In Q4 2017, private payroll employment continued to increase following the same path than in the previous quarters : +0.3%, that is +53,300 jobs after +49,600 in Q3 2017. Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +253,500 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased over the quarter by +0.2% (that is +45,200 jobs) and by +1.1% over the year (+208,000 jobs). Private payroll employment continued to increase in agriculture (+0.2%, +500 jobs) and accelerated in construction (+0.4%, +4,900 jobs, after +0.1%). It stabilised in industry (0.0%, that is −400 jobs).