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Competitive operating costs

Salaries

Average net hourly wage (€)

	Orléans Loire Valley	Paris and its inner suburbs	France
Food-processing industry	10,2	14,9	11
Car industry	13	19,2	12,3
Customer Relation Center	9,6	13,8	11,3
Electronic & IT	14,2	19,1	16,9
Logistics	9,2	11,5	9,2
Health & cosmetics	13,5	20,4	15,3

Source: INSEE - DADS 2004

Commercial and industrial property

Offices

	Maximum rent	New-town centre	Existing town centre	New outskirts*	Existing outskirts*
Orléans	136	130	115	115	103
Provincial France**	167,7	149,7	121,5	129,6	108,2
Paris Ile de France	xxx	537	361	245	188

In € excluding tax and charges per m² per year
* Paris outskirts: Western Crescent + inner and outer suburbs
** Aix/Marseille, Annecy, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Lille, Lyons, Metz, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nice/Sophia, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Source: Atis Real - 2006 figures

Business premises (excluding warehouses)

	New	Existing
Orléans	51	40
Provincial France**	59,6	49,6

In € excluding tax and charges per m² per year
** Aix/Marseille, Annecy, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Lille, Lyons, Metz, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nice/Sophia, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Source: Atis Real - 2006 figures

Warehouses

	Class A - Warhouses of over 5,000 m²
Orléans	45
Paris Ile de France	50

In € excluding tax and charges per m² per year
Source: Atis Real - 2006 figures