# Employment: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.08% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.02% in August 2025.
The level stood at 4,708,286 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.2% (Apr 2020) to 15.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16980.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-chicago-naperville-elgin-il-in-metropolitan-statistical-area

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 4,708,286 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 4,653,256 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 4,715,199 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 4,718,785 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 4,702,033 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 4,680,491 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 4,732,009 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 4,742,974 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 4,703,514 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 4,753,868 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 4,772,664 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 4,804,364 thousands | 0.08 |
| August 2025 | 4,795,775 thousands | 0.02 |
| July 2025 | 4,830,336 thousands | 0.08 |
| June 2025 | 4,842,080 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 4,792,281 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2025 | 4,802,576 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 4,806,198 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 4,771,931 thousands | 1.5 |
| January 2025 | 4,778,025 thousands | 1.8 |
| December 2024 | 4,803,108 thousands | 1.8 |
| November 2024 | 4,825,078 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 4,817,291 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 4,800,285 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```