# Employment: King County, WA (U)

Employment: King County, WA (U) was down 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,308,133 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since June 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (Apr 2020) to 16.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-WA-53033.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-king-county-wa-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,308,133 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,289,293 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,284,331 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,278,633 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,298,058 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,291,547 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,299,727 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,302,547 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,285,238 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,291,023 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,288,439 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,293,249 thousands | −0.9 |
| August 2025 | 1,295,627 thousands | −0.7 |
| July 2025 | 1,300,815 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,300,135 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 1,304,134 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 1,312,125 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2025 | 1,317,924 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,318,656 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 1,311,948 thousands | 1.5 |
| December 2024 | 1,309,711 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 1,306,630 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 1,309,322 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2024 | 1,305,492 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WA-53033.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WA-53033.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```