France job vacancy rate by type: type not stated, industry
France job vacancy rate by type: type not stated, industry stood at 1% in Q2 2026, according to DARES – Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques (Ministère du Travail). It is one of the indicators in the Job vacancies table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q2 2011 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Job vacancies table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | |||||||||||
| Type not stated | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unoccupied posts | 42 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
Understanding france job vacancy rate by type: type not stated, industry
Assessing unfilled industrial positions where employers omitted administrative category markers, this metric divides unclassified vacancies by total active employment in manufacturing. It includes any open role recorded in factory or production settings that lacks the specific designator for unoccupied status, new creation, or pending departure. This category acts as a residual pool for survey responses that fail standard classification protocols, separating them from cleanly categorized manufacturing openings.
Reading these figures necessitates caution regarding data quality and potential reclassifications in subsequent releases. Because unclassified records can fluctuate due to reporting errors or administrative shifts, analysts should monitor broader manufacturing trends rather than relying on short-term movements. Period-on-period volatility is common in residual categories, making multi-period moving averages useful for smoothing noise. Comparing this rate directly with precise occupational breakdowns can be misleading if reporting practices vary across industrial subsectors.
Frequently asked questions
- Why might a manufacturing vacancy end up in this category?
- It occurs when a survey respondent fails to specify whether an open post is newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant.
- Are these unclassified posts excluded from total manufacturing vacancy counts?
- No, they are typically included in broader aggregate totals for the sector despite lacking a specific sub-type label.
- How should analysts handle volatility in this series?
- Look at longer-term trends rather than single-quarter changes, as residual categories are prone to erratic reporting shifts.