Insee Focus · December 2024 · n° 345

Provisional employment estimates in 2023 Employment slowed down in most regions

Between the end of 2022 and the end of 2023, employment in France kept increasing, but at a slower pace than in the previous two years: +262,000 jobs in 2023, after +391,000 in 2022 and +977,000 in 2021. Salaried employment grew by 172,000 jobs in 2023, less than half as much as in 2022, a clear slowdown mainly led by the market services sector. Conversely, non-salaried employment sped up in 2023: +90,000, after +58,000 jobs.

In 2023, employment increased again in all regions, but at a slower pace in most of them. The increase was sharper than average in French Guiana, La Réunion, Bretagne, Martinique and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.