19 December 2013
2013- n° 288Slight rise in Civil Service employment between 2011 and 2012 Civil Service employment - Results 2012
At the end of 2011, the French civil service employed 5.5 million people, including assisted contracts. Excluding assisted contracts, the total was 5.4 million.
Warning : this publication is based on provisional figures which may be revised.
At the end of 2011, the French civil service employed 5.5 million people, including assisted contracts. Excluding assisted contracts, the total was 5.4 million.
Civil service employment, including and excluding assisted contracts, increased by 0.3 % between 2011 and 2012 (respectively + 16,600 people and + 15,800 people over the year).
In France’s civil service, the annual labour force remained unchanged compared to 2011 (5.2 million converted to full-time equivalents, including assisted contracts).
Over the year, employment fell slightly in the state civil service : -0.9 % including assisted contracts (after –2.0 %) and -1.0 % excluding assisted contracts (after –2.4 %). There was a drop in employment within the ministries (-2.3 % including assisted contracts) and a rise in the workforce of public administrative establishments (+4.4 % including assisted contracts). The transfer of a part of the Ministry for Higher Education and scientific Research personnel towards the universities, which are becoming increasingly autonomous, accounts for a part of this rise.
In the local civil service, employment increase more significantly than in 2011 (+1.6 % including assisted contracts and +1.7 % excluding assisted contracts), in particular in the communal sector (+1.9 % including assisted contracts), but also in régions and départements (+0.8 % including assisted contracts).
In the hospital civil service, the rise in employment weakened (+0.7 % including and excluding assisted contracts). Like in 2011, the increase is greater in medico-social establishments (+1.5 % including and excluding assisted contracts) than in hospitals (+0.6 % including and excluding assisted contracts).
tableautableau1 – Civil Service employment
| Change (%) (1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10-11 | 11-12 | ||
| Workforce at 31 December (2) | ||||
| State Civil | Total, incl. assisted contracts | 2443.8 | -2.0 | -0.9 |
| Service | excl. assisted contracts | 2375.2 | -2.4 | -1.0 |
| Local Civil | Total, incl. assisted contracts | 1912.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Service | excl. assisted contracts | 1862.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Hospital Civil | Total, incl. assisted contracts | 1153.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Service | excl. assisted contracts | 1 137,0 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Civil | Total, incl. assisted contracts | 5509.8 | -0.5 | 0.3 |
| Service | excl. assisted contracts | 5374.6 | -0.4 | 0.3 |
| Workload in full-time equivalent (3) | ||||
| Civil | Total, incl. assisted contracts | 5173.6 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| Service | excl. assisted contracts | 5076.6 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
- (1) Change on a constant basis of civil service scope
- (2) Final main posts on December 31
- (3) All active posts in the year
- Scope: France
- Sources: Insee, Siasp
tableautableau2 – Civil Service employment per employer
| Level 2012 | Change in a year (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| incl. assisted contacts | incl. assisted contacts | excl. assisted contacts | |
| State Civil Service | |||
| Ministries | 1924.5 | -2.3 | -2.2 |
| Public administrative establishments | 519.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Local Civil Service | |||
| Régions et départements | 447.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Communal sector | 1465.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Hospital Civil Service | |||
| Hospitals | 1037.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Medico-social establishments | 115.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
- Scope: final main posts on December 31, France
- Sources: Insee, Siasp
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