France: manufacturing industry employees 2021

The number of employees in the manufacturing industry in France decreased by 77,080 employees (-2.5 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. This decrease was preceded by an increase in number of employees in this industry.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the manufacturing industry in France from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	3,006,447
2020	3,083,527
2019	3,044,904
2018	3,033,839
2017be	3,020,803
2016be	2,812,827
2015b	2,815,449
2014b	2,905,612
2013	2,903,732
2012	2,933,286

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Release date

March 2024

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France

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to code C of CE Rev 2.

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