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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Annual average number of people employed Japan 2025, by industry
In 2025, around  million people were employed in the *** industry in Japan on average, representing the economic sector with the largest number of the employed population. The * industry recorded about  million employed persons.
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e-Stat (Japan). (January 30, 2026). Annual average number of people employed in Japan in 2025, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1246034/japan-annual-average-number-people-employed-by-industry/
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