# Employment: Howard County, MD (U)

Employment: Howard County, MD (U) was down 1.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 179,506 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.6% (May 2020) to 4.7% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MD-24027.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-howard-county-md-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 179,506 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 177,759 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 177,132 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 177,981 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 176,093 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 176,645 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 177,052 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 175,723 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 174,158 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 176,194 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 175,810 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 176,465 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 176,755 thousands | −1.1 |
| July 2025 | 177,698 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 177,207 thousands | −1.1 |
| May 2025 | 176,355 thousands | −0.9 |
| April 2025 | 177,432 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 177,646 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 176,354 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 176,946 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2024 | 178,475 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 178,106 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 178,797 thousands | 1.1 |
| September 2024 | 178,285 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MD-24027.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MD-24027.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```