Editing Cambrai (section)

===Employment===
According to the results of the 2017 Census, the economically [[workforce|active population]] aged 15 and over of the commune included 14,454 people, 24.3% were [[unemployment|unemployed]] (France: 13.9%).<ref name="complet"/>

The distribution of jobs by [[business sector|sector of activity]] shows the predominant weight (almost 90%) of the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]]. This distribution reflects the role which the administrative and commercial centre plays in the commune for the surrounding countryside.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+ Distribution of jobs by fields of activity (end of 2015)<ref name="complet"/><ref name=France/>
|-
! scope="row" | Domain
! scope="col" | Agriculture
! scope="col" | Industry
! scope="col" | Construction
! scope="col" | Commerce
! scope="col" | Services
|- style="background:#D1E8FF"
! scope="row" | Cambrai
| 0.1%
| 6.6%
| 3.7%
| 36.0%
| 53.7%
|-
! scope="row" | National average
| 1.1%
| 13.9%
| 6.0%
| 46.5%
| 32.5%
|}

The distribution of jobs by socio-professional categories shows under-representation of "executives and intellectual professions", and "farmers", as well as an over-representation of the "intermediary professions" and "employees".

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+ Distribution of employment by socio-professional categories (2017 Census)<ref name="complet" /><ref name=France>
{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2011101?geo=FE-1|title=Dossier complet: France entière|work=INSEE}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Category
! scope="col" | Farmers
! scope="col" | Artisans, merchants,<br />business leaders
! scope="col" | Executives,<br />intellectual professions
! scope="col" | Intermediate professions
! scope="col" | Employees
! scope="col" | Workers
|- style="background:#D1E8FF"
! scope="row" | Cambrai
| 0.2%
| 4.6%
| 10.0%
| 22.8%
| 30.2%
| 28.3%
|-
! scope="row" | National average
| 1.3%
| 6.0%
| 16.2%
| 24.8%
| 28.5%
| 21.5%
|}

The journeys to work are mostly by car (75.9%, France 70.5%) and one can note the low weight of public transport (5.8% against an average of 15.1% in France).<ref name="complet" />