Informations Rapides ·
30 August 2024 · n° 212
In Q2 2024, payroll employment was stable Payroll employment - second quarter 2024
In Q2 2024, payroll employment was at a standstill: it was stable (that is -12,900 net job creations) after a +0.3% in the previous quarter (that is +78,600 jobs). It exceeded its Q2 2023 level by 0.5% (that is +131,600 jobs) and its pre-sanitary crisis level (end of 2019) by 5.1%, that is 1.3 million additional jobs, with one out three jobs in work-study contract.
For this publication of payroll employment in Q2 2024, quarterly employment estimates have been fitted on 2022 annual employment estimates, which were published in July 2024. This led to slightly revise downwards private payroll employment level since 2022, and to slightly revise upwards public payroll employment in regard of the previous estimations. Thus, quarterly employment estimates have been more revised on the past than usually (see methodological note updated in this publication).
- In Q2 2024, private payroll employment was virtually stable and public payroll employment rose by 0.3%
- Temporary employment decreased again
- Excluding temporary work, payroll employment bent in market services
- Over a year, private payroll employment increased especially for people aged 55 years old and more, work-study or permanent contracts
- Revisions
- For more information
In Q2 2024, private payroll employment was virtually stable and public payroll employment rose by 0.3%
In Q2 2024, payroll employment was at a standstill: it was stable (that is -12,900 net job creations) after a +0.3% in the previous quarter (that is +78,600 jobs). It exceeded its Q2 2023 level by 0.5% (that is +131,600 jobs) and its pre-sanitary crisis level (end of 2019) by 5.1%, that is 1.3 million additional jobs, with one out three jobs in work-study contract.
Private payroll employment bent: it was virtually stable (-0.1% that is -28,500 jobs) after having raised by 0.3% the previous quarter (that is +57,500 jobs). It exceeded its Q2 2023 level by 0.3% (that is +60,700 jobs) and its pre-sanitary crisis level by 5.8% (that is +1.1 million jobs). Public payroll employment rose again in Q2 2024: +0.3% (that is +15,600 jobs) after +0.4% (that is +21,000 jobs) in Q1 2024. It topped his previous year level by 1.2% (that is +70,800 jobs) and its Q4 2019 level by 3.0% (that is +0,2 million jobs).
tableauVariation in payroll employment
| Industry | Construction | Market services | Total | Non-market services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q2 | 3272.4 | 1559.8 | 13411.6 | 27129.5 | 8576.2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3267.7 | 1569.8 | 13429.8 | 27142.4 | 8558.6 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3260.1 | 1577.9 | 13382.7 | 27063.9 | 8525.4 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3250.5 | 1581.6 | 13403.0 | 27050.9 | 8499.8 |
| 2023-Q2 | 3240.5 | 1585.5 | 13384.2 | 26998.0 | 8471.8 |
| 2023-Q1 | 3232.7 | 1588.3 | 13345.8 | 26933.4 | 8455.1 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3225.0 | 1590.8 | 13321.3 | 26890.6 | 8437.8 |
| 2022-Q3 | 3218.8 | 1588.5 | 13253.8 | 26796.7 | 8428.9 |
| 2022-Q2 | 3207.3 | 1588.3 | 13184.1 | 26725.7 | 8432.2 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3199.4 | 1586.3 | 13144.9 | 26673.2 | 8422.2 |
| 2021-Q4 | 3197.1 | 1583.1 | 13066.1 | 26557.0 | 8395.3 |
| 2021-Q3 | 3188.9 | 1577.3 | 12909.2 | 26414.6 | 8416.0 |
