# Employment: Lubbock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Lubbock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 181,273 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.3% (Apr 2020) to 15.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31180.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-lubbock-tx-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 181,273 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 180,704 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 179,801 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 179,412 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 181,184 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 181,570 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 180,778 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 181,482 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 180,763 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 181,585 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 182,333 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 181,187 thousands | 1.6 |
| August 2025 | 180,032 thousands | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 179,678 thousands | 1.8 |
| June 2025 | 179,563 thousands | 1.8 |
| May 2025 | 180,399 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 182,630 thousands | 1.6 |
| March 2025 | 181,553 thousands | 1.8 |
| February 2025 | 181,650 thousands | 2.2 |
| January 2025 | 179,990 thousands | 2.6 |
| December 2024 | 179,917 thousands | 2.5 |
| November 2024 | 180,138 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2024 | 180,010 thousands | 2.2 |
| September 2024 | 178,399 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31180.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31180.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```