# Employment: Butler County, MO (U)

Employment: Butler County, MO (U) was down 1.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 16,471 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.2% (May 2020) to 8.5% (May 2021), averaging −0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MO-29023.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-butler-county-mo-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 16,471 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 15,998 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 15,889 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 16,316 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,147 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 16,271 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 16,201 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 16,132 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 16,021 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 16,367 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 16,291 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 16,321 thousands | −1.4 |
| August 2025 | 15,870 thousands | −1.8 |
| July 2025 | 15,807 thousands | −1.7 |
| June 2025 | 16,483 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 16,418 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2025 | 16,596 thousands | 0.2 |
| March 2025 | 16,629 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 16,588 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 16,415 thousands | 0.4 |
| December 2024 | 16,392 thousands | −0.4 |
| November 2024 | 16,324 thousands | −0.7 |
| October 2024 | 16,367 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 16,560 thousands | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29023.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29023.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```