# Japan Employment

Japan Employment was up 0.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 6,896.0 10k persons.
Among the 14 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 7th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.1% (Oct 2020) to 3.2% (Mar 2018), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: Statistics Bureau of Japan (e-Stat)
- Makrognosis code: `JP.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: 10k persons
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (315 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/japan/employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 6,896.0 10k persons | 0.5 |
| August 2026 | 6,849.0 10k persons | 0.2 |
| July 2026 | 6,850.0 10k persons | 0.0 |
| June 2026 | 6,890.0 10k persons | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 6,890.0 10k persons | 0.8 |
| April 2026 | 6,860.0 10k persons | 0.9 |
| March 2026 | 6,773.0 10k persons | 0.04 |
| February 2026 | 6,779.0 10k persons | 0.2 |
| January 2026 | 6,776.0 10k persons | −0.04 |
| December 2025 | 6,842.0 10k persons | 0.5 |
| November 2025 | 6,862.0 10k persons | 0.7 |
| October 2025 | 6,865.0 10k persons | 0.8 |
| September 2025 | 6,863.0 10k persons | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 6,835.0 10k persons | 0.3 |
| July 2025 | 6,850.0 10k persons | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 6,873.0 10k persons | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 6,838.0 10k persons | 1.1 |
| April 2025 | 6,796.0 10k persons | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 6,770.0 10k persons | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 6,768.0 10k persons | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 6,779.0 10k persons | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 6,811.0 10k persons | 0.8 |
| November 2024 | 6,814.0 10k persons | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 6,813.0 10k persons | 0.6 |

## API

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

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