Informations Rapides · 8 November 2022 · n° 293

In Q3 2022, private payroll employment increased by 0.4% (flash estimate) Flash estimate of payroll employment - third quarter 2022

Between the end of June and the end of September 2022, private payroll employment had the same increase as the previous two quarters: +0.4% (or 89,400 net job creations) after +0.5% in Q2 (+93,000 jobs) and +0.4% in Q1 (+88,200 jobs). At the end of September 2022, private payroll employment topped its 2021 level by +2.2% (+445,000 jobs) and its Q4 2019 level by +4.3%, before the sanitary crisis (+856,800 jobs). Work-study contracts, particulary apprenticeship contracts continued to contribute significantly to this increase.

In Q3 2022, temporary employment was back on the rise: +2.3% (or +18,300 jobs). This growth came after two quarters of decline. As a result, temporary employment remained above its pre-sanitary crisis level by +3.9%.

As a reminder, in this publication temporary workers are accounted for in the temporary employment sector which pays them (within market services), whichever sector they carry out their assignment (industry, construction, market or non market services).

Industrial employment (excluding temporary work) increased again in the third quarter of 2022: +0.4% (+12,500 jobs) after +0.3% in the previous quarter. Whereas it has reached its pre-sanitary level in the previous quarter, it exceeded it in Q3 by +0.4% (+12,900 jobs) and now tops out its highest level since Q1 2015.

In construction, private payroll employment (excluding temporary work) remained virtually stable in the third quarter of 2022: +0.1% (or +1,600 jobs) after 0.0% in Q2. However, it has sharply risen the last two years, going beyond its pre-sanitary level by +6.4% (or +94,500 jobs).

In non temporary market services,private payroll employment increased again strongly in Q3 2022: +0.5% after +0.8% (that is +60,400 jobs after +92,500). This growth explains most of the total increase in private payroll employment. In this sector, employment is well above its Q3 2021 level (+2.7% or +323,500 jobs) and its pre-crisis level (+5.2% compared to the end of 2019, or +601,500 jobs).

In Q3 2022, private payroll employment in non market services increased slightly: +0.1% after +0.4% (or +1,800 after +10,800 jobs). It is well above its end of 2019 level (+4.4% or +144,100 jobs).