# Switzerland Employment

Switzerland Employment was up 2.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,698.1 1000 persons.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2023.
Among the 14 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 2nd highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.6% (Q2 2020) to 2.8% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: Swiss National Bank
- Makrognosis code: `CH.EMP.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: 1000 persons
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (122 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/switzerland/employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,698.1 1000 persons | 2.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,649.9 1000 persons | 1.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,643.9 1000 persons | 1.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,616.4 1000 persons | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,586.2 1000 persons | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,566.2 1000 persons | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,577.5 1000 persons | 1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,558.3 1000 persons | 1.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,512.1 1000 persons | 1.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,464.5 1000 persons | 1.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,476.8 1000 persons | 1.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,455.0 1000 persons | 1.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,421.2 1000 persons | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,381.5 1000 persons | 2.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,388.0 1000 persons | 2.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,357.3 1000 persons | 2.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,308.8 1000 persons | 2.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,262.6 1000 persons | 2.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,265.5 1000 persons | 2.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,235.1 1000 persons | 1.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,167.0 1000 persons | 1.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,119.3 1000 persons | 0.02 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,148.6 1000 persons | −0.05 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,138.9 1000 persons | −0.3 |

## API

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

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