France short-time work share: transport equipment
France short-time work share: transport equipment stood at 0.3% in Q2 2026, according to URSSAF – Union de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d'allocations familiales. It is one of the indicators in the Private employment and short-time work (URSSAF) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 2018 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Private employment and short-time work (URSSAF) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-time work base as a share of the gross wage bill | |||||||||||
| Transport equipment | 0.3 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.45 | |
| Furniture, other manufacturing, repair and installation | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
Understanding france short-time work share: transport equipment
Publicly supported wage compensation ratios assigned to reduced working schedules across transport equipment manufacturing enterprises quantify the financial share of state-backed downtime within sectoral payroll. The coverage encompasses motor vehicle assembly, aerospace engineering, railway rolling stock, and shipbuilding, uniting diverse mobility sectors under a single manufacturing umbrella. This transport-focused metric captures deep supply chain adjustments, structural retooling phases, and sudden assembly-line stoppages characteristic of heavy vehicle production. The denominator aggregates all gross remuneration disbursed by employers within this prominent industrial branch.
Reading these proportions requires careful separation of routine annual model-changeover shutdowns from genuine demand-driven production cuts. Seasonality is pronounced due to widespread industry-wide summer holidays that concentrate idle hours into specific quarters. Revisions to preliminary estimates are frequent because large automotive and aerospace primes often adjust complex subcontracting declarations with a lag. Benchmarking this transport indicator against lighter manufacturing sectors yields distorted conclusions given the vast capital requirements, complex supplier networks, and unionized wage structures unique to vehicle production.
Frequently asked questions
- What industries are aggregated within the transport equipment manufacturing category?
- The grouping combines motor vehicle assembly, aerospace engineering, railway manufacturing, and shipbuilding.
- Why is seasonality particularly strong in the transport equipment sector?
- Widespread industry-wide summer factory closures concentrate compensated idle hours into predictable calendar quarters.
- What causes frequent revisions in transport equipment short-time work figures?
- Large automotive and aerospace firms often submit delayed corrections for complex subcontracting and shift agreements.