# Employment: Island County, WA (U)

Employment: Island County, WA (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 34,226 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.0% (May 2020) to 7.6% (May 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-WA-53029.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-island-county-wa-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 34,226 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 33,993 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 34,016 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 33,874 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 33,934 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 33,468 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 33,587 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 34,038 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 33,876 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 34,241 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 34,284 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 33,920 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 33,530 thousands | −0.3 |
| July 2025 | 33,399 thousands | −1.6 |
| June 2025 | 33,916 thousands | −1.1 |
| May 2025 | 33,538 thousands | −1.9 |
| April 2025 | 33,542 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 33,442 thousands | −2.2 |
| February 2025 | 33,162 thousands | −1.9 |
| January 2025 | 33,333 thousands | −1.2 |
| December 2024 | 33,583 thousands | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 33,591 thousands | −2.5 |
| October 2024 | 33,139 thousands | −3.8 |
| September 2024 | 33,626 thousands | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WA-53029.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WA-53029.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```