Almost a million salaried jobs in Grand Paris Express station neighbourhoods

At the end of 2022, 933,900 salaried jobs were located in the 68 Grand Paris Express (GPE) station neighbourhoods. A majority of these jobs were in the executive services sectors (28%) and industrial activities or business support services (28%).

The Grand Paris Express connects major employment hubs. It also improves access to key centres of employment such as Orly (line 14 south), Villejuif - Gustave Roussy (line 14 south, line 15), Paris-Saclay University (line 18). It also acts as a lever for the economic development in residential neighbourhoods a third of which were not previously served by a heavy mode of public transport.

With a significantly higher level of employment than the number of local inhabitants, the 18 predominantly economic neighbourhoods stand out from other neighbourhoods due to larger companies being established and there being, on average, higher paid jobs in the private sector.
 
In the 26 predominantly residential neighbourhoods, where there are more inhabitants than jobs, three quarters of the jobs come within the sphere of local economy, the public sector is very well established and businesses are smaller. Salaries in the private sector are lower here. However, these neighbourhoods benefit from a developing economy thanks to a dynamic growth in the number of companies since 2010.
 
The other neighbourhoods, known as balanced, have characteristically, a more diversified economic fabric, similar to that observed in Grand Paris Metropolis as a whole.
 
The gradual opening of services in Grand Paris Express stations, as well as the ongoing development projects will ultimately lead to the delivery of numerous housing units and new business premises. These changes will promote the economic development in the GPE station neighbourhoods with the creation of new companies being established and/or the relocation of others.