# Employment: Lake County, IL (U)

Employment: Lake County, IL (U) was down 1.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 352,460 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since November 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.9% (Apr 2020) to 18.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17097.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-lake-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 352,460 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 349,953 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 359,950 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 352,825 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 340,846 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 340,776 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 342,192 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 339,481 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 339,943 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 336,878 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 340,088 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 347,751 thousands | −1.5 |
| August 2025 | 349,545 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 356,536 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 354,757 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 347,211 thousands | −1.1 |
| April 2025 | 348,073 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 343,176 thousands | −0.06 |
| February 2025 | 341,174 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2025 | 343,186 thousands | 0.1 |
| December 2024 | 348,636 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 349,155 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 352,414 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2024 | 352,964 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17097.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17097.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```