After a significant decrease in January, the number of job seekers without any activity (category A) rose sharply again in February, increasing from just over 3.552 million to 3.591 million in mainland France. This is an increase of 38,400, which eliminates the decline observed the previous month (nearly -28,000), according to statistics published by the Ministry of Labor and Pôle emploi.
At the end of February, in the Alpes-Maritimes, the number of job seekers required to look for work and without activity (category A) stood at 71,546.
This number increased by 1.4% over one month (or +1,009 people), by 1.3% over three months, and by 4.6% over one year.
In Paca, this number increased by 0.9% over one month, by 0.6% over three months, and by 3.3% over one year.
