# Employment: El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 405,881 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.5% (Apr 2020) to 14.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-21340.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-el-paso-tx-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 405,881 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 404,304 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 403,524 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 401,645 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 405,042 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 404,582 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 404,382 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 403,320 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 402,544 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 405,668 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 405,249 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 406,091 thousands | 1.1 |
| August 2025 | 403,209 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 403,691 thousands | 1.0 |
| June 2025 | 403,286 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 402,363 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 405,749 thousands | 2.3 |
| March 2025 | 403,712 thousands | 2.1 |
| February 2025 | 402,289 thousands | 2.2 |
| January 2025 | 402,858 thousands | 2.8 |
| December 2024 | 403,122 thousands | 3.2 |
| November 2024 | 402,100 thousands | 2.6 |
| October 2024 | 399,727 thousands | 3.2 |
| September 2024 | 401,606 thousands | 3.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-21340.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-21340.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```