# Employment: Houghton County, MI (U)

Employment: Houghton County, MI (U) was up 1.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 16,381 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.0% (Apr 2020) to 21.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MI-26061.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-houghton-county-mi-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 16,381 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 15,732 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 15,645 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 15,541 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 15,442 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 16,356 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 16,902 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 17,193 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 16,753 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 16,426 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 17,195 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 17,325 thousands | 1.7 |
| August 2025 | 16,324 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 16,168 thousands | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 16,239 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 15,916 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 16,959 thousands | 2.1 |
| March 2025 | 17,341 thousands | 3.6 |
| February 2025 | 17,364 thousands | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 17,275 thousands | 11.5 |
| December 2024 | 16,538 thousands | 3.1 |
| November 2024 | 17,168 thousands | 1.9 |
| October 2024 | 17,137 thousands | 2.5 |
| September 2024 | 17,028 thousands | 3.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MI-26061.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MI-26061.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```