Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Employment area 2020 of Montpellier (7616)

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 435 593 461 977 492 421
Labor force in % 67,9 70,2 71,8
 including people in work in % 58,1 58,5 60,9
 including unemployed workers in % 9,9 11,6 11,0
Economically inactive people in % 32,1 29,8 28,2
 including pupils, students or interns in % 14,8 15,0 14,9
 including retirees in % 7,7 6,2 4,6
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,5 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 492 421 353 671 71,8 299 664 60,9
 15 to 24 years old 113 667 39 443 34,7 27 237 24,0
 25 to 54 years old 293 109 261 451 89,2 225 953 77,1
 55 to 64 years old 85 645 52 777 61,6 46 474 54,3
Male 238 058 177 651 74,6 151 213 63,5
 15 to 24 years old 55 806 20 612 36,9 14 121 25,3
 25 to 54 years old 142 641 131 400 92,1 114 515 80,3
 55 to 64 years old 39 611 25 639 64,7 22 577 57,0
Female 254 363 176 020 69,2 148 451 58,4
 15 to 24 years old 57 861 18 831 32,5 13 116 22,7
 25 to 54 years old 150 468 130 051 86,4 111 438 74,1
 55 to 64 years old 46 034 27 138 59,0 23 897 51,9
  • 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 60,9
Unemployed workers 11,0
Retirees 4,6
Pupils, students or interns 14,9
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 295 333 252 205 324 860 270 975 354 188 300 094
including
 Farmer operators 2 778 2 705 2 397 2 327 2 371 2 313
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 20 265 18 473 23 400 21 205 26 697 24 720
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 53 366 50 478 61 386 57 826 71 883 67 422
 Middle-level occupations 79 350 70 857 89 546 78 102 98 740 87 612
 Services employee 86 288 71 185 91 637 73 587 95 850 77 906
 Blue-collar workers 49 019 38 507 51 052 37 927 51 790 40 121
  • 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 42 979 53 787 54 007
Unemployment rate in % 14,5 16,6 15,3
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 29,0 34,7 30,9
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 12,9 14,8 13,6
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,1 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 27,1
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 23,4
CAP, BEP or equivalent 18,0
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,9
2 years at university 12,2
3 to 4 years at university 10,8
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 261 788 280 581 312 912
People in work living in the area 255 236 274 172 304 920
Employment concentration indicator 102,6 102,3 102,6
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,5 56,4 56,4
  • 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 261 788 100,0 280 581 100,0 312 912 100,0
Employee 223 975 85,6 236 074 84,1 260 950 83,4
 including women 113 597 43,4 121 562 43,3 134 028 42,8
 including part-time workers 47 163 18,0 49 005 17,5 50 613 16,2
Non-employee 37 813 14,4 44 507 15,9 51 963 16,6
 including women 13 003 5,0 16 345 5,8 20 006 6,4
 including part-time workers 4 728 1,8 6 776 2,4 9 176 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 312 883 100,0
Farmer operators 2 488 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 26 231 8,4
Managers and higher intellectual professions 67 835 21,7
Middle-level occupations 91 060 29,1
Services employee 81 877 26,2
Blue-collar workers 43 392 13,9
  • 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 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,3 7,9 8,4
Managers and higher intellectual professions 19,3 20,8 21,7
Middle-level occupations 28,0 28,7 29,1
Services employee 28,6 27,3 26,2
Blue-collar workers 15,7 14,4 13,9
  • 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 261 442 100,0 281 014 100,0 312 883 100,0 49,2 84,9
Agriculture 4 864 1,9 4 126 1,5 4 726 1,5 28,0 49,8
Industry 18 699 7,2 17 234 6,1 18 968 6,1 30,9 88,7
Construction 19 739 7,6 19 674 7,0 21 364 6,8 12,1 68,7
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 127 118 48,6 140 956 50,2 158 916 50,8 43,9 83,5
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 91 022 34,8 99 025 35,2 108 909 34,8 68,4 90,9
  • 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 27,2 28,7
Industry 30,8 31,5
Construction 15,6 4,5
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,1 37,9
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,2 60,2
  • 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.