Work & Labour in France

1,069 indicators covering work & labour for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 15.7% 2025 up 196.2% 5th
Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 15.7% 2025 up 196.2% 5th
Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 36.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.5% 6th
Regional disparities in gender employment gap 46.5% 2024 up 61.5% 3rd
Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 2,436 Thousand persons 2020 down 11.6% 3rd
Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 2,436 Thousand persons 2020 down 11.6% 3rd
Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 2.4% 2025 up 4.3% 14th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 2,756 Thousand persons 2020 down 6.8% 5th
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 2,350 Thousand persons 2020 down 12.3% 3rd
Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 2,350 Thousand persons 2020 down 12.3% 3rd
Employed persons by detailed occupation 29,331 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.0% 5th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - country weights 175 2024 down 10.5% 6th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 29,309 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 29,309 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 29,309 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 29,309 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 25,373 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 4th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 29,309 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Youth self-employment by educational attainment level 6.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 320.0% 10th
Monthly minimum wage as a proportion of average monthly earnings (%) 47.3% 2026 down 1.9% 17th
Cultural employment by sex 1,397 Thousand persons 2025 up 43.8% 4th
Cultural employment by age 1,397 Thousand persons 2025 up 43.8% 4th
Cultural employment by educational attainment level 1,397 Thousand persons 2025 up 43.8% 4th
Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1,397 Thousand persons 2025 up 43.8% 4th
Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 82.3% 2025 up 1.4% 30th
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 82.3% 2025 up 1.4% 30th
Employed persons in sport by sex 340.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 91.3% 3rd
Employed persons in sport by age 340.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 91.3% 3rd
Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 340.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 91.3% 3rd
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 531 Thousand persons 2020 up 8.1% 7th
Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 2.6 Annual average 2025 up 85.7% 8th
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 4,735 Thousand persons 2020 up 0.9% 4th
Regional disparities in long-term unemployment rates 74.8% 2024 up 57.1% 3rd
Labour market transitions - annual data 26,938 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.1% 5th
Percentage of persons having a second job by household composition 3.7% 2025 up 32.1% 16th
Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and 3.7% 2025 up 32.1% 15th
Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 6.2% 2025 up 17.0% 18th
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 10.8% 2025 down 26.0% 13th
Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 9.5% 2025 up 13.1% 6th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 1.6% 2025 down 23.8% 19th
Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 13.8% 2025 up 10.4% 11th
Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 26.0% 2025 up 30.0% 16th
Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 2.0% 2025 unchanged 18th
Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 3.0% 2025 up 50.0% 25th
Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 34.2% 2025 down 6.0% 20th
Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 26.0% 2025 up 23.8% 16th
Persons employed in circular economy sectors 537,036 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 up 8.5% 4th
Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 2.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 13.3% 2025 unchanged 30th
Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 27.0% 2025 up 28.6% 13th
Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 2,436 Thousand persons 2020 down 5.6% 3rd
Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 2,436 Thousand persons 2020 down 5.6% 3rd
Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 57.0% 2020 down 9.4% 24th
Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 1,054 Thousand 2020 up 95.9% 4th
Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 521.2 Thousand 2020 up 81.1% 4th
Regional disparities in the rate of young people neither in 30.4% 2024 down 1.9% 7th
Recent immigrants in the labour force by country of birth 68.8% 2025 down 0.7% 23rd
Employed recent immigrants by country of birth 62.5% 2025 up 19.0% 22nd
Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by age and NACE Rev. 2 activity -5.2% 2024 down 36.8% 35th
Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data 953 Thousand persons 2020 down 17.3% 4th