In 2022, approximately 12.77 million people worked in professional or engineering positions in Japan, the highest amount of the past decade. That year, more than 52 percent of those workers were male. Employee numbers in this field have been increasing gradually over the course of the observed period, starting at around 10.07 million employees in 2013.
Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 29, 2023). Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions)." Chart. September 29, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Professional and Engineering Employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Number of professional and engineering employees in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 29, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/644107/japan-employment-professional-and-engineering-workers/