# Italy Manufacturing employment

Italy Manufacturing employment was up 0.06% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,938.7 Thousand persons.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.6% (Q2 2020) to 2.3% (Q1 2022), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/manufacturing-employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,938.7 Thousand persons | 0.06 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,934.5 Thousand persons | −0.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,925.4 Thousand persons | −0.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,925.3 Thousand persons | −1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,936.5 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,939.5 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,958.5 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,966.8 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,963.6 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,966.4 Thousand persons | 1.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,944.5 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,938.3 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,923.8 Thousand persons | 1.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,912.6 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,881.4 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,881.3 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,859.3 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,874.5 Thousand persons | 2.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,854.1 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,823.9 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,813.3 Thousand persons | 0.08 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,788.4 Thousand persons | −1.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,808.3 Thousand persons | −1.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 3,793.5 Thousand persons | −2.6 |

## API

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

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