# Employment: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 3.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 84,390 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.8% (May 2020) to 12.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13980.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-blacksburg-christiansburg-radford-va-metropolitan

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 84,390 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 81,659 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 81,306 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 80,656 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 84,306 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 87,296 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 86,676 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 86,738 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 82,811 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 87,248 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 87,908 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 87,484 thousands | −3.3 |
| August 2025 | 83,240 thousands | −2.9 |
| July 2025 | 84,927 thousands | −2.2 |
| June 2025 | 82,394 thousands | −4.7 |
| May 2025 | 87,088 thousands | −1.4 |
| April 2025 | 90,904 thousands | −1.6 |
| March 2025 | 89,476 thousands | −3.3 |
| February 2025 | 89,515 thousands | −3.1 |
| January 2025 | 85,901 thousands | −2.3 |
| December 2024 | 90,136 thousands | −1.6 |
| November 2024 | 88,877 thousands | −4.8 |
| October 2024 | 90,273 thousands | −3.2 |
| September 2024 | 90,466 thousands | −3.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```