# Euro Area Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted

Euro Area Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was up 0.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 176,536 THS_PER.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.8% (Q2 2020) to 3.1% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 176,536 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 176,321 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 176,173 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 175,937 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 175,646 THS_PER | 0.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 175,422 THS_PER | 0.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 175,033 THS_PER | 0.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 174,829 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 174,323 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 173,986 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 173,583 THS_PER | 1.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 172,916 THS_PER | 1.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 172,549 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 171,969 THS_PER | 1.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 171,156 THS_PER | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 170,480 THS_PER | 1.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 170,031 THS_PER | 2.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 169,112 THS_PER | 3.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 168,261 THS_PER | 2.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 167,334 THS_PER | 2.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 165,468 THS_PER | 2.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 164,029 THS_PER | −1.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 164,140 THS_PER | −1.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 163,214 THS_PER | −1.9 |

## API

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

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