It seems a lot, but in fact, honestly, I thought it was worse... But next year we will have to count more the 60.000 jobs destroyed by the 50 billion savings plan.
On average in 2013, private sector companies employed 17,8 million workers, 0,6% less than the previous year, according to the Central Agency for Social Security Organizations.
100.000. This is the number of jobs destroyed in 2013 by the private sector, after a stabilization of employment in 2012, according to data published Thursday by Acoss, which coordinates the Urssaf network.
Acoss statistics relate to the salaried workforce in the non-agricultural private sector, also excluding home-based jobs.
drop 0,6% compared to 2012
"Job losses are greater in the first two quarters, with the number of employees stabilizing in the fourth quarter", specifies the Central Agency of Social Security Organizations.
Over the past year, private sector companies employed an average of 17,8 million people, or 0,6% less than the previous year.
Industry and construction still down
Employment is particularly down in the interim, which lost 34.000 jobs (-5,6%) on average annually. The magnitude of this decline"does not, however, reflect the developments recorded throughout the year", nuance the Acoss, which notes that at 4e quarter of 2013, temporary work was up 3,1% year-on-year.
By sector of activity, employment accentuates its deterioration in industry (-1,3% after -0,4% in 2012) and construction (-1,9% after -0,9%). On the other hand, it is stabilizing in the tertiary sector excluding temporary work, a sector which represents 70% of jobs in the private sector.
Wage bill on the rise
"The best-oriented sectors are in particular social action and medico-social accommodation (+21.000 jobs), IT activities (+6000) and recreational activities (+3000)", according to Acoss.
Despite job losses, the private sector wage bill continued to grow in 2013 (+1,2%), but less rapidly than in 2012 (+2,1%). It amounts to 520 billion euros.
Increase in purchasing power
Over the same period, the average salary per head increased by 1,8%, faster than consumer prices (+0,7%). Consequently, the purchasing power of private sector employees increased by 1,0% in 2013.
source: Latribune.fr
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