# United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : Men: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : Men: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 17,527 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (Q4 2020) to 2.5% (Q2 2025), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employment-men-aged-15-74-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 17,527 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 17,454 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 17,392 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 17,362 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 17,421 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 17,331 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 17,364 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 17,196 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 16,988 thousands | −0.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 17,013 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 17,097 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 17,072 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 17,103 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 17,091 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 16,997 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 16,894 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 16,784 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 16,766 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 16,765 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 16,752 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 16,491 thousands | −1.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 16,406 thousands | −3.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 16,486 thousands | −3.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 16,581 thousands | −2.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```