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

Germany Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was down 0.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −0.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 45,639 THS_PER.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.3% (Q1 2021) to 1.5% (Q2 2022), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1991-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (143 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 45,639 THS_PER | −0.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 45,696 THS_PER | −0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 45,747 THS_PER | −0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 45,806 THS_PER | −0.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 45,859 THS_PER | −0.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 45,910 THS_PER | −0.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 45,940 THS_PER | −0.04 |
| Q4 2024 | 45,955 THS_PER | 0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | 45,955 THS_PER | 0.07 |
| Q2 2024 | 45,975 THS_PER | 0.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 45,957 THS_PER | 0.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 45,939 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 45,925 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 45,914 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 45,862 THS_PER | 0.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 45,761 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 45,665 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 45,591 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 45,473 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 45,285 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 45,141 THS_PER | 0.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 44,921 THS_PER | 0.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 44,818 THS_PER | −1.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 44,850 THS_PER | −1.2 |

## API

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

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