# Employment: Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 122,506 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.9% (Apr 2020) to 17.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-28020.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-kalamazoo-portage-mi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 122,506 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 122,588 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 123,494 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 124,085 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 125,718 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 127,294 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 129,452 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 130,055 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 129,644 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 130,441 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 133,327 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 134,603 thousands | −1.3 |
| August 2025 | 132,405 thousands | −0.9 |
| July 2025 | 131,897 thousands | −1.6 |
| June 2025 | 134,052 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 134,977 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 136,585 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2025 | 136,570 thousands | −0.00 |
| February 2025 | 135,569 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 135,536 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 135,721 thousands | 0.8 |
| November 2024 | 138,199 thousands | 0.05 |
| October 2024 | 136,668 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 136,309 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28020.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28020.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```