# Employment: Dubuque, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Dubuque, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 50,558 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.2% (May 2020) to 7.6% (May 2021), averaging −0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-20220.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-dubuque-ia-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 50,558 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 50,748 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 51,507 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 50,856 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 51,477 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 51,666 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 51,458 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 51,518 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 51,539 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 52,322 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 52,454 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 52,085 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 50,842 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 51,128 thousands | −0.4 |
| June 2025 | 51,740 thousands | 1.1 |
| May 2025 | 51,609 thousands | 0.1 |
| April 2025 | 52,098 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2025 | 51,795 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2025 | 52,030 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2025 | 51,534 thousands | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 51,810 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2024 | 51,975 thousands | −0.7 |
| October 2024 | 52,254 thousands | −0.5 |
| September 2024 | 51,660 thousands | 0.03 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20220.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20220.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```