France: water supply & waste management employees 2021

The number of employees in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in France declined to 205,625 employees in 2021. Nevertheless, the last two years in this industry recorded a significant higher number of employees than the preceding years.
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 water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in France from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	205,625
2020	209,054
2019	204,601
2018	200,167
2017be	191,087
2016be	162,058
2015b	160,399
2014b	161,695
2013	153,676
2012	156,823

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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 E of CE Rev 2.

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