# Employment: Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 87,113 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.5% (Apr 2020) to 14.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-10180.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-abilene-tx-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 87,113 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 86,670 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 86,581 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 86,095 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 86,591 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 86,657 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 86,608 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 86,748 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 86,321 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 86,841 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 86,833 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 87,061 thousands | 1.1 |
| August 2025 | 85,944 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 85,392 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 85,011 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 85,944 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 86,829 thousands | 1.9 |
| March 2025 | 86,166 thousands | 1.6 |
| February 2025 | 86,266 thousands | 2.2 |
| January 2025 | 85,809 thousands | 2.6 |
| December 2024 | 85,968 thousands | 2.9 |
| November 2024 | 86,023 thousands | 2.2 |
| October 2024 | 85,852 thousands | 2.6 |
| September 2024 | 86,142 thousands | 3.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-10180.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-10180.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```