# Employment: Clay County, MO (U)

Employment: Clay County, MO (U) was up 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 142,812 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.8% (May 2020) to 13.6% (May 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MO-29047.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-clay-county-mo-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 142,812 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 143,405 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 144,606 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 142,878 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 141,720 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 141,465 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 139,901 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 139,773 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 140,249 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 142,237 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 142,264 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 141,992 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 142,840 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2025 | 143,762 thousands | 1.0 |
| June 2025 | 141,878 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 140,958 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 141,152 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 138,973 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 138,332 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 138,540 thousands | 1.1 |
| December 2024 | 139,781 thousands | 1.7 |
| November 2024 | 140,032 thousands | 1.1 |
| October 2024 | 140,905 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 140,983 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29047.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MO-29047.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```