| 2021-Q2 | 3177.4 | 1566.3 | 12738.1 | 26182.9 | 8383.4 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3167.7 | 1553.2 | 12519.7 | 25914.1 | 8364.0 |
| 2020-Q4 | 3157.0 | 1533.4 | 12401.6 | 25741.4 | 8341.1 |
| 2020-Q3 | 3159.2 | 1515.1 | 12427.6 | 25720.1 | 8319.6 |
| 2020-Q2 | 3159.7 | 1491.4 | 12059.5 | 25188.4 | 8180.6 |
| 2020-Q1 | 3175.7 | 1475.4 | 12121.1 | 25330.8 | 8263.0 |
| 2019-Q4 | 3186.9 | 1480.3 | 12566.5 | 25807.6 | 8272.3 |
| 2019-Q3 | 3181.4 | 1467.3 | 12477.5 | 25701.1 | 8263.5 |
| 2019-Q2 | 3177.5 | 1453.9 | 12453.2 | 25635.1 | 8248.5 |
| 2019-Q1 | 3171.1 | 1440.6 | 12441.0 | 25592.4 | 8241.9 |
| 2018-Q4 | 3160.3 | 1421.9 | 12321.0 | 25426.0 | 8228.3 |
| 2018-Q3 | 3152.1 | 1413.8 | 12287.8 | 25360.0 | 8213.2 |
| 2018-Q2 | 3151.5 | 1400.7 | 12269.3 | 25338.1 | 8228.4 |
| 2018-Q1 | 3147.4 | 1392.6 | 12250.2 | 25335.1 | 8258.5 |
| 2017-Q4 | 3148.6 | 1385.5 | 12197.0 | 25279.3 | 8260.5 |
| 2017-Q3 | 3143.1 | 1380.1 | 12097.9 | 25182.6 | 8269.6 |
| 2017-Q2 | 3146.5 | 1377.3 | 12057.3 | 25172.3 | 8297.7 |
| 2017-Q1 | 3144.0 | 1370.3 | 11965.1 | 25062.3 | 8287.0 |
| 2016-Q4 | 3146.9 | 1363.6 | 11893.6 | 24958.2 | 8272.3 |
| 2016-Q3 | 3155.0 | 1367.7 | 11856.1 | 24949.7 | 8275.5 |
| 2016-Q2 | 3158.2 | 1368.8 | 11800.9 | 24870.8 | 8256.5 |
| 2016-Q1 | 3167.6 | 1370.2 | 11755.1 | 24819.2 | 8243.9 |
graphiqueVariation in payroll employment
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte
- Sources: INSEE, URSSAF, DARES
Temporary employment decreased again
In Q2 2024, temporary employment decreased clearly: -2.2% after -0.5% in the previous quarter (that is -16,200 jobs after -3,900 jobs). Temporary employment was below its Q2 2023 level by 6.4% (that is -50,400 jobs) and 5.0% below its pre-sanitary crisis level (that is -39,000 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 (agriculture, industry, construction, market or non market services).
Excluding temporary work, payroll employment bent in market services
In Q2 2024, payroll employment in agriculture decreased by 2.2% over a quarter (that is -6,900 jobs) and by 2.0% over a year.
Industrial payroll employment (excluding temporary work) was virtually stable in Q2 2024 (+0.1% that is +4,700 jobs) after nine consecutive quarters of growth. It exceeded by 1.0% its Q2 2023 level and its pre-sanitary level by 2.7%.
In the construction sector, payroll employment (excluding temporary work) decreased in Q2 2024 by -0.6%, after a decrease of -0.5% in Q1 2024 (that is -10,000 jobs after -8,100 jobs). It was below it Q2 2023 level by 1.6% but remained exceeding its pre-sanitary crisis level (5.4%).
Excluding temporary work, payroll employment in market services bent in Q2 2024: it was stable (that is -2,000 jobs), after a rise in Q1 2024 of 0.4% (that is +51,000 jobs). It topped its Q2 2023 level by 0.6% (that is +77,700 jobs) and its pre-sanitary level by 7.5% (that is +0.9 million jobs). In market services, excluding temporary work, payroll employment decreased in accommodation and food service activities (-6,600 jobs) and wholesale and retail trade (-5,100 jobs) but increased in professional, scientific and technical activities excluding temporary work (+5,700 jobs) and in other service activities (+5,600 jobs).
Payroll employment in non-market services increased by 0.2% in Q2 2024 after a rise of 0.4% in the previous quarter (that is +17,500 after +33,300 jobs). It topped its Q2 2023 level by 1,2% (that is +104,400 jobs) and its pre-sanitary level by 3,7% (that is +0.3 million jobs).
