Informations Rapides · 13 December 2022 · n° 321

In Q3 2022, payroll employment increased by 0.4% Payroll employment - third quarter 2022

Between the end of June 2022 and the end of September 2022, payroll employment increased by 0.4% (+103,200 jobs), nearly the same as in the first two quarters of 2022: +0.4% in Q1 (that is +95,800 jobs) and +0.3% in Q2 (that is +90,500 jobs). In total, payroll employment exceeded sharply its Q3 2021 level (+1.6% that is +430,800 jobs) and its pre-sanitary crisis level, at the end of 2019 (+3.6%, that is +931,100 jobs).

The increase in Q3 2022 was due to the advance of the private payroll employment which rose by 0.6% (that is +119,100 jobs), after +0.4% in Q2 2022 (that is +89,900 jobs). It is thus 4.4% above its level at the end of 2019. Work-study contracts, particularly apprenticeship contracts continue to contribute significantly to this increase. However, public payroll employment moderately decreased in Q3 2022: -0.3% (that is -15,900 jobs) after 0.0% in Q2 2022. It exceeded its pre-sanitary crisis level by 0.8% (that is +46,100 jobs).

In Q3 2022, temporary employment increased: +1.9% (+14,900 jobs), after -2.3% in the previous quarter (-18,700 jobs) and -1,9% in Q1 (-15,900 jobs). Temporary employment remained significantly higher than its end 2019 level (+3.6%) and its Q3 2021 level (+2.9% that is +22,900 jobs).

As a reminder, in this publication temporary workers are accounted for in the temporary employment sector which pays them (within market services), whichever sector they carry out their assignment (industry, construction, market or non market services).

Excluding temporary work, private payroll increased significantly in market services in Q3 2022: +0.7% (+85,300 jobs), after +0.8% in Q2 2022 (+95,000 jobs). It topped its Q3 2021 level by 3.0% (that is +359,800 jobs). This growth explained most of the total increase in payroll employment, over a quarter as over a year.

In this sector, the increase over a quarter was driven primarily by employment in scientific and technical activities (excluding temporary work) (+22,300 jobs), followed by wholesale and retail trade (+14,700 jobs), accommodation and food service activities (+10,400 jobs) and information and communication (+10,100 jobs).

Moreover, industrial employment (excluding temporary work) increased again sharply in the third quarter of 2022: +0.5% (+16,400 jobs) and +1.2% over a year. It exceeded its pre-sanitary crisis level by 0.5%. In the construction sector, payroll employment slightly increased in Q3 2022 (+0.2% that is 3,200 jobs) and exceeded its Q3 2021 level by 1.0%.

Nevertheless, in the third quarter of 2022, payroll employment in non-market services slightly decreased: -0.2% (or -13,300 jobs) after +0.1% in Q2 (+8,500 jobs), which led to nearly reach the same level as in Q3 2021. Finally, payroll employment in the agriculture lessen by 1.0% in Q3 2022 (or -3,200 jobs), which led to a decrease of 1.3% over a year.

Compared to the employment estimate published on 8 September 2022, the increase in payroll employment (private and public) in the second quarter of 2022 is slightly lessen by 4,800 jobs, which tips the rounding of the relative evolution (+0.3% instead of +0.4%) . The revisions are due to the updating of the coefficients of seasonal variations.

Compared to the flash estimate published on 8 November 2022, the increase in payroll employment in the private sector alone in the third quarter of 2022 has been increased by 29,700 jobs, resulting in a revision of +0.2 points in the evolution (+0.6% instead of +0.4%). This revision comes mainly from the market service sector excluding temporary work (+24,200 jobs).