EU
France
~33%
Work in exposed occupations
~9.61 m · estimate · 2025
8.2%
Unemployment
−0.1 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
20.6%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.4%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
75.4%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
18%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.70
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
29.3 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
FranceEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — France
- 47Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 4Low
- 12Medium
- 11High
- 6Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+4.8%
Change 2025→2035
9.60 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
8.12 m
Replacement demand
+1.48 m
Expansion
- Production and specialised services managers+75.1%
- Business and administration professionals+33.5%
- Customer services clerks+25.7%
- Information and communications technology professionals+25.1%
- Refuse workers and other elementary workers+21.6%
- General and keyboard clerks+18.0%
- Personal care workers−18.8%
- Numerical and material recording clerks−22.8%
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers−23.6%
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators−29.7%
- Administrative and commercial managers−48.7%
- Other clerical support workers−49.8%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
19%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
33%
of skills will change
global: 39%
95%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.