France Employment Rate

Employment Rate in France remained unchanged at 66.10 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 66.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in France averaged 64.33 percent from 2003 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 66.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and a record low of 63.50 percent in the first quarter of 2006.

Employment Rate in France is expected to be 65.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in France to stand at 66.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Employment Rate is projected to trend around 66.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	8.70	8.80	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28257.50	28208.80	28257.50	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3372.90	3382.60	3591.10	1975.80	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	66.10	66.10	66.10	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.30	3.40	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	20.10	20.10	26.00	14.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	107.50	108.30	108.30	5.90	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	103.70	103.60	103.70	18.48	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	293.90	259.90	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2988.00	2962.00	2988.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	102.20	102.00	117.90	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1521.22	1521.22	1521.22	1035.97	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	0.20	0.30	1.00	0.10	percent	[+]
Population	67.19	66.95	67.19	45.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	72.30	72.30	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	-9.70	-6.10	72.70	-60.70	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	1790.00	1750.00	1860.00	1650.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1080.00	1050.00	1150.00	960.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	2780.90	2775.50	5475.10	2760.70	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25330.50	25236.70	25330.50	24288.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19538.30	19445.60	19538.30	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4754.60	4732.00	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.20	0.20	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	21820.30	22043.90	22172.40	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5792.20	5791.10	5817.80	5608.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1610.00	1580.00	1610.00	1530.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3120.00	3460.00	3460.00	3120.00	EUR/Month	[+]

France Employment Rate

In France, the employment rate measures the number of people aged 15 to 64 who have a job as a percentage of the labour force from the same age group. This page provides - France Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. France Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	66.10	66.10	66.10	63.50	2003 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.50	Apr/19	96.75	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Dec/18	80.5	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.90	Dec/18	77.7	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Dec/18	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Mar/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Apr/19	62.4	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.20	May/19	62.1	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	May/19	60.8	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	60.60	May/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.50	Apr/19	60.3	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.00	Apr/19	59.1	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.80	Apr/19	58.9	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.20	Apr/19	53.9	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	46.00	Mar/19	45.9	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%