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

Romania Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was down 1.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −1.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 8,238.0 THS_PER.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.4% (Q2 2025) to 4.9% (Q2 2017), averaging −0.3%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 8,238.0 THS_PER | −1.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,269.8 THS_PER | −1.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,343.4 THS_PER | −1.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 8,251.6 THS_PER | −3.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 8,337.2 THS_PER | −5.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,381.9 THS_PER | −4.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,498.6 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 8,526.8 THS_PER | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 8,811.4 THS_PER | 3.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 8,791.6 THS_PER | 3.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,470.2 THS_PER | −1.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 8,488.7 THS_PER | −1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 8,505.7 THS_PER | −2.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 8,515.5 THS_PER | −0.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,561.1 THS_PER | 0.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 8,575.0 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,683.6 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 8,582.7 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 8,534.9 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 8,521.0 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 8,592.5 THS_PER | 2.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 8,496.7 THS_PER | −1.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 8,479.2 THS_PER | −2.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 8,416.4 THS_PER | −2.5 |

## API

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

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