France other industrial products personnel shortages (SA)
France other industrial products personnel shortages (SA) stood at 11.5 Balance of opinion (%) in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the INSEE business surveys table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Apr 1991 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the INSEE business surveys table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Industry | |||||||||||
| Monthly economic outlook survey in the manufacturing industry - Activity limited by personnel shortages - Manufacture of other industrial products - SA series | 11.5 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 10 | 10.7 | 10 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 9.4 | |
| Monthly business survey in goods-producing industries - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers - Enterprises encountering sourcing difficulties (percentage of firms in that case) - SA series | 40.6 | 46.6 | 56.7 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 43.2 | 2.4 | 16.8 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
Understanding france other industrial products personnel shortages (SA)
Industrial respondents representing basic material processors, rubber goods makers, plastic molders, and miscellaneous manufacturers record whether personnel shortages serve as a bottleneck for their operations. This catch-all indicator covers diverse light and intermediate industrial branches, capturing general shop-floor labor pressures across the broader manufacturing spectrum. The resulting balance measures the net share of respondents citing staffing deficits as an impediment to their activity.
Because this series spans numerous disparate product categories, shifts in the index reflect generalized labor market tightness across light industry rather than sector-specific recruitment crises. Seasonal patterns are generally muted, though revisions can occur due to sample adjustments among participating firms. Analysts should use this metric alongside general manufacturing employment data to evaluate whether recruitment difficulties are broad-based or confined to specific trades within intermediate goods production.
Frequently asked questions
- What manufacturing branches are included in this other industrial products labor survey?
- Rubber, plastics, paper, non-metallic minerals, and miscellaneous light manufacturing sectors.
- What does this series reveal about the broader labor market?
- It indicates the prevalence of staffing bottlenecks across diverse intermediate and light manufacturing industries.
- Why are seasonal swings less pronounced in this indicator?
- Aggregating multiple distinct product lines tends to smooth out industry-specific seasonal hiring variations.