# Employment: Chatham County, NC (U)

Employment: Chatham County, NC (U) was down 1.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 38,935 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.5% (Apr 2020) to 14.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC-37037.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-chatham-county-nc-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 38,935 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 38,277 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 38,331 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 38,442 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 38,411 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 38,577 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 38,762 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 38,662 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 38,282 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 38,869 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 38,940 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 39,032 thousands | −1.3 |
| August 2025 | 38,665 thousands | −1.1 |
| July 2025 | 39,450 thousands | −0.9 |
| June 2025 | 39,184 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 39,055 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 39,333 thousands | −0.1 |
| March 2025 | 39,144 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 38,998 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 39,044 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 38,837 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 39,097 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 39,500 thousands | 2.0 |
| September 2024 | 39,536 thousands | 1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37037.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37037.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```