# Italy Employed persons, LFS flash, age 15-89, not seasonally adjusted, thousands

Italy Employed persons, LFS flash, age 15-89, not seasonally adjusted, thousands was up 0.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 24,278 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.8% (Jun 2020) to 4.2% (Mar 2022), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.EMPLOY.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2006-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (249 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/employed-persons-lfs-flash-age-15-89-not-seasonally-adjusted-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 24,278 thousands | 0.6 |
| August 2026 | 24,504 thousands | 1.6 |
| July 2026 | 24,483 thousands | 1.5 |
| June 2026 | 24,262 thousands | 0.07 |
| May 2026 | 24,540 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2026 | 24,530 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2026 | 24,058 thousands | −0.4 |
| February 2026 | 24,100 thousands | 0.04 |
| January 2026 | 24,202 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2025 | 23,974 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2025 | 23,947 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2025 | 24,240 thousands | 0.9 |
| September 2025 | 24,135 thousands | 0.1 |
| August 2025 | 24,114 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 24,121 thousands | −0.01 |
| June 2025 | 24,246 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 24,228 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 24,124 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 24,159 thousands | 1.5 |
| February 2025 | 24,091 thousands | 2.2 |
| January 2025 | 23,997 thousands | 1.8 |
| December 2024 | 24,014 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 23,891 thousands | 0.7 |
| October 2024 | 24,023 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.EMPLOY.M.NSA"

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