# Euro Area Manufacturing employment

Euro Area Manufacturing employment was down 0.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 21,937 Thousand persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.9% (Q3 2020) to 1.8% (Q2 2018), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/manufacturing-employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 21,937 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 21,979 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 21,991 Thousand persons | −0.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 22,035 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 22,084 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 22,055 Thousand persons | −0.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 22,133 Thousand persons | −0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 22,193 Thousand persons | −0.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 22,244 Thousand persons | 0.01 |
| Q1 2024 | 22,227 Thousand persons | −0.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 22,212 Thousand persons | 0.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 22,222 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 22,242 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 22,261 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 22,167 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 22,110 Thousand persons | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 22,076 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 22,030 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 21,978 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 21,870 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 21,806 Thousand persons | −0.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 21,714 Thousand persons | −2.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 21,722 Thousand persons | −2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 21,712 Thousand persons | −2.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```