France paid employment by branch: transport (persons)
France paid employment by branch: transport (persons) stood at 1,444.8 thousand persons in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Payroll employment table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1949 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Payroll employment table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| Employment by branch | |||||||||||
| Paid employment (individuals) - Transport | 1,444.8 | 1,445.9 | 1,445.4 | 1,442.5 | 1,440.3 | 1,438.9 | 1,436.4 | 1,433.2 | 1,429.3 | 1,425.9 | |
| Paid employment (full-time equivalent) - Transport | 1,381.3 | 1,382.3 | 1,381.8 | 1,378.7 | 1,376.4 | 1,375 | 1,372.5 | 1,369 | 1,364.9 | 1,361.3 |
Understanding france paid employment by branch: transport (persons)
Focusing exclusively on dependent wage earners on enterprise payrolls, this headcount enumerates salaried personnel active within freight, passenger transport, and postal logistics. Independent owner-operators and unpaid assistants are excluded, ensuring the measure reflects formal employer-employee relationships within the transport branch. This restriction separates dependent salaried labor from broader measures that incorporate self-employed contractors. Every worker is registered as an individual unit, providing a direct count of people holding formal jobs in logistics and transit without adjusting for weekly hours worked or shift lengths.
Interpreting these quarterly figures requires awareness of seasonal fluctuations in logistics staffing, particularly around holiday periods and agricultural transport seasons. Early data releases are provisional and subject to revision as formal employer social declarations are fully processed. Analysts generally prefer year-on-year evaluations over sequential quarter comparisons to filter out predictable seasonal hiring waves. Contrasting this payroll series with total transport employment figures clarifies the proportion of the workforce engaged through formal salaried contracts versus independent arrangements.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series cover independent taxi drivers or freelance couriers?
- No, self-employed transport workers without formal enterprise payroll status are excluded from this dependent employment count.
- How does this differ from the transport full-time equivalent series?
- This metric counts physical individuals regardless of work hours, whereas the alternative standardizes labor volume into full-time units.
- Why are year-on-year comparisons recommended for this data?
- Annual comparisons neutralize the strong seasonal hiring patterns common in transport and postal services.