# Employment: Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 111,672 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.8% (Apr 2020) to 14.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-12020.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-athens-clarke-county-ga-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 111,672 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 110,265 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 108,304 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 108,873 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 110,102 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 110,681 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 110,237 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 110,043 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 109,075 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 109,471 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 109,579 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 108,734 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2025 | 105,766 thousands | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 102,928 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2025 | 103,696 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 105,131 thousands | 0.2 |
| April 2025 | 107,172 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2025 | 106,828 thousands | 0.6 |
| February 2025 | 106,504 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 106,554 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 106,824 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 107,392 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 107,554 thousands | 0.8 |
| September 2024 | 107,162 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12020.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12020.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```