# Employment: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 3,746,197 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.0% (Apr 2020) to 13.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26420.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-houston-pasadena-the-woodlands-tx-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 3,746,197 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 3,730,648 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 3,720,019 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 3,716,101 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 3,732,641 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 3,727,447 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 3,729,551 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 3,721,753 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 3,702,045 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 3,746,809 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 3,746,226 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 3,734,475 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 3,707,465 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2025 | 3,714,236 thousands | 1.7 |
| June 2025 | 3,734,616 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 3,721,978 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 3,755,021 thousands | 2.2 |
| March 2025 | 3,732,532 thousands | 1.9 |
| February 2025 | 3,715,487 thousands | 2.1 |
| January 2025 | 3,702,318 thousands | 2.6 |
| December 2024 | 3,715,666 thousands | 2.7 |
| November 2024 | 3,707,676 thousands | 1.9 |
| October 2024 | 3,704,000 thousands | 2.6 |
| September 2024 | 3,700,853 thousands | 2.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26420.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26420.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```