In 2024, payroll employment slowed markedly, levelling off year on year at the end of the year after rising by 0.6% twelve months earlier. It has actually been in decline for two quarters: in Q1 2025, 20,900 payroll jobs were destroyed (-0.1%), following a reduction of 98,600 in Q4 2024 (-0.4%). Year on year, payroll employment fell by 0.3%. This decline mainly concerned the private sector (-0.6%), while employment in the civil service continued to rise (+0.5%)...