Annual average number of people employed Japan 2023, by industry

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 31, 2024

In 2023, around 10.55 million people were employed in the manufacturing industry in Japan on average, representing the economic sector with the largest number of the employed population. The wholesale and retail trade industry recorded about 10.41 million employed persons.

Annual average number of people employed in Japan in 2023, by industry (in 1,000s)

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Release date

January 2024

Region

Japan

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Figures include the number of self-employed workers, family member workers, and regular and non-regular employees.

Employed people refer to those who worked for pay or profit or worked as unpaid family workers for at least one hour during the reference week and who were with jobs but not at work during the reference week.

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