Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Urban unit 2020 of Besançon (25601)

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 95 770 93 310 92 382
Labor force in % 68,0 68,3 67,8
 including people in work in % 59,0 57,3 57,8
 including unemployed workers in % 9,0 10,9 10,0
Economically inactive people in % 32,0 31,7 32,2
 including pupils, students or interns in % 18,1 18,2 18,6
 including retirees in % 6,8 5,9 4,9
 including other economically inactive people in % 7,2 7,6 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 92 382 62 628 67,8 53 394 57,8
 15 to 24 years old 27 020 9 531 35,3 7 366 27,3
 25 to 54 years old 49 804 43 570 87,5 37 495 75,3
 55 to 64 years old 15 557 9 527 61,2 8 532 54,8
Male 44 634 31 547 70,7 26 712 59,8
 15 to 24 years old 13 131 5 022 38,2 3 888 29,6
 25 to 54 years old 24 571 22 107 90,0 18 909 77,0
 55 to 64 years old 6 931 4 418 63,7 3 915 56,5
Female 47 748 31 081 65,1 26 682 55,9
 15 to 24 years old 13 889 4 509 32,5 3 478 25,0
 25 to 54 years old 25 233 21 463 85,1 18 587 73,7
 55 to 64 years old 8 626 5 108 59,2 4 617 53,5
  • 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 57,8
Unemployed workers 10,0
Retirees 4,9
Pupils, students or interns 18,6
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 65 138 56 558 63 651 53 455 62 588 53 343
including
 Farmer operators 64 59 57 49 79 74
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 2 738 2 520 3 069 2 818 2 836 2 539
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 11 942 11 559 11 935 11 345 12 691 12 157
 Middle-level occupations 17 483 16 011 17 499 15 831 16 871 15 262
 Services employee 18 463 15 813 17 711 14 662 17 435 14 629
 Blue-collar workers 13 455 10 596 12 035 8 750 11 346 8 683
  • 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 8 580 10 190 9 234
Unemployment rate in % 13,2 16,0 14,7
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 21,4 27,0 22,7
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 12,2 14,9 13,9
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,1 10,2 10,4
  • 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 28,6
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 25,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,0
2 years at university 10,5
3 to 4 years at university 8,6
5 years and over at university 7,5
  • 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 81 506 79 936 81 073
People in work living in the area 56 964 54 159 54 343
Employment concentration indicator 143,1 147,6 149,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,9 55,0 53,6
  • 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 81 506 100,0 79 936 100,0 81 073 100,0
Employee 75 233 92,3 72 783 91,1 73 527 90,7
 including women 38 765 47,6 38 449 48,1 38 760 47,8
 including part-time workers 15 807 19,4 15 308 19,1 14 604 18,0
Non-employee 6 273 7,7 7 152 8,9 7 547 9,3
 including women 2 048 2,5 2 561 3,2 2 781 3,4
 including part-time workers 680 0,8 1 017 1,3 1 233 1,5
  • 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 81 016 100,0
Farmer operators 102 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3 690 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 16 356 20,2
Middle-level occupations 24 510 30,3
Services employee 23 409 28,9
Blue-collar workers 12 949 16,0
  • 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 0,2 0,1 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,2 4,6 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 17,9 19,2 20,2
Middle-level occupations 29,1 30,6 30,3
Services employee 29,4 28,9 28,9
Blue-collar workers 19,2 16,6 16,0
  • 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 80 867 100,0 79 718 100,0 81 016 100,0 51,8 91,7
Agriculture 247 0,3 267 0,3 303 0,4 28,5 73,9
Industry 9 167 11,3 8 158 10,2 8 187 10,1 28,7 94,9
Construction 3 425 4,2 2 805 3,5 3 035 3,7 11,2 76,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 34 974 43,2 33 883 42,5 34 540 42,6 48,1 89,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 33 054 40,9 34 605 43,4 34 951 43,1 64,5 94,8
  • 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 35,9 7,5
Industry 29,3 17,3
Construction 13,5 3,7
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 50,1 32,0
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 64,9 56,5
  • 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.