France total employment by branch: transport (persons)
France total employment by branch: transport (persons) stood at 1,552 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 | |||||||||||
| Total employment (individuals) - Transport | 1,552 | 1,553 | 1,552.6 | 1,549.7 | 1,547.6 | 1,546.3 | 1,544 | 1,540.8 | 1,536.7 | 1,532.9 | |
| Total employment (full-time equivalent) - Transport | 1,514 | 1,515.6 | 1,515.7 | 1,513.2 | 1,511.6 | 1,511.1 | 1,509.6 | 1,506.7 | 1,502.6 | 1,498.6 |
Understanding france total employment by branch: transport (persons)
Enumerating physical individuals active in freight transportation, passenger transit, warehousing, and postal services, this headcount captures every worker regardless of whether they hold a standard contract or part-time terms. Unlike measures converted into standardized labor units, this metric preserves the raw count of workers attached to logistics and transport enterprises, separating employee-only tracking from broader labor volume indexes.
Evaluating the series necessitates watching for quarterly variations driven by harvest schedules and passenger travel peaks. Initial estimates often rely on statistical imputation before final administrative returns are processed, creating a window for later revisions. Analysts gain clearer insights by examining annual changes rather than consecutive quarters, avoiding distortions caused by weather disruptions or sudden shifts in supply chain activity.
Frequently asked questions
- What distinguishes this headcount from full-time equivalent measures in the same sector?
- This series counts physical individuals without adjusting for part-time hours.
- Are self-employed truck drivers included in these figures?
- The data is restricted to individuals on enterprise payrolls and excludes independent operators.
- Why might consecutive quarters show unexpected labor drops?
- Logistics employment frequently experiences weather-related adjustments and post-holiday delivery declines.