6 November 2020
2020- n° 286After a drop in the first semester, private payroll employment rebounded by 1.8% in
the third quarter of 2020 (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - third quarter 2020
Between the end of June and the end of September 2020, private payroll employment increased by 1.8%, or 344,400 net job creations; it rebounded after 491,600 net job losses in the first quarter and 158,400 net job losses in the second quarter. Private payroll employment remains below the level it reached a year ago, by 1.1%, or -214,000 jobs. It returns to a level comparable to that at the end of September 2018.
In the so-called "non-agricultural market" field (industry, construction and market services), payroll employment has been measured in quarterly time series since the end of 1970. In the third quarter of 2020, it increased by 1.9% in this field. This is the strongest quarterly increase since the series began, after the successive decreases of the first quarter (-2.8%) and the second quarter (-0.8%), whose accumulation was also unprecedented.
In this publication, the concept of employment refers to the international critera of the International labour organization (ILO). Employment includes both persons who have worked at least one paid hour during a given period, but also persons who have not worked for certain reasons (in particular those on short-time working / temporary lay-off and sick leave). For non-temporary private employment, this first flash estimate was made using early data from the September 2020 DSN (“déclaration sociale nominative”). For temporary employment, the DSN was used according to the usual methodology. The estimate of private paid employment may be revised on the occasion of the detailed publication of paid employment (public and private) for the third quarter of 2020, scheduled for Tuesday 8 December.
- In Q3 2020, private payroll employment rebounded: +1.8% after -3.3% over the whole of the first semester
- Temporary employment increased sharply for the second consecutive quarter after the historic fall in the first quarter of 2020
- Excluding temporary work, employment rebounded in construction, market and non-market services
In Q3 2020, private payroll employment rebounded: +1.8% after -3.3% over the whole of the first semester
Between the end of June and the end of September 2020, private payroll employment increased by 1.8%, or 344,400 net job creations; it rebounded after 491,600 net job losses in the first quarter and 158,400 net job losses in the second quarter. Private payroll employment remains below the level it reached a year ago, by 1.1%, or -214,000 jobs. It returns to a level comparable to that at the end of September 2018.
In the so-called "non-agricultural market" field (industry, construction and market services), payroll employment has been measured in quarterly time series since the end of 1970. In the third quarter of 2020, it increased by 1.9% in this field. This is the strongest quarterly increase since the series began, after the successive decreases of the first quarter (-2.8%) and the second quarter (-0.8%), whose accumulation was also unprecedented.
Temporary employment increased sharply for the second consecutive quarter after the historic fall in the first quarter of 2020
Temporary employment continues to recover strongly in the third quarter of 2020: +23.5% (+135,900 jobs) after +22.9% (+107,800 jobs) in the previous quarter. It fall to an historic low in the first quarter (-40.4%, or -318,100 jobs) and remains below the level it reached a year ago (-9.7%, that is -76,900 jobs) close to its level at the beginning of 2017.
Excluding temporary work, private payroll employment increased by 1.1% (+208,500 jobs). As a reminder, in this publication, temporary workers are accounted for in the temporary employment within market services, whichever sector they carry out their assignment (industry, construction, market or non market services).
Excluding temporary work, employment rebounded in construction, market and non-market services
Private payroll employment (excluding temporary workers) in the construction sector increased by 1.1% in the third quarter after a near stability in the previous quarter (+15,900 jobs after -100). It exceeded its pre-crisis level and grew by 1.7% over a year (+24,300).
Industrial employment (excluding temporary workers) fell again: -0.2% (-4,900 jobs), but significantly less than in the previous quarter (-0.9% or -28,300 jobs). Over one year, the decline in industry reached -1.4% that is -43,800 jobs.
In non-temporary market services, private payroll employment rebounded strongly: +1.4% after -1.8% in the previous quarter (that is +162,000 after -212,000). It remains below its level a year earlier, by 1.0% (-120,500 jobs).
Private employment in non-market services also rebounded in the quarter: +1.5% (+37,000 jobs) after -0.9% in the second quarter (-21,600). Year-on-year it increased by 0.4% (+9,600).
tableauPrivate payroll employment change – in thousands
| Change in thousands in 3 months | Change in thousands in 1 year | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |
| Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | |
| Agriculture | -4.3 | -1.4 | -6.6 | 286.6 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | -28.3 | -4.9 | -43.8 | 3,074.8 |
| Construction | -0.1 | 15.9 | 24.3 | 1,438.6 |
| Market services | -104.4 | 298.0 | -197.4 | 12,136.5 |
| Temporary employment (*) | 107.8 | 135.9 | -76.9 | 713.9 |
| Excluding temporary work | -212.0 | 162.0 | -120.5 | 11,422.7 |
| Non-market services | -21.6 | 37.0 | 9.6 | 2,505.6 |
| Total Private | -158.4 | 344.4 | -214.0 | 19,442.1 |
- How to read it: In Q3 2020, net private job construction in market services amounted to 298,000 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
tableauPrivate payroll employment change – in percentage points
| Change in percentage points in 3 months | Change in percentage points in 1 year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |
| Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | |
| Agriculture | -1.5 | -0.5 | -2.3 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | -0.9 | -0.2 | -1.4 |
| Construction | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Market services | -0.9 | 2.5 | -1.6 |
| Temporary employment (*) | 22.9 | 23.5 | -9.7 |
| Excluding temporary work | -1.8 | 1.4 | -1.0 |
| Non-market services | -0.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Total Private | -0.8 | 1.8 | -1.1 |
- (*) 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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