Informations Rapides ·
28 April 2022 · n° 110
In Q4 2021, most regions have surpassed their pre-sanitary crisis level for payroll
employment Localized employment and unemployment rates (by region and department) - fourth quarter
2021
Between the end of September and the end of December 2021, payroll employment increased: +0.4% nationwide, thanks to a rebound in temporary work (+5.4%) and an increase in market services excluding temporary work (+0.5%). Payroll employment increased more than the national level in ten regions, and it increased the most in La Réunion (+1.2%) and in Corse (+2.0%). On the other hand, payroll employment is stable in six regions: in Île-de-France and three neighbouring regions, and two French overseas departments.
Concerning the 100 departments (excluding Mayotte), payroll employment increased by at least +0.4% in 57 of them; it increased moderately (between +0.2% and +0.4%) in 14 other departements; it stabilized in 27 departments, and declined in 2 departments.
- In Q4 2021, payroll employment increased in almost all regions
- Most regions have surpassed their pre-sanitary crisis level, for payroll employment
- At the national level, as in most regions, the unemployment rate in Q4 2021 pulled back around one point from its level of late 2019
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In Q4 2021, payroll employment increased in almost all regions
Between the end of September and the end of December 2021, payroll employment increased: +0.4% nationwide, thanks to a rebound in temporary work (+5.4%) and an increase in market services excluding temporary work (+0.5%). Payroll employment increased more than the national level in ten regions, and it increased the most in La Réunion (+1.2%) and in Corse (+2.0%). On the other hand, payroll employment is stable in six regions: in Île-de-France and three neighbouring regions, and two French overseas departments.
Concerning the 100 departments (excluding Mayotte), payroll employment increased by at least +0.4% in 57 of them; it increased moderately (between +0.2% and +0.4%) in 14 other departements; it stabilized in 27 departments, and declined in 2 departments.
graphiqueChange in payroll employment between the end of September 2021 and the end of December 2021
- How to read it: the ranges include a limit corresponding to the evolution at the national level (+0.4% between the end of September 2021 and the end of December 2021), which enables to visualize whether the regions/departments have evolved more or less rapidly compared to the national level.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte
- Source: INSEE, Employment Estimates.
Most regions have surpassed their pre-sanitary crisis level, for payroll employment
At the national level, in Q4 2021, total payroll employment returned to and even exceeded its pre-sanitary crisis level (end of 2019) by 1.5%. This is also the case in all regions, except for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The level of payroll employment in this region declined by 0.3% from its level of late 2019, the market services sector (–0.2%) and industry (–2.5%) haven't returned yet to their pre-crisis level.
On the other hand, payroll employment has exceeded its pre-crisis level in all other regions, and has even clearly exceeded it in two French overseas departments (Guyane and La Réunion) and in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bretagne and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Payroll employment has exceeded its pre-crisis level in 84 of the 100 departments. The additional payroll employment is more significant in the departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The departments that have not returned to their pre-crisis level are mainly concentrated in the regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Île-de-France.
graphiqueChange in payroll employment between the end of 2019 and the end of 2021
- How to read it: the ranges include a limit corresponding to the evolution at the national level (+1.5% between the end of 2019 and the end of 2021), which enables to visualize whether the regions/departments have evolved more or less rapidly compared to the national level.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte
- Source: INSEE, Employment Estimates.
At the national level, as in most regions, the unemployment rate in Q4 2021 pulled back around one point from its level of late 2019
Nationwide (excluding Mayotte), the unemployment rate in Q4 2021 is 7.4%, which is 0.8 points below its level in the Q4 2019.
graphiqueChange in unemployment rate between Q4 2019 and Q4 2021
- How to read it: the ranges include a limit corresponding to the evolution at the national level (- 0.8 points between end of 2019 and end of 2021), which enables to visualize whether the regions/departments have evolved more or less rapidly compared to the national level.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte
- Source: INSEE, localised unemployment rates.
Between the end of 2019 and the end of December 2021, the unemployment rate decreased in every french region, except for Île-de-France, where it almost stabilized. In most regions, the unemployment rate decreased in a range between –0.8 and –1.2 points, compared to pre-crisis level. It decreased even more than 1.2 points in the French overseas departments and Corse.
Among the 100 departments, between the end of 2019 and the end of 2021, the unemployment rate almost stabilized in ten departments, including all the departments of Île-de-France; it decreased moderately in 29 departments. It decreased between 0.8 and 1.2 points in 49 departments, and decreased more in 12 departments.
graphiqueUnemployment rate in Q4 2021
- How to read it: the ranges include a limit corresponding to the unemployment rate at the national level (7.4% in Q4 2021), which enables to visualize the level of the regions/departments compared to the national level.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte
- Source: INSEE, localised unemployment rates.
In metropolitan France, only three regions have an unemployment rate higher than the nationwide level (7.4%): Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (8.3%), Occitanie (8.8%) and Hauts-de-France (8.9%). In the French overseas departments, unemployment rate is even higher, with rates going from 10.9% to almost 19%.
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The « enquête Emploi » enables to measure precisely at the national level, the unemployment rate every trimester. At sharper geographic levels the sample surveyed is too small for good cyclical monitoring.
INSEE therefore develops a specific indicator, the "localized unemployment rate," based on three sources for metropolitan France: the « enquête Emploi », which provides the number of unemployed and employed persons in the ILO sense; administrative data on employment from social declarations by companies and the self-employed, making it possible to exhaustively and finely localize employment at a territorial level; data on job seekers at the end of the month registered with Pôle emploi in category A (DEFM A), which make it possible to finely localize unemployed persons. This last source differs in level from the results of the « enquête Emploi », since it does not follow the ILO concepts used in the survey. But, assuming that this difference is evenly distributed, its structure can be used to disaggregate unemployment from the « enquête Emploi ».
The calculation of localized unemployment rates in the DOMs excluding Mayotte is based on a specific methodology, which means that a statistical hazard remains in the short-term variations. To study structural and long-term effects, annual average unemployment rate series should be preferred in the DOMs excluding Mayotte.
Next publication: early July 2022.
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The « enquête Emploi » enables to measure precisely at the national level, the unemployment rate every trimester. At sharper geographic levels the sample surveyed is too small for good cyclical monitoring.
INSEE therefore develops a specific indicator, the "localized unemployment rate," based on three sources for metropolitan France: the « enquête Emploi », which provides the number of unemployed and employed persons in the ILO sense; administrative data on employment from social declarations by companies and the self-employed, making it possible to exhaustively and finely localize employment at a territorial level; data on job seekers at the end of the month registered with Pôle emploi in category A (DEFM A), which make it possible to finely localize unemployed persons. This last source differs in level from the results of the « enquête Emploi », since it does not follow the ILO concepts used in the survey. But, assuming that this difference is evenly distributed, its structure can be used to disaggregate unemployment from the « enquête Emploi ».
The calculation of localized unemployment rates in the DOMs excluding Mayotte is based on a specific methodology, which means that a statistical hazard remains in the short-term variations. To study structural and long-term effects, annual average unemployment rate series should be preferred in the DOMs excluding Mayotte.
Next publication: early July 2022.
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