Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Employment area 2020 of Besançon (2706)

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 202 634 202 477 200 738
Labor force in % 71,4 72,8 73,0
 including people in work in % 64,6 64,3 64,6
 including unemployed workers in % 6,9 8,6 8,4
Economically inactive people in % 28,6 27,2 27,0
 including pupils, students or interns in % 13,3 12,8 13,5
 including retirees in % 8,0 7,9 6,5
 including other economically inactive people in % 7,2 6,5 7,0
  • 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 200 738 146 473 73,0 129 659 64,6
 15 to 24 years old 45 579 17 684 38,8 13 820 30,3
 25 to 54 years old 116 562 106 407 91,3 95 565 82,0
 55 to 64 years old 38 597 22 383 58,0 20 275 52,5
Male 99 239 74 878 75,5 66 364 66,9
 15 to 24 years old 23 241 9 983 43,0 7 871 33,9
 25 to 54 years old 57 616 54 029 93,8 48 670 84,5
 55 to 64 years old 18 381 10 866 59,1 9 823 53,4
Female 101 499 71 595 70,5 63 295 62,4
 15 to 24 years old 22 337 7 701 34,5 5 949 26,6
 25 to 54 years old 58 946 52 378 88,9 46 894 79,6
 55 to 64 years old 20 216 11 516 57,0 10 452 51,7
  • 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 64,6
Unemployed workers 8,4
Retirees 6,5
Pupils, students or interns 13,5
Other economically inactive people 7,0
  • 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 144 273 130 557 147 413 129 998 146 703 129 751
including
 Farmer operators 2 403 2 378 2 144 2 091 2 195 2 164
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 7 369 6 969 7 947 7 496 7 908 7 367
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 19 905 19 334 21 580 20 751 22 177 21 260
 Middle-level occupations 36 537 34 257 37 985 35 120 39 253 36 453
 Services employee 40 748 36 493 41 615 36 217 40 817 35 512
 Blue-collar workers 35 962 31 127 34 408 28 325 32 326 26 995
  • 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 13 895 17 323 16 814
Unemployment rate in % 9,6 11,7 11,5
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 18,4 23,8 21,8
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 8,4 10,2 10,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 7,2 8,8 9,4
  • 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 22,4
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 16,9
CAP, BEP or equivalent 13,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 12,6
2 years at university 7,3
3 to 4 years at university 7,0
5 years and over at university 6,6
  • 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 130 242 130 509 130 626
People in work living in the area 131 668 131 414 131 410
Employment concentration indicator 98,9 99,3 99,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 58,1 58,2 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 130 242 100,0 130 509 100,0 130 626 100,0
Employee 116 213 89,2 115 138 88,2 114 967 88,0
 including women 58 069 44,6 58 448 44,8 58 825 45,0
 including part-time workers 24 369 18,7 24 375 18,7 23 352 17,9
Non-employee 14 029 10,8 15 372 11,8 15 660 12,0
 including women 4 184 3,2 4 999 3,8 5 247 4,0
 including part-time workers 1 233 0,9 1 778 1,4 2 027 1,6
  • 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 130 266 100,0
Farmer operators 2 196 1,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7 748 5,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 20 392 15,7
Middle-level occupations 36 274 27,8
Services employee 36 346 27,9
Blue-collar workers 27 309 21,0
  • 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 1,9 1,6 1,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5,6 5,9 5,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13,9 15,3 15,7
Middle-level occupations 25,8 26,6 27,8
Services employee 28,7 28,7 27,9
Blue-collar workers 24,2 21,9 21,0
  • 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 129 685 100,0 130 060 100,0 130 266 100,0 49,1 89,0
Agriculture 3 400 2,6 3 229 2,5 3 534 2,7 23,1 40,4
Industry 20 860 16,1 18 965 14,6 19 102 14,7 29,5 93,7
Construction 8 397 6,5 7 614 5,9 6 857 5,3 9,4 75,3
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 50 154 38,7 50 072 38,5 50 655 38,9 47,6 86,9
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 46 873 36,1 50 181 38,6 50 118 38,5 65,4 94,7
  • 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 31,2 17,7
Industry 30,3 16,7
Construction 11,0 4,6
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 49,5 35,5
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 65,8 57,6
  • 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.