# France Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, SA

France Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, SA was up 0.03% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.07% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 30,647 THS_PER.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.5% (Q2 2020) to 3.7% (Q2 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1980-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (186 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 30,647 THS_PER | 0.03 |
| Q1 2026 | 30,641 THS_PER | 0.07 |
| Q4 2025 | 30,642 THS_PER | 0.04 |
| Q3 2025 | 30,652 THS_PER | 0.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 30,639 THS_PER | 0.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 30,620 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 30,631 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 30,618 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 30,580 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 30,538 THS_PER | 0.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 30,459 THS_PER | 0.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 30,395 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 30,354 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 30,294 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 30,190 THS_PER | 1.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 30,094 THS_PER | 1.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 30,038 THS_PER | 2.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 29,934 THS_PER | 3.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 29,777 THS_PER | 3.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 29,552 THS_PER | 3.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 29,227 THS_PER | 3.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 29,025 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 28,892 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 28,662 THS_PER | −0.1 |

## API

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

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