# Employment: Chester County, PA (U)

Employment: Chester County, PA (U) was down 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 299,962 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.5% (Apr 2020) to 15.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-PA-42029.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-chester-county-pa-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 299,962 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 301,032 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 302,370 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 302,027 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 299,413 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 298,329 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 294,596 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 290,344 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 292,125 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 294,540 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 295,621 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 290,885 thousands | −1.1 |
| August 2025 | 291,103 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 294,366 thousands | −1.7 |
| June 2025 | 293,232 thousands | −1.5 |
| May 2025 | 292,459 thousands | −1.6 |
| April 2025 | 292,948 thousands | −1.5 |
| March 2025 | 292,152 thousands | −1.7 |
| February 2025 | 289,382 thousands | −1.6 |
| January 2025 | 290,315 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2024 | 292,053 thousands | −1.2 |
| November 2024 | 292,616 thousands | −1.8 |
| October 2024 | 294,395 thousands | −0.9 |
| September 2024 | 294,223 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA-42029.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA-42029.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```