# Employment: Houghton, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Houghton, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 17,283 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.1% (Apr 2020) to 21.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26340.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-mi-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 17,283 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 16,651 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 16,565 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 16,397 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,240 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 17,127 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 17,707 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 18,011 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 17,553 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 17,203 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 18,020 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 18,243 thousands | 1.8 |
| August 2025 | 17,238 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 17,085 thousands | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 17,114 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 16,741 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 17,749 thousands | 2.1 |
| March 2025 | 18,132 thousands | 3.6 |
| February 2025 | 18,159 thousands | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 18,068 thousands | 11.4 |
| December 2024 | 17,307 thousands | 2.8 |
| November 2024 | 17,981 thousands | 1.7 |
| October 2024 | 18,028 thousands | 2.4 |
| September 2024 | 17,929 thousands | 2.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26340.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26340.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```