# Employment: Cape May County, NJ (U)

Employment: Cape May County, NJ (U) was down 2.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 42,168 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.5% (May 2020) to 37.3% (May 2021), averaging −0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34009.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-cape-may-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 42,168 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 43,370 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 43,306 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 43,329 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 41,717 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 40,443 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 39,669 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 38,947 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 38,900 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 39,957 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 40,236 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 41,452 thousands | −2.0 |
| August 2025 | 43,964 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 44,483 thousands | −0.9 |
| June 2025 | 43,733 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 41,117 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 39,432 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 38,071 thousands | −1.2 |
| February 2025 | 37,697 thousands | −1.1 |
| January 2025 | 37,450 thousands | −0.7 |
| December 2024 | 39,249 thousands | −2.4 |
| November 2024 | 39,130 thousands | −3.2 |
| October 2024 | 40,494 thousands | −2.2 |
| September 2024 | 42,313 thousands | −1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34009.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34009.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```