13 February 2018
2018- n° 35In Q4 2017, private payroll employment continued to increase (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - fourth quarter 2017
In Q4 2017, private payroll employment continued to increase following the same path than in the previous quarters : +0.3%, that is +53,300 jobs after +49,600 in Q3 2017. Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +253,500 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased over the quarter by +0.2% (that is +45,200 jobs) and by +1.1% over the year (+208,000 jobs).
Private payroll employment continued to increase in agriculture (+0.2%, +500 jobs) and accelerated in construction (+0.4%, +4,900 jobs, after +0.1%). It stabilised in industry (0.0%, that is −400 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 21,300 in construction, whereas it dipped by 10,000 in industry.
In Q4 2017, in market services, private employment increased strongly again: +0.4% (that is +53,200 jobs), as in Q3 2017. Excluding temporary employment, the increase remained pronounced: +0.4%, after +0.3%. Private employment in non-market services decreased by 0.2% over the quarter (after +0.1% in the previous quarter) but still increased over a year (+0.5%, that is +12,900 jobs).
In Q4 2017, private payroll employment continued to increase following the same path than in the previous quarters : +0.3%, that is +53,300 jobs after +49,600 in Q3 2017. Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +253,500 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased over the quarter by +0.2% (that is +45,200 jobs) and by +1.1% over the year (+208,000 jobs).
Private payroll employment continued to increase in agriculture (+0.2%, +500 jobs) and accelerated in construction (+0.4%, +4,900 jobs, after +0.1%). It stabilised in industry (0.0%, that is −400 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 21,300 in construction, whereas it dipped by 10,000 in industry.
In Q4 2017, in market services, private employment increased strongly again: +0.4% (that is +53,200 jobs), as in Q3 2017. Excluding temporary employment, the increase remained pronounced: +0.4%, after +0.3%. Private employment in non-market services decreased by 0.2% over the quarter (after +0.1% in the previous quarter) but still increased over a year (+0.5%, that is +12,900 jobs).
Temporary employment growth remains strong
In Q4 2017, temporary employment increased sharply, as in the previous quarter (+1.1% that is +8,100 jobs, after +1.5% that is +10,500 jobs in Q3 2017). Year on year, temporary employment continued to rise dramatically (+6.6%, +45,500 jobs).
tableauTable1 – Private payroll employment change
| Change in thousands | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months | In 1 year | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Agriculture | 0.7 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 292.3 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | –3,0 | -0.4 | -10.1 | 3, 084.6 |
| Construction | 1.7 | 4.9 | 21.3 | 1, 350.5 |
| Market services | 46.7 | 53.2 | 223.5 | 12, 028.9 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | 10.5 | 8.1 | 45.5 | 734.4 |
| Non-market services | 3.3 | –5,0 | 12.9 | 2, 518.4 |
| Total Private | 49.6 | 53.3 | 253.5 | 19, 274.8 |
- How to read it: In Q4 2017, net private job creation in market services amounted to 53.200 jobs from the previous quarter.
tableauTable2 – Payroll employment change in the non-farm market sectors
| Change in percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months | In 1 year | ||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Agriculture | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2,0 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | -0.1 | 0,0 | -0.3 |
| Construction | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Market services | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | 1.5 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| Non-market services | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.5 |
| Total Private | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
- (*) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- Scope: private payroll employment; France, excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: INSEE and DARES
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