Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Besançon (25601)

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 96 041 94 194 92 148
Labor force in % 67,7 68,6 67,6
 including people in work in % 59,0 57,7 57,2
 including unemployed workers in % 8,6 10,9 10,4
Economically inactive people in % 32,3 31,4 32,4
 including pupils, students or interns in % 18,4 17,9 18,6
 including retirees in % 6,5 6,2 5,1
 including other economically inactive people in % 7,4 7,3 8,6
  • 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 92 148 62 324 67,6 52 721 57,2
 15 to 24 years old 26 720 9 262 34,7 6 965 26,1
 25 to 54 years old 49 761 43 563 87,5 37 273 74,9
 55 to 64 years old 15 667 9 500 60,6 8 483 54,1
Male 44 596 31 384 70,4 26 382 59,2
 15 to 24 years old 13 164 4 909 37,3 3 678 27,9
 25 to 54 years old 24 459 22 068 90,2 18 782 76,8
 55 to 64 years old 6 973 4 408 63,2 3 921 56,2
Female 47 552 30 940 65,1 26 339 55,4
 15 to 24 years old 13 556 4 353 32,1 3 287 24,2
 25 to 54 years old 25 302 21 495 85,0 18 490 73,1
 55 to 64 years old 8 694 5 092 58,6 4 562 52,5
  • 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 57,2
Unemployed workers 10,4
Retirees 5,1
Pupils, students or interns 18,6
Other economically inactive people 8,6
  • 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 65 044 56 741 64 743 54 449 62 204 52 586
including
 Farmer operators 67 62 55 47 75 74
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 2 750 2 533 2 960 2 724 2 829 2 518
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 11 689 11 323 12 229 11 671 12 181 11 605
 Middle-level occupations 17 406 15 981 17 668 15 912 16 978 15 312
 Services employee 18 446 15 947 18 067 14 975 17 499 14 577
 Blue-collar workers 13 711 10 895 12 448 9 121 11 236 8 500
  • 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 8 280 10 244 9 603
Unemployment rate in % 12,7 15,9 15,4
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 20,4 26,9 24,8
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 11,8 14,6 14,4
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,3 10,0 10,7
  • 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 30,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 24,2
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,5
2 years at university 10,7
3 to 4 years at university 9,2
5 years and over at university 7,6
  • 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 81 280 80 603 80 331
People in work living in the area 57 104 54 995 53 604
Employment concentration indicator 142,3 146,6 149,9
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,8 55,7 53,4
  • 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 81 280 100,0 80 603 100,0 80 331 100,0
Employee 75 137 92,4 73 613 91,3 72 924 90,8
 including women 38 519 47,4 38 549 47,8 38 599 48,0
 including part-time workers 15 742 19,4 15 551 19,3 14 934 18,6
Non-employee 6 143 7,6 6 990 8,7 7 407 9,2
 including women 2 000 2,5 2 488 3,1 2 663 3,3
 including part-time workers 636 0,8 955 1,2 1 151 1,4
  • 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 80 520 100,0
Farmer operators 107 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3 674 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 15 692 19,5
Middle-level occupations 24 660 30,6
Services employee 23 465 29,1
Blue-collar workers 12 922 16,0
  • 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 0,2 0,1 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,2 4,4 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 17,3 19,2 19,5
Middle-level occupations 29,0 30,1 30,6
Services employee 29,9 28,9 29,1
Blue-collar workers 19,5 17,2 16,0
  • 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 80 616 100,0 80 185 100,0 80 520 100,0 51,8 91,9
Agriculture 266 0,3 236 0,3 290 0,4 27,6 76,0
Industry 9 432 11,7 8 247 10,3 8 064 10,0 28,2 94,8
Construction 3 481 4,3 2 911 3,6 2 973 3,7 11,6 76,1
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 34 740 43,1 34 294 42,8 34 423 42,8 48,7 89,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 32 698 40,6 34 497 43,0 34 770 43,2 64,0 95,2
  • 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 33,6 8,6
Industry 29,1 10,7
Construction 13,8 4,6
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 50,5 33,7
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 64,5 53,7
  • 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.