Work & Labour in Franche-Comté 50 indicators covering work & labour for Franche-Comté. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 62.6% 2025 unchanged 313th Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 57.5% 2025 up 1.2% 328th Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 345th Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 827 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.2% 334th Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 827 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.2% 334th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 73.5% 2025 up 2.1% 295th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 73.5% 2025 up 2.1% 295th Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 517.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 339th Labour force by NUTS 2 region 517.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 339th Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 345th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 345th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 345th Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 67.4% 2025 up 3.2% 324th Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 35.2 Hour 2025 down 0.3% 269th Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 345th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 67.4% 2025 up 3.2% 324th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 36.7 Hour 2025 down 1.1% 252nd Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 8.2% 2025 down 11.8% 92nd Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 42.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.0% 238th Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 42.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.0% 238th Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 8.2% 2025 down 11.8% 92nd Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 42.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.0% 238th Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 8.2% 2025 down 11.8% 92nd Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 102.1 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 0.2% 238th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 83,100 Euro 2024 up 21.1% 148th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 69.1% 2025 up 3.0% 363rd Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 454.4 Thousand 2024 up 4.7% 325th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 83,100 Euro 2024 up 21.1% 609th Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 685,557 Thousand 2024 up 5.2% 250th Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 48,500 Euro 2024 up 16.9% 116th Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 19,541 2024 up 21.3% 193rd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 13.0% 2025 down 13.3% 98th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 8.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 60.7% 293rd Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 14.7% 2025 down 2.6% 240th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 13.0% 2025 down 13.3% 97th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 13.0% 2025 down 13.3% 97th Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 3.3% 2017 — 249th Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 23.7% 2017 — 175th Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2017 down 57.9% 193rd Employed persons commuting to work by country of work and NUTS 2 50.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 32.6% 25th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 340th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 475.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.1% 340th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 81.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.1% 261st Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 2.8% 2026 down 28.2% 253rd Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -0.6% 2026 up 98.4% 45th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 16.2 Thousand persons 2024 up 55.8% 271st Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 17,747 2020 down 10.5% 329th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 20,255 2019 up 2.1% 281st Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 469.4 Thousand persons 2008 up 5.6% 261st Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev.) 469.4 Thousand persons 2008 up 5.6% 261st