# Employment: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 6,352,903 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.2% (May 2020) to 17.2% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31080.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-los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 6,352,903 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 6,271,322 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 6,210,268 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 6,223,684 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 6,298,240 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 6,310,277 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 6,369,765 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 6,368,649 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 6,372,329 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 6,436,274 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 6,460,152 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 6,395,631 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 6,342,367 thousands | 0.1 |
| July 2025 | 6,329,572 thousands | −0.4 |
| June 2025 | 6,325,211 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 6,365,049 thousands | −0.10 |
| April 2025 | 6,415,587 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 6,386,731 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 6,366,971 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2025 | 6,355,523 thousands | −0.06 |
| December 2024 | 6,370,391 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 6,390,493 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 6,387,550 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 6,409,106 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```