# Employment: Bay City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Bay City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 43,429 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.3% (Apr 2020) to 24.0% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13020.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-bay-city-mi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 43,429 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 44,287 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 44,566 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 43,923 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 44,441 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 44,461 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 45,257 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 45,427 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 45,497 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 45,628 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 46,595 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 47,573 thousands | −0.9 |
| August 2025 | 47,449 thousands | −0.8 |
| July 2025 | 47,595 thousands | −0.8 |
| June 2025 | 47,343 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 47,626 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 47,325 thousands | −0.4 |
| March 2025 | 47,166 thousands | −0.9 |
| February 2025 | 46,692 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2025 | 47,028 thousands | −0.1 |
| December 2024 | 47,098 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2024 | 47,970 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 47,674 thousands | −0.9 |
| September 2024 | 48,005 thousands | −0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13020.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13020.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```