# Employment: Kane County, IL (U)

Employment: Kane County, IL (U) was down 1.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 260,683 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.3% (Apr 2020) to 18.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17089.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-kane-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 260,683 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 257,212 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 263,015 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 259,195 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 255,063 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 255,347 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 257,272 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 255,054 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 254,418 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 253,655 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 256,286 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 260,959 thousands | −1.9 |
| August 2025 | 259,779 thousands | −1.7 |
| July 2025 | 264,417 thousands | −1.7 |
| June 2025 | 264,585 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 261,139 thousands | −1.0 |
| April 2025 | 262,261 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 258,728 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2025 | 257,328 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 258,349 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 263,669 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 263,214 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2024 | 265,128 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2024 | 266,011 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17089.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17089.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```