Overview
- Paris’s 17 district mayors will now earn €6,602 gross a month, up from about €5,960, after Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire ordered a raise tied to broader duties.
- A recent vote at the Conseil de Paris reopened debate over how much local elected officials should be paid.
- The move follows the late‑2025 scrapping of representation expense allowances worth €11,092 a year, a change that followed criticism of high spending, including scrutiny of Anne Hidalgo.
- With those allowances gone, some mayors say they now pay out of pocket for work meals and small meetings, and City Hall is weighing a dedicated budget with a card that reimburses only with receipts.
- Backers from both left and right argue the pay better reflects long hours and big constituencies, noting that 10 districts top 140,000 residents, the 15th has about 230,000, and the indemnities are taxable.