# Employment: Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 2.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 3.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 453,058 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.3% (Apr 2020) to 16.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-28940.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-knoxville-tn-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 453,058 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 447,696 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 452,141 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 449,730 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 455,169 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 453,862 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 450,323 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 449,647 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 450,455 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 458,020 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 458,086 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 458,413 thousands | 2.7 |
| August 2025 | 455,340 thousands | 3.1 |
| July 2025 | 457,908 thousands | 2.9 |
| June 2025 | 455,439 thousands | 2.8 |
| May 2025 | 457,504 thousands | 3.3 |
| April 2025 | 459,548 thousands | 3.2 |
| March 2025 | 453,604 thousands | 2.6 |
| February 2025 | 451,764 thousands | 3.0 |
| January 2025 | 447,326 thousands | 3.6 |
| December 2024 | 446,433 thousands | 2.1 |
| November 2024 | 447,066 thousands | 1.7 |
| October 2024 | 446,555 thousands | 2.0 |
| September 2024 | 446,436 thousands | 2.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28940.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28940.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```