France Private Payrolls Lose 13,900 Jobs in Q1 as Annual Decline Extends to 5th Quarter
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Updated · TradingView · May 29
France Private Payrolls Lose 13,900 Jobs in Q1 as Annual Decline Extends to 5th Quarter
2 articles · Updated · TradingView · May 29
13,900 private payroll jobs disappeared in France in Q1 2026, leaving total employment at 21.0 million and confirming the preliminary estimate of a 0.1% quarterly drop.
0.1% declines in permanent contracts and a 0.4% fall in apprenticeship contracts drove the weakness, while fixed-term contracts excluding apprenticeships rose 0.4%.
Workers aged 15–29 and 30–54 each saw employment fall 0.2% from the prior quarter, whereas jobs for those 55 and older climbed 0.7%.
60,700 jobs were lost from a year earlier, a 0.3% drop and the fifth straight annual contraction, though private payrolls still stood 5.1% above pre-pandemic levels.