# Employment: Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 113,261 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.9% (May 2020) to 16.5% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-17860.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-columbia-mo-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 113,261 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 109,889 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 111,138 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 110,607 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 113,158 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 113,801 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 113,354 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 112,864 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 110,474 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 113,685 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 113,370 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 111,782 thousands | 1.0 |
| August 2025 | 108,144 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 108,641 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 109,250 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 112,007 thousands | 2.0 |
| April 2025 | 113,086 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 111,804 thousands | 1.3 |
| February 2025 | 111,272 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 107,794 thousands | 0.4 |
| December 2024 | 110,901 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 110,714 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 111,438 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 110,637 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-17860.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-17860.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```