# Employment: Benton County, AR (U)

Employment: Benton County, AR (U) was up 2.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 170,993 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.4% (Apr 2020) to 8.8% (Jan 2016), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AR-05007.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-benton-county-ar-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 170,993 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 170,271 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 170,597 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 170,721 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 169,513 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 169,160 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 167,487 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 166,697 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 162,798 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 166,377 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 166,628 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 165,173 thousands | 2.8 |
| August 2025 | 164,557 thousands | 2.8 |
| July 2025 | 165,199 thousands | 2.5 |
| June 2025 | 163,874 thousands | 3.1 |
| May 2025 | 163,116 thousands | 3.2 |
| April 2025 | 164,211 thousands | 3.4 |
| March 2025 | 161,989 thousands | 2.9 |
| February 2025 | 160,759 thousands | 3.1 |
| January 2025 | 159,131 thousands | 3.7 |
| December 2024 | 160,364 thousands | 4.2 |
| November 2024 | 160,617 thousands | 3.4 |
| October 2024 | 160,971 thousands | 4.0 |
| September 2024 | 160,599 thousands | 3.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR-05007.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR-05007.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```