tableauPayroll employment change : thousands
| Change in 3 months | Change compared to the end of 2019 | Change in 1 year | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Agriculture | -1.3 | -6.9 | 7.9 | -6.4 | 309.6 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | 7.6 | 4.7 | 85.5 | 31.9 | 3,272.4 |
| of which : Manufacturing | 5.8 | 2.6 | 58.0 | 23.0 | 2,860.0 |
| Construction | -8.1 | -10.0 | 79.5 | -25.7 | 1,559.8 |
| Market services | 47.1 | -18.2 | 845.1 | 27.4 | 13,411.6 |
| Temporary employment (*) | -3.9 | -16.2 | -39.0 | -50.4 | 736.7 |
| Excluding temporary work | 51.0 | -2.0 | 884.1 | 77.7 | 12,674.9 |
| Non-market services | 33.3 | 17.5 | 303.9 | 104.4 | 8,576.2 |
| Total | 78.6 | -12.9 | 1,321.9 | 131.6 | 27,129.5 |
| Private sector | 57.5 | -28.5 | 1,148.1 | 60.7 | 21,093.8 |
| Public service | 21.0 | 15.6 | 173.8 | 70.8 | 6,035.7 |
- (*) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- How to read it: In Q2 2024, net job creation in industry amounted to 4,700 jobs from the previous quarter.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
tableauPayroll employment change: percentage
| Change in 3 months | Chang compared to the end of 2019 | Change in 1 year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Agriculture | -0.4 | -2.2 | 2.6 | -2.0 |
| Goods-producing industries excl. Construction | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| of which : Manufacturing | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 |
| Construction | -0.5 | -0.6 | 5.4 | -1.6 |
| Market services | 0.4 | -0.1 | 6.7 | 0.2 |
| Temporary employment (*) | -0.5 | -2.2 | -5.0 | -6.4 |
| Excluding temporary work | 0.4 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Non-market services | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.2 |
| Total | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Private sector | 0.3 | -0.1 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Public service | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
- (*) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
tableauPayroll employment change
| Code Naf rev. 2 | Label | Q2 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in 3 months | Change in 1 year | Level | ||||
| Thousands | Percentage | Thousands | Percentage | Thousands | ||
| AZ | Agriculture | -6.9 | -2.2 | -6.4 | -2.0 | 301.6 |
| DE | Electricity, water supply, waste management | 2.1 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 384.9 |
| C1 | Manufacture of food products beverage | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 603.8 |
| C2 | Manufacture of coke, and refined petroleum products | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| C3 | Manufacture of computer, electronic and electrical products | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 409.0 |
| C4 | Manufacture of transport equipment | 2.9 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 370.4 |
| C5 | Other manufacturing | -1.2 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1,409.8 |
| FZ | Construction | -10.0 | -0.6 | -25.7 | -1.6 | 1,480.3 |
| GZ | Wholesale and retail trade | -5.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 3,227.9 |
| HZ | Transportation and storage | 1.8 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 1,413.6 |
| IZ | Accommodation and food service activities | -6.6 | -0.5 | 15.5 | 1.2 | 1,172.5 |
| JZ | Information and communication | -1.9 | -0.2 | -7.4 | -6.4 | 823.3 |
| KZ | Financial and insurance activities | 2.2 | 0.2 | 11.0 | -0.8 | 867.7 |
| LZ | Real estate activities | -3.6 | -1.4 | -14.0 | 1.2 | 247.8 |
| MN | Professional, scientific and technical activities | -10.5 | -0.3 | -9.6 | -5.3 | 3,564.3 |
| of which : Temporary employment | -16.2 | -2.2 | -50.4 | -0.3 | 775.7 | |
| OQ | Public administration and defence | 17.5 | 0.2 | 104.4 | -6.4 | 8,272.3 |
| RU | Other service activities | 5.6 | 0.4 | 24.9 | 1.9 | 1,249.5 |
- (*) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
Over a year, private payroll employment increased especially for people aged 55 years old and more, work-study or permanent contracts
In Q2 2024, private payroll employment kept rising sharply among people aged 55 years old and more: over a year, it rose by 3.3% (that is +121,100 jobs). It retreated for people aged less than 30 years old, bringing it back to his level from a year ago. It decreased slightly for people aged between 30 to 54 years old, down to -0.5% over a year (that is -60,100 jobs).
The Q2 2024 retreat in private payroll employment was due to a decrease in fixed-term jobs (excluding temporary) and temporary work: over a year, the number of fixed-term contracts dipped by 2.2% (that is -40,900 jobs) and the one for temporary work declined by 6.4% (that is -50,400 jobs). Conversely, permanent contracts rose (+0.6% that is +110,600 jobs), such as apprenticeship (+3.7% that is +37,700 jobs). Since the end of 2019, 0.9 million jobs have been created in permanent contracts and 0.4 million in apprenticeship.
