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

Italy Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was up 1.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 27,133 THS_PER.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.6% (Q2 2020) to 2.6% (Q1 2023), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 27,133 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 27,038 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 26,912 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 26,799 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 26,734 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 26,742 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 26,583 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 26,643 THS_PER | 2.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 26,458 THS_PER | 1.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 26,354 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 26,319 THS_PER | 2.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 26,038 THS_PER | 2.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 25,987 THS_PER | 1.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 25,966 THS_PER | 2.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 25,770 THS_PER | 1.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 25,536 THS_PER | 1.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 25,596 THS_PER | 2.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 25,299 THS_PER | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 25,320 THS_PER | 1.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 25,216 THS_PER | 2.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 24,984 THS_PER | 2.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 24,757 THS_PER | −2.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 24,855 THS_PER | −1.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 24,709 THS_PER | −2.8 |

## API

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

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