# Employment: Athens County, OH (U)

Employment: Athens County, OH (U) was down 1.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 3.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 26,234 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since September 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.4% (Dec 2020) to 11.6% (Feb 2016), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-OH-39009.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-county-oh-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 26,234 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 23,546 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 23,359 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 23,484 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 26,271 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 28,190 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 28,061 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 28,225 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 26,529 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 27,560 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 28,213 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 26,993 thousands | −1.7 |
| August 2025 | 24,221 thousands | 3.8 |
| July 2025 | 24,013 thousands | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 24,244 thousands | 2.4 |
| May 2025 | 26,392 thousands | 5.9 |
| April 2025 | 28,158 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 27,512 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2025 | 27,648 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 24,547 thousands | −1.6 |
| December 2024 | 27,416 thousands | 5.9 |
| November 2024 | 27,917 thousands | 2.9 |
| October 2024 | 28,155 thousands | 4.3 |
| September 2024 | 27,446 thousands | −1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-OH-39009.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-OH-39009.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```