# Employment: Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 418,566 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.3% (Apr 2020) to 15.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-12940.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-baton-rouge-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 418,566 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 420,645 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 419,251 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 419,830 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 421,758 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 428,023 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 424,211 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 422,596 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 415,402 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 422,579 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 422,239 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 410,882 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 407,024 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 407,756 thousands | −1.4 |
| June 2025 | 409,792 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 410,831 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2025 | 415,396 thousands | −1.2 |
| March 2025 | 416,009 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 414,794 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 409,695 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 411,440 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 414,699 thousands | −0.07 |
| October 2024 | 415,068 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 413,995 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12940.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-12940.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```