# Employment: Kennewick-Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Kennewick-Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 2.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 147,383 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.4% (Jul 2020) to 8.3% (Jun 2021), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-28420.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-kennewick-richland-wa-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 147,383 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 147,789 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 146,305 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 147,726 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 146,614 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 143,850 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 142,375 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 140,548 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 139,973 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 142,332 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 144,889 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 147,362 thousands | 2.1 |
| August 2025 | 147,070 thousands | 2.4 |
| July 2025 | 148,918 thousands | 1.5 |
| June 2025 | 148,275 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 140,836 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 140,392 thousands | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 137,859 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 135,161 thousands | −0.04 |
| January 2025 | 135,276 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 137,901 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 140,183 thousands | 1.7 |
| October 2024 | 143,114 thousands | 1.9 |
| September 2024 | 144,292 thousands | 2.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28420.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28420.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```