# jobs (employment)

regular role where people do work for pay

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: jobs

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic), [role](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-role.social), [payment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-payment.economic), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency)

**Through:** when effort is exchanged for economic payment within a social role that repeats over time, employment emerges

**Novel properties:**
- sustained work-for-pay relationship
- role-specific responsibilities
- structured work schedule

## Examples
- In 2023, Amazon employed 1.5 million people worldwide in warehouse and logistics roles. *(economics)*
- The U.S. Postal Service has provided continuous mail delivery jobs since 1775 under federal operation. *(institutions)*
- Tokyo's railway network maintains 18,000 commuter train jobs across daily schedules and repairs. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [career](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-career.occupation) (L21)
- [employment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-employment.economic) (L19)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-jobs.employment*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-jobs.employment.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*