# Employment: Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 99,432 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.3% (May 2020) to 6.1% (May 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-29740.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-las-cruces-nm-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 99,432 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 99,334 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 97,665 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 98,155 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 99,252 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 98,471 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 99,358 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 99,042 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 98,501 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 100,795 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 100,748 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 99,958 thousands | 1.8 |
| August 2025 | 99,234 thousands | 2.3 |
| July 2025 | 97,631 thousands | 2.8 |
| June 2025 | 98,737 thousands | 1.9 |
| May 2025 | 100,010 thousands | 2.6 |
| April 2025 | 100,304 thousands | 2.9 |
| March 2025 | 99,267 thousands | 2.3 |
| February 2025 | 99,479 thousands | 2.1 |
| January 2025 | 99,369 thousands | 3.0 |
| December 2024 | 99,506 thousands | 2.4 |
| November 2024 | 99,212 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2024 | 99,001 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 98,179 thousands | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29740.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29740.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```