Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Functional area 2020 of Montpellier (012)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 457 098 484 059 515 592
Labor force in % 67,7 70,1 71,7
 including people in work in % 58,2 58,7 60,3
 including unemployed workers in % 9,5 11,4 11,4
Economically inactive people in % 32,3 29,9 28,3
 including pupils, students or interns in % 14,8 14,5 14,6
 including retirees in % 7,7 6,7 4,9
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,7 8,7 8,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population Labor force Activity rate in % People in work Employment rate in %
Altogether 515 592 369 563 71,7 311 006 60,3
 15 to 24 years old 116 641 40 106 34,4 26 922 23,1
 25 to 54 years old 308 758 275 633 89,3 237 041 76,8
 55 to 64 years old 90 193 53 823 59,7 47 043 52,2
Male 249 108 185 589 74,5 156 699 62,9
 15 to 24 years old 57 266 20 994 36,7 13 913 24,3
 25 to 54 years old 150 046 138 327 92,2 119 819 79,9
 55 to 64 years old 41 797 26 269 62,8 22 967 54,9
Female 266 484 183 974 69,0 154 307 57,9
 15 to 24 years old 59 375 19 112 32,2 13 009 21,9
 25 to 54 years old 158 712 137 307 86,5 117 222 73,9
 55 to 64 years old 48 396 27 555 56,9 24 076 49,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 60,3
Unemployed workers 11,4
Retirees 4,9
Pupils, students or interns 14,6
Other economically inactive people 8,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 308 549 264 865 339 052 284 053 370 429 311 848
including
 Farmer operators 3 180 3 100 2 614 2 519 2 613 2 584
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 20 954 19 160 24 139 21 918 27 773 25 522
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 54 483 51 533 62 728 59 208 72 162 67 648
 Middle-level occupations 82 490 73 714 93 348 81 719 102 559 90 490
 Services employee 90 866 75 508 96 220 77 567 102 017 82 685
 Blue-collar workers 52 531 41 849 54 524 41 122 56 263 42 920
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 43 544 54 988 58 557
Unemployment rate in % 14,1 16,2 15,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 27,3 34,5 32,9
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 12,6 14,3 14,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,0 10,7 12,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in %
No diploma or primary education certificate 28,0
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 24,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 18,4
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 19,4
2 years at university 12,2
3 to 4 years at university 10,9
5 years and over at university 9,4
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 267 645 288 095 316 323
People in work living in the area 268 237 287 912 316 272
Employment concentration indicator 99,8 100,1 100,0
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,5 56,5 56,4
  • The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 267 645 100,0 288 095 100,0 316 323 100,0
Employee 229 640 85,8 242 245 84,1 264 264 83,5
 including women 116 409 43,5 124 559 43,2 135 724 42,9
 including part-time workers 48 642 18,2 50 618 17,6 53 101 16,8
Non-employee 38 006 14,2 45 851 15,9 52 060 16,5
 including women 12 931 4,8 16 650 5,8 20 116 6,4
 including part-time workers 4 558 1,7 6 672 2,3 9 062 2,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 317 357 100,0
Farmer operators 2 856 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 26 284 8,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 67 091 21,1
Middle-level occupations 91 029 28,7
Services employee 84 735 26,7
Blue-collar workers 45 362 14,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 1,2 0,9 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,2 7,8 8,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 18,8 20,4 21,1
Middle-level occupations 27,5 28,6 28,7
Services employee 28,8 27,4 26,7
Blue-collar workers 16,4 14,9 14,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 266 572 100,0 288 017 100,0 317 357 100,0 49,2 84,9
Agriculture 5 148 1,9 4 499 1,6 5 039 1,6 28,0 46,0
Industry 20 132 7,6 18 946 6,6 20 004 6,3 31,4 89,1
Construction 20 530 7,7 20 605 7,2 21 485 6,8 11,8 68,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 128 046 48,0 143 751 49,9 159 653 50,3 43,9 83,7
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 92 716 34,8 100 215 34,8 111 176 35,0 68,0 90,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 29,1 27,1
Industry 31,2 33,0
Construction 14,9 5,2
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,1 37,9
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,8 60,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.