# Employment: Columbus, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Columbus, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 23,701 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.4% (May 2020) to 6.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-18100.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-columbus-ne-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 23,701 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 23,814 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 23,635 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 23,657 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 23,458 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 23,779 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 23,971 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 23,654 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 23,574 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 23,669 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 23,464 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 23,525 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 24,014 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 24,112 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 24,178 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 23,614 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 23,905 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 23,836 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 23,543 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 23,766 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 23,750 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 23,694 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 23,640 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2024 | 23,604 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-18100.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-18100.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```