12 February 2016
2016- n° 35In Q4 2015, payroll employment incrased (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - 4th quarter 2015
In Q4 2015, payroll employment increased in non-farm market sectors (+26,400 jobs, that is +0.2% q-o-q, after -900 jobs in the previous quarter). Year-on-year, it rose by 47,100 jobs (+0.3%).
In Q4 2015, payroll employment increased in non-farm market sectors (+26,400 jobs, that is +0.2% q-o-q, after −900 jobs in the previous quarter). Year-on-year, it rose by 47,100 jobs (+0.3%).
Employment continued to drop in industry (−8,900 jobs , i.e. −0.3% in Q4 2015) and in construction (−7 800 jobs , i.e. −0.6%) . However, these declines were smaller than in the previous quarter. Year-on-year, these two sectors lost a similar number of jobs (−41,400 in industry and −39,600 in construction).
Conversely, employment in services accelarated in Q4 2015 (+0.4%, that is +43 100 jobs, after +0.2% in Q3 2015). Excluding temporary work, employment in services also picked up again (+ 0.2%, i.e. +23 900 jobs, after +0,1% in the previous quarter). Over a year, excluding temporary work, employment in non-farm market sectors was virtually stable (+2,900 jobs).
Temporary employment growth remained strong
Temporary employment continued to increase in Q4 2015 (+19,100 jobs that is +3.4%), at nearly the same pace as in Q3 2015 (+3.0%). Year-on-year, it increased sharply (+44,200 jobs, +8.2%).
tableautableau_1 – Payroll employment change in the non-farm market sectors
| Change in thousands | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in 3 months | in 1 year | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Principally market sectors | −0.9 | 26.4 | 47.1 | 15,874.3 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | −14.6 | −8.9 | −41.4 | 3,098.8 |
| Construction | −10.2 | −7.8 | −39.6 | 1,309.9 |
| Services | 23.9 | 43.1 | 128.1 | 11,465.5 |
| of which: Temporary employment* | 16.4 | 19.1 | 44.2 | 585.4 |
tableautableau_2 –
| Change in percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| in 3 months | in 1 year | ||
| 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Principally market sectors | 0,0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | −0.5 | −0.3 | −1.3 |
| Construction | −0.8 | −0.6 | −2.9 |
| Services | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| of which: Temporary employment* | 3.0 | 3.4 | 8.2 |
- Estimates from models elaborated by INSEE and DARES based on the Acemo survey data.
- * Temporary employment estimates by DARES are calculated from monthly temporary lists collected by Pôle emploi.
- Sources: INSEE and DARES
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