Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Arrondissement of Montpellier (343)

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 415 939 438 886 464 430
Labor force in % 67,2 69,3 70,9
 including people in work in % 56,9 57,2 59,6
 including unemployed workers in % 10,2 12,1 11,3
Economically inactive people in % 32,8 30,7 29,1
 including pupils, students or interns in % 15,0 15,2 15,1
 including retirees in % 7,8 6,3 4,7
 including other economically inactive people in % 10,0 9,2 9,2
  • 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 464 430 329 506 70,9 276 946 59,6
 15 to 24 years old 109 931 38 516 35,0 26 473 24,1
 25 to 54 years old 274 568 242 837 88,4 208 333 75,9
 55 to 64 years old 79 931 48 153 60,2 42 141 52,7
Male 224 037 165 608 73,9 139 746 62,4
 15 to 24 years old 53 888 19 994 37,1 13 588 25,2
 25 to 54 years old 133 504 122 329 91,6 105 820 79,3
 55 to 64 years old 36 644 23 285 63,5 20 338 55,5
Female 240 393 163 898 68,2 137 201 57,1
 15 to 24 years old 56 043 18 522 33,1 12 885 23,0
 25 to 54 years old 141 064 120 508 85,4 102 513 72,7
 55 to 64 years old 43 287 24 868 57,4 21 803 50,4
  • 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 59,6
Unemployed workers 11,3
Retirees 4,7
Pupils, students or interns 15,1
Other economically inactive people 9,2
  • 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 279 034 236 389 304 314 251 129 330 540 277 850
including
 Farmer operators 1 918 1 856 1 735 1 673 1 617 1 564
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 18 442 16 688 21 104 18 989 23 719 21 817
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 48 303 45 619 55 368 52 077 65 160 61 152
 Middle-level occupations 73 845 65 679 82 880 71 904 91 233 80 634
 Services employee 84 230 68 921 88 342 69 991 91 929 74 163
 Blue-collar workers 47 976 37 627 49 298 36 495 50 117 38 520
  • 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 42 633 53 009 52 560
Unemployment rate in % 15,3 17,4 16,0
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 29,5 35,3 31,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,6 15,6 14,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,3 11,7 12,5
  • 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 27,7
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 24,1
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 19,5
2 years at university 12,5
3 to 4 years at university 11,2
5 years and over at university 9,1
  • 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 259 238 276 245 307 840
People in work living in the area 239 044 254 889 281 934
Employment concentration indicator 108,4 108,4 109,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 54,5 55,3 55,2
  • 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 259 238 100,0 276 245 100,0 307 840 100,0
Employee 223 839 86,3 234 129 84,8 258 889 84,1
 including women 113 293 43,7 120 057 43,5 132 365 43,0
 including part-time workers 46 226 17,8 47 499 17,2 48 762 15,8
Non-employee 35 399 13,7 42 116 15,2 48 951 15,9
 including women 12 112 4,7 15 566 5,6 18 748 6,1
 including part-time workers 4 347 1,7 6 384 2,3 8 492 2,8
  • 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 307 873 100,0
Farmer operators 1 762 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 24 678 8,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 67 423 21,9
Middle-level occupations 89 907 29,2
Services employee 80 997 26,3
Blue-collar workers 43 106 14,0
  • 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 0,8 0,6 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,0 7,5 8,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 19,4 20,8 21,9
Middle-level occupations 28,1 28,8 29,2
Services employee 29,0 27,6 26,3
Blue-collar workers 15,9 14,7 14,0
  • 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 257 871 100,0 275 919 100,0 307 873 100,0 49,1 85,5
Agriculture 3 691 1,4 3 483 1,3 3 544 1,2 28,2 53,3
Industry 18 283 7,1 16 513 6,0 18 437 6,0 31,1 89,9
Construction 19 012 7,4 18 769 6,8 20 589 6,7 12,4 70,1
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 126 673 49,1 139 746 50,6 158 719 51,6 43,7 84,1
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 90 211 35,0 97 407 35,3 106 584 34,6 67,9 91,0
  • 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 32,1 23,9
Industry 30,7 34,5
Construction 15,5 5,2
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,8 37,9
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,8 58,6
  • 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.