France total employment: non-market services (persons)
France total employment: non-market services (persons) stood at 8,980.3 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) - Non-market services | 8,980.3 | 8,968.7 | 8,968.1 | 8,965.1 | 8,954.2 | 8,950.5 | 8,954.2 | 8,948.6 | 8,927 | 8,905.6 | |
| Total employment (full-time equivalent) - Non-market services | 8,266.3 | 8,256.7 | 8,257.1 | 8,255.4 | 8,246.5 | 8,244.6 | 8,250.3 | 8,246.2 | 8,225.8 | 8,204.1 |
Understanding france total employment: non-market services (persons)
Enumerating every individual physical worker engaged in public administration, education, human health, and social work activities, this total employment aggregate captures both civil servants and private non-market providers. Salaried personnel, public officials, and independent practitioners within these fields are pooled together without hour weighting. The expansive scope reflects state, regional, and municipal service providers alongside subsidized non-profit entities.
Interpreting this series requires accounting for academic calendar cycles that heavily influence hiring and contract terminations in education. Because public sector employment is largely shielded from short-term business cycles, quarter-to-quarter volatility is typically low compared to commercial branches. Analysts should watch for administrative reclassifications that shift institutional units between market and non-market categories.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this include elected public officials?
- Salaried personnel and officials on public payrolls are included in the headcount.
- Are private school teachers counted here?
- Yes, education services encompass both public and private institutional staff.
- Why is non-market employment relatively stable?
- Public sector budgets and staffing decisions respond to policy frameworks rather than market demand.