Finally, in Q2 2024, private payroll employment was virtually stable for women (-0.1%) and slightly fell for men (-0.2%). Over a year, linked to the decreases in temporary work and in construction, jobs mostly occupied by men, private payroll employment increased stronger for women (+0.5%) than for men (+0.1%).
tableauPrivate payroll employment change by sex, age and contract type : thousands
| Change in 3 months | Change compared to the end of 2019 | Change in 1 year | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Sex | |||||
| - Women | 27.3 | -10.7 | 495.5 | 50.6 | 9,518.7 |
| - Men | 30.2 | -17.8 | 652.7 | 10.2 | 11,575.1 |
| Age | |||||
| - 15 to 29 | 70.2 | -47.1 | 612.2 | -0.3 | 5,255.7 |
| - 30 to 54 | -18.0 | -16.8 | 65.9 | -60.1 | 12,080.6 |
| - 55 and more | 5.4 | 35.5 | 470.0 | 121.1 | 3,757.5 |
| Contract type | |||||
| - Permanent contracts | -3.1 | 13.7 | 894.3 | 110.6 | 17,366.9 |
| - Fixed-term contracts excluding work-study | 43.4 | -42.7 | -148.1 | -40.9 | 1,844.7 |
| - Work-study | 20.9 | 16.5 | 417.1 | 37.7 | 1,059.0 |
| - Temporary work | -3.9 | -16.2 | -39.0 | -50.4 | 736.7 |
| - Other contract | 0.3 | 0.2 | 24.0 | 3.8 | 86.5 |
| Total private payroll | 57.5 | -28.5 | 1,148.1 | 60.7 | 21,093.8 |
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
tableauPrivate payroll employment change by sex, age and contract type : percentage
| Change in 3 months | Change compared to the end of 2019 | Change in 1 year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | |
| Sex | ||||
| - Women | 0.3 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| - Men | 0.3 | -0.2 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Age | ||||
| - 15 to 29 | 1.3 | -0.9 | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| - 30 to 54 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| - 55 and more | 0.1 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 3.3 |
| Contract type | ||||
| - Permanent contracts | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| - Fixed-term contracts excluding work-study | 2.4 | -2.3 | -7.4 | -2.2 |
| - Work-study | 2.0 | 1.6 | 65.0 | 3.7 |
| - Temporary work | -0.5 | -2.2 | -5.0 | -6.4 |
| Total private payroll | 0.3 | -0.1 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
- Scope: France excluding Mayotte.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
Revisions
Compared to the employment detailed estimate published on 31 May 2024, the quarterly increase in payroll employment (private and public) in Q1 2024 has been revised upwards by 3,500 jobs and its relative evolution unchanged. These revisions are mainly visible in non market services excluding temporary work (+7,400 jobs). They are due to changes in the corrections of seasonal variations coefficients. Previous quarters are slightly more revised than usual due to the fitting of the data on the latest annual estimate of 2022 (see methodological note).
Compared to the flash estimate published on 6 August 2024, the payroll employment in the private sector alone in Q2 2024 has been revised downwards by 20,600 jobs, with its relative evolution revised downwards by 0.1 point.
tableauRevisions of payroll employment in Q1 2024 and Q2 2024
| Q1 2023 | Q2 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll employment (31/05/2024) | Private scope only (06/08/2024) | |||
| New estimate | Revision | New estimate | Revision | |
| Agriculture | -1.3 | -0.4 | -6.9 | -4.8 |
| Goods-producing industries | 7.6 | 0.3 | 4.2 | -2.2 |
| Construction | -8.1 | 0.8 | -10.0 | -3.7 |
| Market services | 47.1 | -4.6 | -19.4 | -5.2 |
| Temporary work employment (*) | -3.9 | -3.2 | -16.2 | 4.3 |
| Excluding temporary work | 51.0 | -1.4 | -3.2 | -9.5 |
| Non-market services | 33.3 | 7.4 | 3.5 | -4.8 |
| Total | 78.6 | 3.5 | - | - |
| Private sector | 57.5 | -3.6 | -28.5 | -20.6 |
| Public service | 21.0 | 7.0 | - | - |
- Scope: private payroll employment; France, excluding Mayotte.
- (*) Temporary workers are recorded in services, regardless of the sector in which they carry out their mission effectively.
- Sources: Urssaf, Dares, INSEE
For more information
Next flash estimate for the third quarter 2024: 7 November 2024 at 8:45 am
Next detailed estimate for the third quarter of 2024: 29 November 2024 at 8:45 am. Detailed estimate is now published at 8:45 am for better consistency in the release times of the collection.
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