10 August 2018
2018- n° 210In Q2 2018, private payroll employment continued to increase at a moderate pace (flash
estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - second quarter 2018
In Q2 2018, private payroll employment continued to grow at a moderate pace : +0.2% after +0.2% in Q1 (that is +31,000 net job creations after +46,000 jobs). Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +241,100 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +29,900 jobs) and by +1.0% over the year (+186,500 jobs).
Private payroll employment increased at the same pace as in the previous quarter in construction (+0.3%, +4,100 jobs, after +3,600 jobs). It fell back by 0.1% in industry (that is −3,800 jobs, after −700 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 23,200 in construction and by 3,800 in industry.
In market services, private employment continued to increase: +0.2% (that is +29,600 jobs), a little more slowly than in the previous quarters (+0.3% in Q1 2018). Its rise amounts to 199,900 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, it grows at the same pace as in Q1 2018: +0.3%. Private employment in non-market services stabilised in Q2 2018 (after +0.1%), at a level 0.4% higher than a year ago.
In Q2 2018, private payroll employment continued to grow at a moderate pace : +0.2% after +0.2% in Q1 (that is +31,000 net job creations after +46,000 jobs). Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +241,100 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +29,900 jobs) and by +1.0% over the year (+186,500 jobs).
Private payroll employment increased at the same pace as in the previous quarter in construction (+0.3%, +4,100 jobs, after +3,600 jobs). It fell back by 0.1% in industry (that is −3,800 jobs, after −700 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 23,200 in construction and by 3,800 in industry.
In market services, private employment continued to increase: +0.2% (that is +29,600 jobs), a little more slowly than in the previous quarters (+0.3% in Q1 2018). Its rise amounts to 199,900 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, it grows at the same pace as in Q1 2018: +0.3%. Private employment in non-market services stabilised in Q2 2018 (after +0.1%), at a level 0.4% higher than a year ago.
Temporary employment slowed down slightly
In Q2 2018, temporary employment slowed a little further: +0.1% after +0.3% (that is +1,100 jobs, after +2,700). Year on year, temporary employment continued to rise strongly (+7.2%, +54,600 jobs).
tableauTable1 – Private payroll employment change : in thousands…
| Change in 3 months | Change in 1 year | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Agriculture | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 299.4 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | -0.7 | -3.8 | 3.8 | 3, 092.8 |
| Construction | 3.6 | 4.1 | 23.2 | 1, 363.6 |
| Market services | 36.9 | 29.6 | 199.9 | 12, 134.1 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | 2.7 | 1.1 | 54.6 | 816.9 |
| Non-market services | 3.1 | 1,0 | 10.8 | 2, 517.5 |
| Total Private | 46.0 | 31.0 | 241.1 | 19, 407.3 |
- How to read it: In Q2 2018, net private job creation in market services amounted to 29.600 jobs from the previous quarter.
tableauTable2 – … in percentage
| Change in 3 months | Change in 1 year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Agriculture | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| Construction | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Market services | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| Non-market services | 0.1 | 0,0 | 0.4 |
| Total Private | 0.2 | 0.2 | 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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