# Employment: Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 117,488 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.4% (Apr 2020) to 23.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-29200.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-lafayette-west-lafayette-in-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 117,488 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 117,582 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 114,777 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 117,776 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 121,124 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 120,725 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 118,943 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 117,525 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 119,056 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 120,179 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 120,256 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 116,815 thousands | 0.6 |
| August 2025 | 116,499 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 112,564 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 114,724 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 119,347 thousands | 1.9 |
| April 2025 | 121,702 thousands | 2.9 |
| March 2025 | 118,771 thousands | 1.7 |
| February 2025 | 117,394 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 118,762 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 119,028 thousands | 1.1 |
| November 2024 | 119,455 thousands | 0.7 |
| October 2024 | 119,412 thousands | 1.1 |
| September 2024 | 116,095 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29200.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29200.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```