# Employment: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 316,034 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.4% (Apr 2020) to 14.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-20500.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-durham-chapel-hill-nc-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 316,034 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 310,778 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 311,393 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 311,218 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 311,350 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 312,596 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 314,334 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 314,508 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 311,268 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 315,758 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 316,010 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 316,642 thousands | −1.1 |
| August 2025 | 313,417 thousands | −0.8 |
| July 2025 | 320,209 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 316,554 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 316,330 thousands | −0.6 |
| April 2025 | 318,237 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 317,275 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 316,992 thousands | −0.03 |
| January 2025 | 317,252 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 315,599 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 317,329 thousands | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 320,639 thousands | 1.3 |
| September 2024 | 320,244 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20500.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20500.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```