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

Detailed figures

Paru le :27/06/2023

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

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 2014 2020
Altogether 461 289 489 894 521 336
Labor force in % 68,1 70,4 72,1
 including people in work in % 58,4 58,8 61,3
 including unemployed workers in % 9,8 11,6 10,9
Economically inactive people in % 31,9 29,6 27,9
 including pupils, students or interns in % 14,5 14,7 14,5
 including retirees in % 7,8 6,3 4,7
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,6 8,7 8,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 521 336 376 094 72,1 319 387 61,3
 15 to 24 years old 118 755 41 694 35,1 28 787 24,2
 25 to 54 years old 311 566 278 562 89,4 241 395 77,5
 55 to 64 years old 91 015 55 838 61,4 49 204 54,1
Male 252 075 188 866 74,9 161 054 63,9
 15 to 24 years old 58 396 21 820 37,4 14 923 25,6
 25 to 54 years old 151 443 139 824 92,3 122 143 80,7
 55 to 64 years old 42 236 27 222 64,5 23 988 56,8
Female 269 261 187 227 69,5 158 333 58,8
 15 to 24 years old 60 359 19 873 32,9 13 864 23,0
 25 to 54 years old 160 123 138 738 86,6 119 253 74,5
 55 to 64 years old 48 779 28 616 58,7 25 216 51,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 61,3
Unemployed workers 10,9
Retirees 4,7
Pupils, students or interns 14,5
Other economically inactive people 8,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2009 including people in work 2014 including people in work 2020 including people in work
Altogether 313 407 268 075 345 074 288 544 376 855 319 825
including
 Farmer operators 3 082 2 996 2 615 2 529 2 717 2 672
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 21 494 19 618 25 104 22 760 28 333 26 195
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 55 466 52 493 64 166 60 528 75 043 70 466
 Middle-level occupations 84 039 75 079 95 036 82 994 105 028 93 340
 Services employee 92 001 76 281 97 621 78 598 102 601 83 736
 Blue-collar workers 52 839 41 608 54 844 41 134 56 033 43 416
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 2014 2020
Number of unemployed workers 45 005 56 647 56 707
Unemployment rate in % 14,3 16,4 15,1
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 29,0 34,7 31,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 12,7 14,6 13,3
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,8 11,3 11,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 26,9
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 23,4
CAP, BEP or equivalent 17,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,5
2 years at university 11,8
3 to 4 years at university 10,6
5 years and over at university 8,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 2014 2020
Number of jobs in the area 271 852 292 011 325 724
People in work living in the area 271 708 292 283 324 937
Employment concentration indicator 100,1 99,9 100,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,7 56,5 56,5
  • 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, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 % 2014 % 2020 %
Altogether 271 852 100,0 292 011 100,0 325 724 100,0
Employee 232 473 85,5 245 258 84,0 271 483 83,3
 including women 118 114 43,4 126 193 43,2 139 559 42,8
 including part-time workers 49 176 18,1 50 968 17,5 52 705 16,2
Non-employee 39 379 14,5 46 753 16,0 54 241 16,7
 including women 13 459 5,0 17 117 5,9 20 847 6,4
 including part-time workers 4 879 1,8 7 066 2,4 9 467 2,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number %
Altogether 326 092 100,0
Farmer operators 2 964 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 27 139 8,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 69 913 21,4
Middle-level occupations 94 234 28,9
Services employee 85 793 26,3
Blue-collar workers 46 049 14,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 2014 2020
Farmer operators 1,1 0,9 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,3 8,0 8,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 19,0 20,5 21,4
Middle-level occupations 27,8 28,5 28,9
Services employee 28,7 27,4 26,3
Blue-collar workers 16,0 14,8 14,1
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 2014 2020
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 270 868 100,0 292 451 100,0 326 092 100,0 49,2 84,8
Agriculture 5 073 1,9 4 552 1,6 5 257 1,6 29,7 46,8
Industry 20 359 7,5 18 786 6,4 20 843 6,4 31,8 89,4
Construction 20 772 7,7 20 731 7,1 22 226 6,8 12,1 67,9
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 131 117 48,4 146 162 50,0 165 208 50,7 44,0 83,6
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 93 547 34,5 102 221 35,0 112 557 34,5 68,4 90,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 32,2 27,5
Industry 31,8 31,8
Construction 15,4 5,0
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,1 38,2
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,2 60,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.