France paid employment: excluding sole proprietorships
France paid employment: excluding sole proprietorships stood at 546.5 in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Household and corporate accounts table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1978 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Household and corporate accounts 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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| Households | |||||||||||
| Paid employment of households excluding sole proprietorships (full-time equivalent) - Employees in thousands - SA series | 546.5 | 547.8 | 548.7 | 550.1 | 551.8 | 554 | 556.9 | 558.8 | 558.7 | 558.6 | |
| Adjustment for the change in pension entitlement to households - Values at current prices - SA series | 1,647 | 1,628 | 1,612 | 1,593 | 1,572 | 1,547 | 1,520 | 1,505 | 1,503 | 1,514 |
Understanding france paid employment: excluding sole proprietorships
Corporate, public, and institutional wage earners are measured here in standardized full-time equivalent units, capturing the total volume of paid labor outside the unincorporated business sector. Excluded are sole proprietors and the staff they directly employ, focusing this indicator purely on mainstream corporate and public employment. Part-time and variable-hour contracts are weighted against standard full-time schedules to derive a consistent labor input volume.
Evaluating this metric provides a reliable baseline for macroeconomic productivity calculations and wage bill analyses across the wider economy. Revisions to early estimates reflect updated enterprise returns and administrative social security declarations. Analysts comparing this series with headcount measures can identify shifts in average working hours across the corporate workforce over successive quarters.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of workers are grouped into this full-time equivalent measure?
- It covers corporate employees, government workers, and staff in non-profit institutions.
- Are self-employed individuals included in this labor volume?
- No, all sole proprietors and independent operators are excluded.
- Why is seasonal adjustment applied to this employment series?
- It removes predictable calendar and weather effects to reveal true underlying labor demand trends.