# Employment: Hammond, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Hammond, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 57,745 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.9% (Apr 2020) to 16.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-25220.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-hammond-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 57,745 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 58,045 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 57,712 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 57,592 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 57,931 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 58,637 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 57,859 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 57,807 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 57,159 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 58,449 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 58,646 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 57,302 thousands | −1.5 |
| August 2025 | 57,271 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 57,416 thousands | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 57,110 thousands | −1.2 |
| May 2025 | 57,189 thousands | −1.5 |
| April 2025 | 57,711 thousands | −1.4 |
| March 2025 | 57,452 thousands | −1.8 |
| February 2025 | 56,985 thousands | −1.2 |
| January 2025 | 56,664 thousands | −1.5 |
| December 2024 | 58,657 thousands | 1.7 |
| November 2024 | 58,768 thousands | 1.0 |
| October 2024 | 58,529 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 58,165 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-25220.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-25220.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```