# Employment: Bloomington, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Bloomington, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 2.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −4.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 89,264 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.5% (Apr 2020) to 17.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-14010.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-bloomington-il-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 89,264 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 87,490 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 88,345 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 87,026 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 86,693 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 87,943 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 88,686 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 88,468 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 87,907 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 87,566 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 88,838 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 89,779 thousands | −2.9 |
| August 2025 | 87,987 thousands | −4.1 |
| July 2025 | 88,111 thousands | −4.1 |
| June 2025 | 88,550 thousands | −3.2 |
| May 2025 | 89,641 thousands | −4.0 |
| April 2025 | 91,588 thousands | −2.4 |
| March 2025 | 89,776 thousands | −4.9 |
| February 2025 | 90,105 thousands | −3.7 |
| January 2025 | 89,883 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2024 | 91,381 thousands | −2.0 |
| November 2024 | 91,902 thousands | −2.3 |
| October 2024 | 92,159 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2024 | 92,473 thousands | −0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-14010.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-14010.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```