# Employment: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,446,372 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.4% (Apr 2020) to 15.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16740.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-charlotte-concord-gastonia-nc-sc-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,446,372 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,429,043 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,428,385 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,430,569 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,428,509 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,430,560 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,435,002 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,426,628 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,417,656 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,437,763 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,436,340 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,434,530 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 1,421,733 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 1,442,874 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2025 | 1,432,470 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 1,425,500 thousands | 0.1 |
| April 2025 | 1,427,236 thousands | 0.2 |
| March 2025 | 1,423,744 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2025 | 1,414,016 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 1,419,878 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 1,421,425 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 1,418,232 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 1,431,958 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 1,430,980 thousands | 0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16740.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16740.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```