Remuneration & benefits

1572 €

per month, net starting salary (excluding mutual deduction).

During your first years as a legionnaire, up to and including the rank of corporal (2 to 4 years), you are provided with free clothing, food, and lodging.

Your pay is equivalent to your civilian salary. It is specific to each individual, as its calculation takes into account numerous criteria, the main ones being:

Your rank
Your seniority
Your family situation
Your qualifications acquired within the Legion
Your mobility allowance

To the salary can be added various bonuses or allowances:

Field training (20 to 70 euros per day)
External missions (2000 to 3000 euros per month)
Paratroopers premium (parachute regiment, 600 euros per month) ...

Holidays:

45 working days / year.
75% discount on train tickets (SNCF) which will allow you to travel within France at a lower cost, on holydays or week-ends

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Life in a regiment

Under what conditions are spent the first years at the Foreign Legion?

The conditions for enlisting

There are 3 conditions to meet: Physical: Serving in the French Foreign Legion requires good physical fitness; Administrative: The documents you need when you arrive to enlist; Medical: What is required medically for candidates seeking to enlist.