According to the report from Insee, in Q4 2018, private payroll employment increased slightly: +0.1%, at the same pace than in the previous quarter, that is +16,200 jobs after +23,000 jobs in Q3 2018. Year on year, private payroll employment slowed down :+0.5% (that is +106,100 jobs) after +1,0% in Q3 2018. Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +28,200 jobs) and by +0.7% over the year (that is +135,100 jobs).

Private payroll employment slowed down a little in construction (+0.2%, +2,700 jobs, after +0.4 % jobs) and fell slightly back in industry (−0.1%, −2,400 jobs, after 0.0%). Year on year, private employment increased by 19,000 in construction, whereas it declined in industry (that is −3,300 jobs).

In Q4 2018, in market services, private employment increased moderately again: +0.1% (that is +13,000 jobs), as in Q3 2018, bringing its rise to 82,200 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, its increase was slightly higher: +0.2%, (that is +25,000 jobs), as in the previous quarter. Private employment in non-market services increased softly again over the quarter (+0.1% after 0.0%) ; it was almost stable over a year (+0.1%). In Q4 2018, the decline in temporary employment continued : −1.5% after −1.1% (that is −12,000 jobs, after −9,200). Year on year, temporary employment went down sharply (−3.6%, −29,000 jobs).