Between the end of March and the end of June, the private sector lost 4,800 jobs, the National Statistics Institute said on Wednesday.
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Employee employment in the private sector in France remained stable in the second quarter of 2025, the INSEE announced on Wednesday August 6. In detail, between the end of March and the end of June, the private sector lost 4,800 jobs (evolution of 0.0%), after a slight decline in the previous quarter, (a drop of 0.1%, or 28,700 less jobs), specifies the National Institute of Statistics.
This stability was made possible thanks to the 0.3% growth in French GDP in the spring, despite productivity gains in the economy that are destructive of jobs, deciphers for AFP Eric Heyer, director of the Department Analysis and forecasting of the OFCE.
Over a year, private employee employment still fell 0.4%, with 93,900 lost positions. The number of jobs in the private sector still exceeds a million that in late 2019, just before the health crisis, an increase of 5.2%. The post-Covid period had been particularly rich in job creations but at the cost of a half-mated productivity.
