France paid employment: mainly market services
France paid employment: mainly market services stood at 13,926.7 thousand persons in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1949 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid employment (persons) | |||||||||||
| Mainly market services | 13,926.7 | 13,954.1 | 13,931.5 | 13,748.3 | 13,278.8 | 12,823.7 | 12,987 | 12,891.3 | 12,659 | 12,354.2 | |
| Total of branches (new classification) | 27,133.2 | 27,181.7 | 27,054.7 | 26,808 | 26,247.7 | 25,609.5 | 25,704.1 | 25,462.6 | 25,222.4 | 24,920.2 |
Understanding france paid employment: mainly market services
Aggregating salaried personnel across all commercial and tertiary industries operating primarily on market principles, this broad aggregate captures the dominant share of the service-producing workforce. Excluded from this grouping are general government administration, compulsory social security, education, and health services operated under non-market frameworks. This indicator differs from total employment aggregates by intentionally isolating private commercial activities from public administration and non-profit endeavors.
Interpreting the measure requires accounting for reclassifications between market and non-market sectors resulting from administrative restructuring or regulatory shifts. Annual comparisons reveal structural movements in the commercial economy, bypassing public sector employment dynamics. Analysts frequently pair this series with gross value added metrics for market services to evaluate productivity trends across private industries.
Frequently asked questions
- What distinguishes market services from non-market services in these accounts?
- Market services are sold at economically significant prices intended to cover production costs, whereas non-market services are provided free or at nominal charges by government or non-profit entities.
- Does this aggregate include public health and education workers?
- No, public administration, education, and health services operating on non-market principles are excluded from this total.
- Why is this market services aggregate useful for macroeconomic analysis?
- It provides a clear view of employment dynamics driven primarily by private commercial demand rather than public policy funding.