# Employment: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.01% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 451,731 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.3% (Apr 2020) to 17.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-10900.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-allentown-bethlehem-easton-pa-nj-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 451,731 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 450,764 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 449,112 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 450,239 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 448,847 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 446,030 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 442,812 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 435,722 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 437,467 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 441,552 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 441,942 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 435,786 thousands | −0.01 |
| August 2025 | 434,285 thousands | 0.1 |
| July 2025 | 435,302 thousands | −0.08 |
| June 2025 | 436,608 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 434,800 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2025 | 434,803 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 433,675 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 430,859 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 429,862 thousands | −0.5 |
| December 2024 | 433,172 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2024 | 433,849 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 436,076 thousands | 0.02 |
| September 2024 | 435,846 thousands | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-10900.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-10900.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```