# Employment: Bristol County, MA (U)

Employment: Bristol County, MA (U) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 299,119 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.9% (Apr 2020) to 26.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MA-25005.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-bristol-county-ma-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 299,119 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 298,175 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 295,778 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 296,527 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 294,485 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 294,389 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 293,901 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 293,471 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 293,727 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 298,253 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 298,913 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 300,759 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 303,204 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 302,248 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2025 | 303,392 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 301,926 thousands | 1.2 |
| April 2025 | 302,217 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 299,668 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 298,371 thousands | 1.6 |
| January 2025 | 298,060 thousands | 2.2 |
| December 2024 | 301,008 thousands | 2.1 |
| November 2024 | 300,965 thousands | 1.3 |
| October 2024 | 300,139 thousands | 1.8 |
| September 2024 | 300,265 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA-25005.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA-25005.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```