The employment sector is gradually returning to pre-crisis levels.

At the end of 2021, the private sector recorded 648,200 net job creations over one year.

This is 3.3% more than last year when under the effect of the Covid-19 crisis, some 320,000 jobs were destroyed in the private sector (-1.6%), after five years of increase. consecutive.

The balance sheet for 2021 is even 1.5% higher than its pre-crisis level, at the end of 2019, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, which at that time had 297,300 net job creations.

Boom in temporary and salaried employment

Temporary employment, the compass of the job market, increased “strongly” in the last quarter (+9.1%, or 71,100 jobs) and exceeded its pre-crisis level for the first time, indicates INSEE.

At the end of 2021, it was 8.2% above its level at the end of 2019 (i.e. +64,500 jobs).

Excluding temporary work, salaried employment exceeded its pre-crisis level in all sectors except industry.

Industrial employment (excluding temporary workers) increased slightly again in Q4 2021 (+0.2%).

However, it had fallen by 1.9% over the whole of 2020 (−56,200 jobs).

At the end of December 2021, industrial employment thus remained below its pre-crisis level: −1.2% compared to the end of 2019 (i.e. −38,200 jobs).

Slowdown in construction and commercial services

In the commercial tertiary sector excluding temporary work, private salaried employment slowed down again: only +0.3% (+30,800).

Employment in this sector was very affected by the health restriction measures, falling in particular by 2.6% over the whole of 2020 (i.e. −298,700 jobs).

But it rebounded strongly in 2021, increasing in total over the year by 4% (+453,100 jobs).

At the end of December 2021, employment in this sector exceeded its level at the end of 2019 by 1.3% (i.e. +154,300 jobs).

In construction, private salaried employment (excluding temporary work) stabilized in Q4 2021 (0%).

It remains well above its pre-crisis level: +4.5% or +65,000 jobs.

Lastly, private salaried employment in the non-market tertiary sector fell slightly in the 4th quarter (−0.2%).

It is 2% above its level at the end of 2019 (i.e. +49,900).

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