# Employment: Arecibo, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Arecibo, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 4.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 4.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 65,323 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.6% (Feb 2018) to 15.0% (Dec 2021), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-11640.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (439 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-arecibo-pr-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 65,323 thousands | 4.6 |
| August 2026 | 65,761 thousands | 4.7 |
| July 2026 | 64,649 thousands | 4.0 |
| June 2026 | 64,164 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2026 | 63,225 thousands | −0.9 |
| April 2026 | 63,730 thousands | −1.2 |
| March 2026 | 64,124 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2026 | 63,722 thousands | −0.7 |
| January 2026 | 63,658 thousands | −1.7 |
| December 2025 | 64,152 thousands | −0.4 |
| November 2025 | 63,777 thousands | −2.8 |
| October 2025 | 62,800 thousands | −2.3 |
| September 2025 | 62,449 thousands | −2.8 |
| August 2025 | 62,794 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 62,139 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2025 | 63,903 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 63,774 thousands | 0.8 |
| April 2025 | 64,479 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2025 | 64,414 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 64,159 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 64,790 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 64,433 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 65,583 thousands | 2.1 |
| October 2024 | 64,247 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11640.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11640.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```