# Employment: Lee County, FL (U)

Employment: Lee County, FL (U) was down 1.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 358,848 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.1% (Apr 2020) to 23.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-FL-12071.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-lee-county-fl-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 358,848 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 355,423 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 353,142 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 355,510 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 355,971 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 358,406 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 359,376 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 358,082 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 352,199 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 353,373 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 353,703 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 355,313 thousands | −1.7 |
| August 2025 | 353,796 thousands | −1.6 |
| July 2025 | 355,400 thousands | −1.3 |
| June 2025 | 357,908 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 361,557 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 366,427 thousands | 0.02 |
| March 2025 | 367,612 thousands | −0.08 |
| February 2025 | 365,372 thousands | 0.04 |
| January 2025 | 364,057 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 363,208 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 360,146 thousands | −0.5 |
| October 2024 | 358,096 thousands | −1.2 |
| September 2024 | 361,505 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-FL-12071.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-FL-12071.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```