# Employment: Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.01% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.08% in August 2025.
The level stood at 509,400 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.8% (May 2020) to 9.0% (May 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-23420.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-fresno-ca-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 509,400 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 503,753 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 499,958 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 502,225 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 508,997 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 502,838 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 498,696 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 502,469 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 495,099 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 501,867 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 500,489 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 512,551 thousands | 0.01 |
| August 2025 | 508,707 thousands | −0.08 |
| July 2025 | 503,577 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 504,567 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 508,548 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 502,243 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 496,939 thousands | 1.2 |
| February 2025 | 498,026 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2025 | 497,726 thousands | 1.6 |
| December 2024 | 500,782 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 502,094 thousands | 1.1 |
| October 2024 | 507,863 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 512,524 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-23420.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-23420.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```