# Germany Manufacturing employment

Germany Manufacturing employment was down 2.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −2.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 7,108.0 Thousand persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.1% (Q4 2020) to 1.8% (Q3 2018), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 1991-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (142 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/manufacturing-employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 7,108.0 Thousand persons | −2.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,150.0 Thousand persons | −2.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,198.0 Thousand persons | −2.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,241.0 Thousand persons | −2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,284.0 Thousand persons | −2.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,321.0 Thousand persons | −1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,366.0 Thousand persons | −1.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,404.0 Thousand persons | −1.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,434.0 Thousand persons | −0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 7,459.0 Thousand persons | −0.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,474.0 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 7,489.0 Thousand persons | 0.05 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,502.0 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,502.0 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,494.0 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,485.0 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,481.0 Thousand persons | 0.07 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,475.0 Thousand persons | −0.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 7,466.0 Thousand persons | −0.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,466.0 Thousand persons | −1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 7,476.0 Thousand persons | −1.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 7,483.0 Thousand persons | −2.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,507.0 Thousand persons | −3.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,541.0 Thousand persons | −3.1 |

## API

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

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