# Employment: Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 69,937 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.3% (May 2020) to 7.8% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-11180.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-ames-ia-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 69,937 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 65,891 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 65,457 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 66,516 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 68,746 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 69,286 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 68,886 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 68,818 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 67,709 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 69,439 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 69,890 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 69,833 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 65,674 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2025 | 64,658 thousands | −0.06 |
| June 2025 | 65,916 thousands | 2.3 |
| May 2025 | 69,100 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 69,438 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 69,020 thousands | 1.4 |
| February 2025 | 69,047 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 67,266 thousands | 3.9 |
| December 2024 | 68,920 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2024 | 69,531 thousands | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 69,668 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 69,454 thousands | 0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11180.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11180.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```