In Q3 2018, private payroll employment continued to grow at a moderate pace: +0.2% after +0.1% in Q2 (that is +30,200 net job creations after +22,400 jobs). Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.1% (that is +211,100 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +40,500 jobs) and by +1.0% over the year (+190,900 jobs).

Private payroll employment increased steadily again in construction (+0.5%, +6,800 jobs, after +0.4%). It stabilised in industry (that is +800 jobs, after −2,400 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 28,800 in construction and by 5,200 in industry.

In market services, private employment continued to increase at a moderate pace: +0.2% (that is +23,300 jobs), at the same rate as in the previous quarter (+22,000 jobs in Q2 2018). The rise amounts to 169,600 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, private payroll employment barely accelerated in market services: +0.3%, after +0.2%. Private employment in non-market services stabilised in Q3 2018 (after −0.1% in Q2), it was almost stable over a year (+0.1%).