# Employment: Bluefield, WV-VA Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Bluefield, WV-VA Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 2.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 35,463 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.8% (Apr 2020) to 8.5% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.10%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-14140.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-bluefield-wv-va-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 35,463 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 34,819 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 34,782 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 35,112 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 35,153 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 35,381 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 35,077 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 35,138 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 34,974 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 35,190 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 35,336 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 35,715 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 35,055 thousands | −2.8 |
| July 2025 | 35,061 thousands | −2.9 |
| June 2025 | 35,967 thousands | −1.3 |
| May 2025 | 35,732 thousands | −1.5 |
| April 2025 | 36,268 thousands | −0.8 |
| March 2025 | 35,905 thousands | −2.0 |
| February 2025 | 35,580 thousands | −2.2 |
| January 2025 | 35,540 thousands | −1.4 |
| December 2024 | 36,116 thousands | −0.9 |
| November 2024 | 36,250 thousands | −1.8 |
| October 2024 | 36,713 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2024 | 36,518 thousands | −0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-14140.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-14140.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```