# Employment: Essex County, NJ (U)

Employment: Essex County, NJ (U) was down 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 406,041 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.7% (May 2020) to 11.1% (May 2021), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34013.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-essex-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 406,041 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 404,395 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 406,096 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 405,348 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 406,711 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 406,794 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 404,579 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 400,316 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 399,725 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 404,619 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 405,332 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 396,801 thousands | −1.1 |
| August 2025 | 395,977 thousands | −1.3 |
| July 2025 | 398,686 thousands | −1.3 |
| June 2025 | 402,407 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2025 | 399,936 thousands | −0.8 |
| April 2025 | 404,732 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2025 | 403,737 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2025 | 402,194 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 400,393 thousands | −0.1 |
| December 2024 | 404,537 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 404,319 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 405,409 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 401,084 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34013.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34013.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```