Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Municipality of Montpellier (34172)

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 181 274 194 655 208 169
Labor force in % 63,6 64,7 65,7
 including people in work in % 51,8 51,0 52,7
 including unemployed workers in % 11,8 13,7 13,0
Economically inactive people in % 36,4 35,3 34,3
 including pupils, students or interns in % 21,5 21,8 21,7
 including retirees in % 4,9 3,9 2,8
 including other economically inactive people in % 10,0 9,7 9,8
  • 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 208 169 136 820 65,7 109 677 52,7
 15 to 24 years old 65 513 21 052 32,1 14 112 21,5
 25 to 54 years old 117 272 100 078 85,3 82 267 70,2
 55 to 64 years old 25 384 15 689 61,8 13 299 52,4
Male 99 225 69 091 69,6 55 718 56,2
 15 to 24 years old 30 609 10 333 33,8 6 872 22,5
 25 to 54 years old 57 574 51 486 89,4 42 798 74,3
 55 to 64 years old 11 042 7 272 65,9 6 048 54,8
Female 108 944 67 729 62,2 53 959 49,5
 15 to 24 years old 34 904 10 719 30,7 7 240 20,7
 25 to 54 years old 59 698 48 592 81,4 39 469 66,1
 55 to 64 years old 14 342 8 418 58,7 7 250 50,6
  • 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 52,7
Unemployed workers 13,0
Retirees 2,8
Pupils, students or interns 21,7
Other economically inactive people 9,8
  • 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 115 251 93 865 125 917 99 342 136 832 109 705
including
 Farmer operators 148 133 93 72 101 85
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 5 425 4 687 6 308 5 404 7 634 6 762
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 23 272 21 708 26 192 24 464 31 428 29 021
 Middle-level occupations 30 897 26 845 34 716 29 226 37 298 31 933
 Services employee 34 507 27 128 36 041 27 038 36 431 27 741
 Blue-collar workers 18 400 13 363 19 170 13 138 19 631 14 163
  • 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 21 382 26 610 27 143
Unemployment rate in % 18,5 21,1 19,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 30,0 36,4 33,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 17,1 19,3 17,8
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 11,5 12,3 15,2
  • 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 33,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 31,0
CAP, BEP or equivalent 25,9
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 26,2
2 years at university 16,9
3 to 4 years at university 14,8
5 years and over at university 11,1
  • 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 141 982 149 929 168 989
People in work living in the area 94 791 100 784 111 720
Employment concentration indicator 149,8 148,8 151,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 53,8 54,7 55,1
  • 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 141 982 100,0 149 929 100,0 168 989 100,0
Employee 126 987 89,4 131 440 87,7 145 398 86,0
 including women 66 733 47,0 69 846 46,6 76 184 45,1
 including part-time workers 25 655 18,1 26 332 17,6 27 415 16,2
Non-employee 14 995 10,6 18 489 12,3 23 592 14,0
 including women 5 163 3,6 6 780 4,5 8 601 5,1
 including part-time workers 2 007 1,4 3 068 2,0 4 684 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 167 588 100,0
Farmer operators 112 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 10 881 6,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 44 262 26,4
Middle-level occupations 51 592 30,8
Services employee 42 212 25,2
Blue-collar workers 18 528 11,1
  • 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 0,2 0,1 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,9 5,4 6,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 24,2 25,7 26,4
Middle-level occupations 30,2 31,1 30,8
Services employee 28,6 26,5 25,2
Blue-collar workers 12,0 11,2 11,1
  • 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 139 749 100,0 149 005 100,0 167 588 100,0 50,3 87,7
Agriculture 429 0,3 260 0,2 392 0,2 30,0 71,4
Industry 7 853 5,6 7 249 4,9 8 322 5,0 32,0 90,3
Construction 7 678 5,5 7 511 5,0 9 868 5,9 10,1 69,8
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 68 337 48,9 74 830 50,2 83 720 50,0 44,1 85,7
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 55 452 39,7 59 155 39,7 65 286 39,0 66,9 92,8
  • 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 31,6 26,1
Industry 31,5 36,6
Construction 12,8 4,0
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,6 34,6
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 67,7 56,3
  • 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.