After a slight decline in the second quarter, the number of category A unemployed – without activity – increased by 0.6% in the third quarter throughout France (excluding Mayotte). Around 17,400 more people are registered, which increases their number to 3.028 million, according to figures published Wednesday October 25 by the Statistics Directorate of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).
The most affected regions are Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (+ 1.6%), Nouvelle-Aquitaine (+ 1.4%) and Grand Est (+ 1.1%). It decreased by 0.9% in the overseas departments (excluding Mayotte) and by 0.7% in Corsica, while it was stable in Ile-de-France.
In detail for the partially unemployed, the number of registrants receiving category B rights, that is to say those having exercised a reduced activity of 78 hours maximum per month, is up significantly by 3.1%. , with 24,900 more people in this situation. But there are 3.3% fewer unemployed category C people who have worked less than 78 hours per month.
More entries than exits at the end of the year
By including the unemployed with reduced activity (categories B and C of Pôle emploi), whose number is overall up by 0.2%, the total number of total job seekers (categories AB and C) increases slightly and reached 5.352 million unemployed for this last quarter.
The ministry further notes that “entries to Pôle emploi are increasing” by 0.7%, with “a sharp reduction in layoffs and first entries”, and on the other hand an increase in “ends of temporary assignments”, “returns of inactivity” and “conventional terminations”. Finally, “exits from Pôle emploi decrease sharply”, by 4.4% with “a sharp reduction in updating errors and search stoppages” (namely in particular deregistrations from Pôle emploi and exits from the labor market) .
Despite these slight increases, over one year unemployment continues to decline, with 120,000 fewer job seekers (i.e. 3.8%), compared to summer 2022. The trends are not the same depending on the employment brackets. age, still over one year: the number of job seekers aged under 25 increased by 3.1% over one year, while it decreased by 4% among those aged 25-49 and even by 6.4% among those aged 50 and over.