French Private Payroll Employment Down 0.1% in Q2, Final Data Shows

04:25 AM EDT, 09/25/2026 (MT Newswires) -- France's private nonfarm payroll employment declined 0.1% in the second quarter, after a 0.1% fall in the prior three-month period, final data from statistics agency Insee showed Friday. The final reading is consistent with the preliminary data. On a yearly basis, private payroll employment in France was down 0.4%.