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Labour market

France · Jobseekers (cat. A/B/C)

Number of people registered as jobseekers (categories A, B, C); an administrative measure of joblessness.· Registered with France Travail, categories A, B, C, France excluding Mayotte, end of month, seasonally adjusted· Administrative register, not the ILO unemployment rate; since January 2025 RSA recipients and young people followed by local missions are registered automatically, which raises the count
5.9M
Sep 2026
+2.7 %vs Sep 2025
min 3.2M May 2008max 6.1M Jun 2020
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Source: Dares (ministère du Travail), Dares and France Travail, jobseekers registered with France Travail (quarterly release)
Updated Oct 28, 2026
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