France Payroll Employment

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Source: Insee
Source Link: https://www.insee.fr/
Frequency: Quarterly
Next Release(s): January 30th, 2026 2:45 AM

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France’s payroll employment rose +0.2% QoQ (vs 0.0% QoQ expected) in Q2 2025 (+51.9k jobs), rebounding slightly after Q1’s -0.1% drop, while remaining broadly stable YoY (-4.5k).
- Private payrolls increased +0.2% QoQ (+43.4k), rebounding after a decline in Q1, but were down -0.1% YoY (-27.9k).
- Public payrolls were virtually stable at +0.1% QoQ (+8.5k) and up +0.4% YoY (+23.4k).
- Temporary employment rose slightly (+0.2%, +1.3k), its first gain after nine consecutive quarterly declines, though still -3.3% YoY.
- Market services excluding temporary work rebounded +0.3% QoQ (+39.9k), led by accommodation & food services (+21.1k) and other services (+11.9k).
- Construction payrolls fell -0.3% QoQ (-4.7k), extending declines, while industry employment was broadly stable (-0.1% QoQ, -5.9k YoY).
- Employment among workers aged 55+ grew sharply (+2.0% YoY, +75.6k), while younger age groups saw declines (-0.6% YoY).
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Private payroll employment in France was stable in Q2 2025 (0.0% QoQ or -4.8k jobs), following a -0.1% decline in Q1. Employment was down -0.4% YoY (-93.9k) but remains +5.2% above its pre-pandemic level.
- Temporary employment fell -0.6% QoQ and -4.1% YoY, and is now -9.2% below its pre-COVID level.
- Construction employment declined for the 10th consecutive quarter (-0.5% QoQ, -1.9% YoY).
- Industrial employment (ex-temp) was virtually flat at -0.1% QoQ and -0.2% YoY, but still +2.2% above end-2019.
- Market services (ex-temp) were flat (+0.1% QoQ), though still down -0.3% YoY.
- Non-market services continued to expand (+0.2% QoQ, +0.4% YoY), with job levels +5.7% higher than pre-pandemic.
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France’s private payroll employment declined -28.7k and was down -0.6% YoY in Q1 2025, while total payroll employment (private + public) fell -20.9k (-0.1% QoQ, -0.3% YoY).
- The soft -0.1% QoQ decline was slightly below expectations of no change in employment.
- Market services employment excluding temporary work fell -23.1k (-0.2% QoQ), with notable declines in other services (-14.3k), ICT (-5.5k), and wholesale/retail (-4.9k).
- Construction employment dropped -10.3k (-0.7% QoQ), continuing its ninth straight quarterly decline and down -2.0% YoY.
- Temporary employment fell -3.3k (-0.5% QoQ, -5.9% YoY), while permanent contracts were flat (+0.1% YoY) and fixed-term contracts fell -5.8% YoY.
- Public employment rose +7.8k (+0.1% QoQ), led by a rebound in non-market services (+21.3k).
- Employment among workers aged 55+ rose +2.0% YoY, but declined for all younger age groups.
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France private payroll employment increased 9.4k, basically unchanged on a quarterly basis, and down -0.3% YoY in Q1 2025, in line with expectations.
- Non-market services employment increased 22.6k while there were declines in agriculture (-1.4k), the goods-production sector (0.0k), construction (-10.8k), and market services (-1.0k).
- Excluding temporary work, private employment in market services increased 900.
- On an annual basis, the cyclically sensitive sectors, construction and temporary services, were down -2.1% YoY and -5.9% YoY.
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