A rebound in the salaried workforce after the health crisis, a breakthrough in work-study and a significant tax contribution.
A study published Monday, October 3 highlights the economic weight of associations.
France has between 1.4 and 1.5 million active associations, according to the Research & Solidarities network of experts and academics, which publishes its 20th edition of
La France associative en mouvement
, a national and region-by-region study.
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The year 2020 marked a 1.6% decline in the workforce, followed by a rebound of 2.7% in 2021, which makes it possible to exceed the pre-crisis level
”.
In 2021, private non-profit employment within associations and foundations represented 149,000 employers, 1.923 million employees, "
i.e. 9.8% of total employees in the private sector
" for a payroll of nearly 46.5 billion. euros (7% of the total for the private sector).
"
The health and social sector (health, medico-social accommodation and social action without accommodation) alone represents 58% of the salaried workforce (more than one million jobs) and of the payroll
", within 35,000 establishments, says the study.
The number of young people on work-study programs, over the past years, “
has jumped by 34% in the private sector as a whole and by 64% in the voluntary sector
”.
This represented 3.9% of all work-study students in the private sector in 2020. With 39,000 contracts in 2021, this ratio fell to 4.9%.
"
Among the most active sectors in this area, sport comes first with around 10,000 contracts, an increase of 77% between 2020 and 2021
", underlines Research & Solidarity, which also highlights the tax contribution of the voluntary sector.
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For the year 2020, nearly 34,000 associations and foundations were subject to payroll tax, for an amount paid of 2.4 billion euros, 117,000 were subject to corporation tax for an amount of 144 million euros.
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This is only the apparent side of the added value of the association, since 90% of them operate solely on voluntary work and on the basis of reciprocity, which are much more difficult to quantify
", insists in its preface to study sociologist Roger Sue.