According to the report from Insee, in Q1 2019, private payroll employment increased by +0.3%, at the same pace than in the previous quarter, that is +66,400 jobs after +54,000 jobs in Q4 2018. Year on year, private payroll employment rose by +0.9% (that is +173,700 jobs) after +0,8% in Q4 2018. Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.3% over the quarter (that is +54,300 jobs) and by +1.0% over the year (that is +185,500 jobs).

Private payroll employment increased steadily again in construction (+0.6% or +7,900 jobs in Q1 2019, after +0.5 %) and moderately in industry (+0.2% as in the previous quarter, that is +4,900 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 24,900 in construction and by 12,400 in industry.

In Q1 2019, in market services, private employment continued to increase strongly: +0.4% (that is +50,200 jobs), after +0.3% in Q4 2018, bringing its rise to 127,500 over a year. Excluding temporary employment, the increase was slightly lower: +0.3% (that is +38,100 jobs), after +0.4% in the previous quarter. Private employment in non-market services increased softly again over the quarter (+0.1% after +0.2%) and over a year (+0.2%).