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In Q2 2018, private payroll employment continued to increase at a moderate pace (flash estimate)
In Q2 2018, private payroll employment continued to grow at a moderate pace : +0.2% after +0.2% in Q1 (that is +31,000 net job creations after +46,000 jobs). Year on year, private payroll employment increased by +1.3% (that is +241,100 jobs). Excluding temporary employment, it increased by +0.2% over the quarter (that is +29,900 jobs) and by +1.0% over the year (+186,500 jobs). Private payroll employment increased at the same pace as in the previous quarter in construction (+0.3%, +4,100 jobs, after +3,600 jobs). It fell back by 0.1% in industry (that is −3,800 jobs, after −700 jobs). Year on year, private ... (full story)