# Employment: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 85,181 thousands.
That is the highest reading since December 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.7% (Apr 2020) to 9.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26380.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-houma-bayou-cane-thibodaux-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85,181 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 86,093 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 85,531 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 85,108 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 85,163 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 86,074 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 85,072 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 84,916 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 84,308 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 86,512 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 87,133 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 84,971 thousands | 1.2 |
| August 2025 | 85,149 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 85,972 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 85,573 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 84,745 thousands | −0.1 |
| April 2025 | 84,958 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 85,670 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 84,763 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 84,011 thousands | −0.09 |
| December 2024 | 84,427 thousands | −1.2 |
| November 2024 | 84,668 thousands | −1.9 |
| October 2024 | 84,883 thousands | −1.1 |
| September 2024 | 83,940 thousands | −1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26380.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26380.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```