Support for economic change and employment development — Labor, employment & social ministries · Budget

Skills development through work-study training, measures to help jobseekers into work, funding of vocational training and employment bodies…: the largest of the 4 parts of “Labor, employment & social ministries”.

11.8bn€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

3% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 202413.6bn€

Spent in 202511.8bn€

Voted for 202611.8bn€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Skills development through work-study training39%4.8bn€

Measures to help jobseekers into work32%3.9bn€

Funding of vocational training and employment bodies17%2.1bn€

Vocational training for jobseekers9%1.2bn€

Anticipating and managing the employment effects of economic change3%352M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.