# Employment: Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 2.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 96,281 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.3% (Apr 2020) to 19.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-12220.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-auburn-opelika-al-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 96,281 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 96,121 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 95,651 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 95,903 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 96,106 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 97,240 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 97,455 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 96,919 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 96,996 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 98,381 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 98,681 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 97,586 thousands | 2.3 |
| August 2025 | 96,583 thousands | 2.5 |
| July 2025 | 95,767 thousands | 2.5 |
| June 2025 | 95,786 thousands | 2.7 |
| May 2025 | 96,501 thousands | 2.6 |
| April 2025 | 97,775 thousands | 3.1 |
| March 2025 | 96,772 thousands | 2.0 |
| February 2025 | 96,480 thousands | 2.3 |
| January 2025 | 95,630 thousands | 3.1 |
| December 2024 | 95,967 thousands | 2.7 |
| November 2024 | 95,952 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2024 | 95,517 thousands | 1.3 |
| September 2024 | 95,401 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12220.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12220.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```