# Employment: Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 551,149 thousands.
That is the highest reading since June 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.0% (Apr 2020) to 14.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13820.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-birmingham-al-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 551,149 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 548,237 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 549,301 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 549,921 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 551,703 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 556,249 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 561,365 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 557,913 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 558,262 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 566,674 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 567,292 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 559,901 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 559,320 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 559,806 thousands | 0.06 |
| June 2025 | 559,376 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 559,666 thousands | 0.07 |
| April 2025 | 561,420 thousands | 0.1 |
| March 2025 | 559,572 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2025 | 557,191 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 554,829 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 557,683 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 558,217 thousands | 0.1 |
| October 2024 | 557,909 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 554,770 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13820.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13820.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```