Economy of Paris
Paris Region employment by Sector
The economy of both Paris and the Paris Region is primarily a service economy. The part of industry in the Paris Region economy has been steadily shrinking; the number of industrial employees dropped from 532,539, or 9.6 percent of the working population, in 2007 to 463,201, or 8.2 percent, in 2012.

Economy of Paris

Section Title: Paris Region employment by Sector
Table Section Text: The economy of both Paris and the Paris Region is primarily a service economy. The part of industry in the Paris Region economy has been steadily shrinking; the number of industrial employees dropped from 532,539, or 9.6 percent of the working population, in 2007 to 463,201, or 8.2 percent, in 2012.

Sector	Employees	%

Agriculture	0.2 %

Industry	8.2 %

Construction	5.2 %

Commerce, transport, services	59.5 %

Administration, education, health, social services	26.0 %

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59.5 percent of employees in Paris are engaged in commerce, transport and services, 8.2 percent in industry and 5.2 percent in construction.

final_sentence: 59.5 percent of employees in Paris are engaged in commerce, transport and services, 8.2 percent in industry and 5.2 percent in construction.