8 February 2019
2019- n° 33In Q4 2018, private payroll employment increased slightly again (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - fourth quarter 2018
In Q4 2018, private payroll employment increased slightly: +0.1%, at the same pace than in the previous quarter, that is +16,200 jobs after +23,000 jobs in Q3 2018. Year on year, private payroll employment slowed down : +0.5% (that is +106,100 jobs) after +1,0% in Q3 2018.
Excluding temporary work, employment increased by 0.2%, as in the previous quarter
In Q4 2018, private payroll employment increased slightly: +0.1%, at the same pace than in the previous quarter, that is +16,200 jobs after +23,000 jobs in Q3 2018. Year on year, private payroll employment slowed down : +0.5% (that is +106,100 jobs) after +1,0% in Q3 2018. Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +28,200 jobs) and by +0.7% over the year (that is +135,100 jobs).
Private payroll employment slowed down a little in construction (+0.2%, +2,700 jobs, after +0.4 % jobs) and fell slightly back in industry (−0.1%, −2,400 jobs, after 0.0%). Year on year, private employment increased by 19,000 in construction, whereas it declined in industry (that is −3,300 jobs).
In Q4 2018, in market services, private employment increased moderately again: +0.1% (that is +13,000 jobs), as in Q3 2018, bringing its rise to 82,200 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, its increase was slightly higher: +0.2%, (that is +25,000 jobs), as in the previous quarter. Private employment in non-market services increased softly again over the quarter (+0.1% after 0.0%) ; it was almost stable over a year (+0.1%).
Temporary employment slowed down again
In Q4 2018, the decline in temporary employment continued : −1.5% after −1.1% (that is −12,000 jobs, after −9,200). Year on year, temporary employment went down sharply (−3.6%, −29,000 jobs).
tableauFigure1 – Private payroll employment change
| Change in thousands in 3 months | Change in thousands in 1 year | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Agriculture | 1.7 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 302.1 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | -1.0 | -2.4 | -3.3 | 3, 087.5 |
| Construction | 5.4 | 2.7 | 19.0 | 1, 371.2 |
| Market services | 15.8 | 13.0 | 82.2 | 12, 141.0 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | -9.2 | -12.0 | -29.0 | 781.9 |
| Non-market services | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2, 502.1 |
| Total Private | 23.0 | 16.2 | 106.1 | 19, 403.9 |
- How to read it: In Q4 2018, net private job creation in market services amounted to 13.000 jobs from the previous quarter.
- (*) 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
tableauFigure2 – Payroll employment change in the non-farm market sectors
| Change in percentage points | Change in thousands in 1 year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | |
| Q3 | Q4 | Q4 | |
| Agriculture | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Construction | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Market services | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| of which: Temporary employment (*) | -1.1 | -1.5 | -3.6 |
| Non-market services | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total Private | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
- (*) 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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