SNCF announces three measures to improve the purchasing power of its employees in the face of inflation, including a bonus of 400 euros

A new bonus and two increased allowances: the SNCF announced on Tuesday, November 3, three measures to improve the purchasing power of its employees in the face of inflation, following a meeting with the unions who are instead calling for a general increase in salaries for 2026. A value sharing bonus (PPV) of 400 euros will thus be paid at the end of November to employees of SNCF SA, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Réseau, SNCF Gares et Connexions and SNCF Optim'Services, or some 140,000 people out of the 280,000 employees of the public railway group, the group announced. From November 1, compensation for night hours, Sundays and holidays is also increased by 2% for the approximately 100,000 employees who ensure the continuity of the rail service or work staggered hours.

On the same date, all employees who use a personal vehicle for service needs will see their mileage allowance increased by 5%. The unions judge that the increases do not keep up with inflation These purchasing power measures are in addition to those already taken earlier in the year, in particular the payment of a first value sharing bonus of 250 euros in March, a bonus of 100 euros in July, profit-sharing of an average amount of 1,050 euros over the year, and a renewal of the coverage of public transport subscription costs at 75%. “Employees will therefore receive on average 1,700 euros in 2026 for the two value sharing and profit-sharing bonuses” summarizes the SNCF, i.e. “an increase of 30% on average” compared to 2025.

The railway unions gathered on Tuesday in front of the SNCF headquarters in Saint-Denis to demand a general catch-up of inflation on all salaries. “On January 27, management wrote the salary agreement on an assumption of 1.3% inflation in 2026. However, on Friday INSEE published its estimate for October at 3.4%,” underlined Fabrice Charrière, Unsa railway secretary general.

That is to say "two points of purchasing power that no one has compensated for" he added, highlighting the record profit of 1.2 billion euros earned in the first half of the year by the SNCF. The four main unions, CGT, Unsa Ferroviaire, Sud rail and CFDT joined the national strike slogan on Thursday for wages and employment and are demanding "the opening of real wage negotiations".

Machine-translated from French