# Employment: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 271,808 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.2% (Apr 2020) to 11.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-12260.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-augusta-richmond-county-ga-sc-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 271,808 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 269,465 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 270,179 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 270,073 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 271,210 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 275,020 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 270,005 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 268,524 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 265,565 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 266,755 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 265,281 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 264,845 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 263,360 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2025 | 264,143 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 263,861 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 265,132 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 272,030 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 266,682 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 264,678 thousands | 1.2 |
| January 2025 | 262,846 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 262,822 thousands | 1.5 |
| November 2024 | 260,891 thousands | 0.7 |
| October 2024 | 260,224 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 262,471 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12260.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12260.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```