# Employment: Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 460,200 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.8% (Apr 2020) to 12.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16700.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-charleston-north-charleston-sc-metropolitan-statistical-area

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 460,200 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 459,286 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 462,401 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 460,018 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 459,644 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 456,776 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 451,872 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 445,293 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 444,135 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 446,095 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 446,275 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 441,389 thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2025 | 441,100 thousands | 1.6 |
| July 2025 | 445,923 thousands | 1.5 |
| June 2025 | 449,210 thousands | 2.5 |
| May 2025 | 446,041 thousands | 2.7 |
| April 2025 | 445,625 thousands | 2.9 |
| March 2025 | 443,023 thousands | 2.5 |
| February 2025 | 438,001 thousands | 2.4 |
| January 2025 | 439,568 thousands | 3.1 |
| December 2024 | 437,106 thousands | 2.5 |
| November 2024 | 434,917 thousands | 1.6 |
| October 2024 | 437,516 thousands | 2.3 |
| September 2024 | 435,119 thousands | 2.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16700.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16700.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```