According to the report from Insee, in Q4 2018, net payroll job creation reached 53,600, that is an increase of +0.2% after +0.1% in the previous quarter. Almost stable in the public sector (+2,800 jobs after −3,000 jobs), payroll employment increased more significantly in the private sector (+50,700 jobs after +32,200 jobs). Year on year, it rose by 149,600 net jobs (+0.6%): +160,300 jobs in the private sector and −10,700 jobs in the public service.

In Q4 2018, payroll employment increased by +6,500 jobs in industry (that is +0.2%, after 0.0%). Over a year it increased by 9,500 jobs (that is +0.3%). The growth of payroll employment in construction remained solid : +6,300 (that is +0.5%), after +5,700 in the previous quarter (that is +0.4%). Year on year, the increase reached +25,600 jobs (that is +1.9%).