# Employment: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 176,383 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since October 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.7% (Apr 2020) to 9.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13140.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-beaumont-port-arthur-tx-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 176,383 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 175,588 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 174,709 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 173,850 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 174,793 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 174,922 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 174,527 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 174,464 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 173,923 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 175,081 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 175,449 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 174,998 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 174,073 thousands | 1.5 |
| July 2025 | 173,989 thousands | 1.7 |
| June 2025 | 175,061 thousands | 1.6 |
| May 2025 | 174,215 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 176,364 thousands | 2.3 |
| March 2025 | 175,875 thousands | 2.1 |
| February 2025 | 175,147 thousands | 2.3 |
| January 2025 | 174,516 thousands | 3.1 |
| December 2024 | 174,732 thousands | 4.2 |
| November 2024 | 174,650 thousands | 3.7 |
| October 2024 | 174,002 thousands | 3.1 |
| September 2024 | 173,571 thousands | 3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13140.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13140.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```