Editing Amiens (section)

===Employment===
In 2017, the population aged 15 to 64 years amounted to 91,555 persons, among which there were 64.5% of assets including 51.4% having a job and 13.1% of unemployed.<ref name=complet/>

There were 78,284 jobs in the employment area, against 80,908 in 2007. The number of assets employed and residing in the area of employment being 47,588. The concentration of jobs indicator<ref group="note">The concentration of employment indicator equals the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in active employment residing in the area, according to the [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] definition.</ref> is 164.5%, which means that the employment area offers three jobs for every two active inhabitants.<ref name=complet/>

{{center|'''Distribution of employment (2017)'''}}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size:90%; width:90%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
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!  style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000; width:100px;"|
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"| Public services
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"| [[Tertiary sector of the economy|Tertiary sector]]
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"| Industry
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"| Construction
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"| Agriculture
|-
! style="background:#f5f5f5; color:#000;"|Amiens
| style="background:#d1e8ff; color:#000;"| 42.7%
| style="background:#d1e8ff; color:#000;"| 42.3%
| style="background:#d1e8ff; color:#000;"| 10.5%
| style="background:#d1e8ff; color:#000;"| 4.3%
| style="background:#d1e8ff; color:#000;"| 0.2%
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Source: Insee<ref name=complet/>
|}

Agriculture has very little representation among Amiens jobs with only 0.2%, just as the construction sector which represents 4.3% of jobs. Unlike these two sectors whose share is below the national average, the tertiary sector (trade, transport, services) represents a significant part of the Amiens workforce, 42.3%. Public services (public administration, education, health, social work) accounts for 42.7%. Industry includes 10.5% of jobs.<ref name=complet/>

The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company]] announced more than 400 [[Unemployment in France|job cuts]] in May 2008 at the Amiens plant, which has had 1,450 employees; in March 2009, the management announced new {{interlanguage link|Plan of safeguarding of employment|fr|3=Plan de sauvegarde de l'emploi|lt=collective redundancies}} of a thousand jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2009/03/18/04015-20090318ARTFIG00576-goodyear-amiens-la-restructuration-se-durcit-.php|title=Goodyear Amiens : la restructuration se durcit|work=Le Figaro|date=18 March 2009}}</ref>