French household paid employment excl. sole props: persons
French household paid employment excl. sole props: persons stood at 664.3 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 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 (individuals) - Employees in thousands - SA series | 664.3 | 666.1 | 667.3 | 669.2 | 672 | 675.7 | 680.2 | 683.1 | 683.8 | 684.3 | |
| 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 |
Understanding french household paid employment excl. sole props: persons
Wage-earning personnel attached to all organizational structures outside of individual sole proprietorships are enumerated in this headcount series. This metric measures the total volume of workers employed by incorporated businesses, public administrations, non-profit institutions, and large corporate entities. Included are full-time and part-time staff on formal payrolls whose labour is engaged by incorporated employers. Excluded entirely are the workers counted under individual sole proprietorships, ensuring a clean statistical boundary between the micro-entrepreneurial labour market and the broader corporate economy.
Reading this indicator requires attention to seasonally adjusted patterns that smooth out recurring calendar hiring cycles across the year. Initial estimates are derived from early administrative registers and sample surveys, making them vulnerable to subsequent revisions as more exhaustive payroll data arrive. Analysts should examine consecutive quarterly changes to gauge shifts in mainstream corporate and public sector labour demand, remembering that headcounts treat every worker equally regardless of weekly hours or skill levels. Cross-checking this series alongside the sole proprietorship employment data reveals structural shifts in how labour is distributed between micro-enterprises and larger formal organizations.
Frequently asked questions
- Which types of employers are captured within this non-sole-proprietorship employment count?
- It encompasses incorporated businesses, joint-stock companies, public sector bodies, and non-profit institutions.
- Does this series overlap with the employment figures reported for sole proprietorships?
- No, the two series are mutually exclusive, separating corporate and institutional employees from independent micro-enterprise workers.
- Why are initial employee headcounts subject to later statistical adjustments?
- Preliminary figures rely on fast administrative samples that are later corrected when comprehensive social security and tax declarations are fully compiled.