The French Football Federation (FFF) has published its 2025 Professional Equality Index, achieving an overall score of 88 out of 100. While the figure suggests strong progress in workplace equity, a closer look at the key indicators reveals a persistent “glass ceiling” within the institution’s highest-paid positions.
1. The Highs: General Equality Progress
The FFF performed exceptionally well in several technical categories of the index:
- Individual Raises: The federation scored a perfect 20 out of 20, showing no gender bias in individual salary increases.
- Pay Gaps: In the broader category of remuneration differences, the FFF secured 38 out of 40 points, indicating fair pay across most of the organization’s levels.
2. The Low: A Zero for Executive Representation
The most striking figure in the report is the “0 out of 10” score regarding the number of women among the ten highest earners at the federation.
- Top-Level Imbalance: This zero indicates that not a single woman currently ranks within the FFF’s top 10 salary bracket.
- Glass Ceiling: Despite the high overall index score, this specific indicator highlights the lack of women in the most senior executive roles within French football’s governing body.
3. Context and Regulations
The 2025 index results, published on February 24, reflect the federation’s efforts to comply with French labor laws (Loi Avenir) which require companies and institutions to be transparent about gender pay gaps. While the FFF is mathematically close to the 100-point mark, the executive-level disparity remains a strategic challenge for its institutional image and internal diversity goals.