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Professional Equality Index 2025: IHES scores 82 / 100
Professional Equality Index 2025: IHES scores 82 / 100
For the first time, the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques publishes its gender equality index, demonstrating its commitment to a fair and transparent working environment.
IHES obtained a score of 82 points out of 100 for its first professional equality index, published on March 6, 2026 in accordance with legal requirements, based on 2025 data.
This result, calculated on 65 employees, reflects solid practices while also identifying areas for improvement on which the Institute is committed to making progress.
Results by indicator
Data visualization
Points obtained vs missing points
Obtained vs maximum available
Number of women and men in the top 10
Share of employees receiving a raise in the following year
At IHES, each permanent professor is paid identically, regardless of age or gender, and the same principle applies to Junior Professors. This transparent salary policy forms a key foundation of fairness within the Institute — the observed overall gap of 9.3% reflects representation imbalances across categories rather than direct discrimination for equivalent positions.
Context and commitments
In accordance with the “Avenir Professionnel” law of September 5, 2018, IHES publishes its professional equality index for the first time. This index, calculated out of 100 points, aggregates four indicators designed to objectively measure differences in situation between women and men within the organization.
Two indicators achieve their maximum score: the rate of salary increases after maternity leave (15/15) and the difference in individual raise rates (35/35). These results reflect a salary policy attentive to life circumstances and a practice of salary increases favorable to women.
The Institute has identified two priority areas for the coming years: reducing the overall pay gap, which is partly explained by structural representation imbalances in certain categories, and improving the presence of women among the highest salaries. Concrete progress targets will be defined and published soon.
