# Employment: Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 41,567 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.5% (Apr 2020) to 13.8% (Apr 2021), averaging −1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-19500.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-decatur-il-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 41,567 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 41,504 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 41,958 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 41,354 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 40,485 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 40,567 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 40,861 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 40,749 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 40,930 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 40,488 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 40,880 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 41,419 thousands | −1.9 |
| August 2025 | 41,788 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 41,864 thousands | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 41,945 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2025 | 41,458 thousands | −1.6 |
| April 2025 | 41,995 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 41,773 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 41,393 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 41,962 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 42,053 thousands | 1.1 |
| November 2024 | 41,926 thousands | −0.5 |
| October 2024 | 42,180 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 42,237 thousands | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19500.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19500.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```