# Employment: Highland County, VA (U)

Employment: Highland County, VA (U) was down 4.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −3.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,149.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −32.9% (May 2016) to 16.6% (May 2022), averaging −1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51091.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-highland-county-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,149.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,164.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,141.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,149.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,151.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,127.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,110.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,086.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,087.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,010.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,017.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,054.0 thousands | −4.9 |
| August 2025 | 1,121.0 thousands | −3.0 |
| July 2025 | 1,098.0 thousands | −4.1 |
| June 2025 | 1,109.0 thousands | −2.2 |
| May 2025 | 1,085.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 1,111.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 1,110.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2025 | 1,084.0 thousands | −2.4 |
| January 2025 | 1,096.0 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2024 | 1,050.0 thousands | −2.8 |
| November 2024 | 1,075.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| October 2024 | 1,105.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 1,108.0 thousands | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51091.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51091.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```