Like every year, the site specializing in employment, Indeed, has published its ranking of the best paid jobs in France. And a job stands out for its high salary despite few years of study.
The job offers site Indeed unveiled its 2025 ranking of the highest paid professions in France. A study based on French salaries, between May 2024 and April 2025, which highlights the 20 professions that hold the top spot.
The first obvious observation is that the attractiveness of the health and digital sectors no longer needs to be proven. On the first step of the podium, we find the profession of dentist; with an annual salary of around 95,000 euros, it remains the best paid profession in France. And he is closely followed by one of his colleagues, the orthodontist, who earns on average 78,750 euros per year. In third position, we find a job that moves away from the medical field since it is the network architect, the specialist in digital connection in business. With an annual median salary of 72,361 euros, it has enough to attract new candidates.
But, this year, it is the fourth highest paid job in France which has attracted all our attention. And for good reason, it requires relatively few years of study. With an average salary of around 70,000 euros per year, it is a subtle mix of business and medical. It is a contact profession whose aim is to establish links between the pharmaceutical industry and health professionals such as doctors and pharmacists. Attached to a laboratory, he is responsible for promoting his medicines. We are talking here about the profession of medical representative.
Promoting medicines to those who will prescribe them, or sell them, is therefore the main mission of the medical representative. Who is therefore a kind of health salesman! And to become a medical representative, and earn up to 70,000 euros per year, the process is quite simple: once you have your baccalaureate, you will need to obtain a university diploma, such as a professional license, preferably scientific. So allow only one to three years of study before you can apply for a position like this. On your CVs!
