In Q1 2024, payroll employment rose by 0.3% (that is +75,100 net job creations) after a stability in the previous quarter (+8,900 jobs). It exceeded its Q1 2023 level by 0.7% (that is +185,700 jobs) and its pre-sanitary crisis level (end of 2019) by 5.2%, that is more than 1.4 million additional jobs. Private payroll employment increased by 0.3% in Q1 2024 (that is +61,100 jobs) after being virtually stable the previous quarter (-15,500 jobs). It exceeded its pre-sanitary crisis level by 6.2% (that is nearly 1.2 million jobs). Public payroll employment rose also but slowed down compared to Q4 2023: +0.2% (that is ... (full story)