting period, nothing is paid;
- days 4 to 7: €36.16 gross sick pay a day (about €33.74 after CSG and CRDS);
- days 8 to 30: €36.16 sick pay + €28.94 from the employer, that is €65.10 gross a day.
Total: about €1,641.94 gross for the period, against €2,169.86 of usual pay, that is 76%.
What the calculator does not cover
- civil servants, the self-employed and jobseekers, who have other rules;
- work accidents and occupational diseases, which are better paid and have no waiting period;
- sick leave prescribed before July 2026, when the cap was lower (€41.95 a day for sick leave prescribed in June 2026);
- several employers, or a return to therapeutic part-time work.
Beyond 6 months of sick leave, other conditions apply to keep being paid. And except for a long-term condition, daily sick pay is paid for 360 days at most over 3 years. Details are in our guide to long sick leave.
Long sick leave means regular appointments
Since September 2026, sick leave is extended two months at a time at most. DossierMalin helps you prepare each appointment in English, with a summary in French for your doctor: your symptoms, what you can no longer do, and how things have changed since last time.