# Employment: Madison County, IL (U)

Employment: Madison County, IL (U) was down 2.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 128,462 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.9% (Apr 2020) to 20.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17119.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-madison-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 128,462 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 126,779 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 129,506 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 128,147 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 125,460 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 125,770 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 126,226 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 124,962 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 124,681 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 123,914 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 124,891 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 126,352 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 126,171 thousands | −1.9 |
| July 2025 | 128,491 thousands | −1.8 |
| June 2025 | 128,667 thousands | −1.2 |
| May 2025 | 127,502 thousands | −1.4 |
| April 2025 | 129,329 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2025 | 127,580 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 126,731 thousands | −0.9 |
| January 2025 | 126,386 thousands | −0.7 |
| December 2024 | 129,152 thousands | 0.09 |
| November 2024 | 128,763 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2024 | 129,639 thousands | −0.08 |
| September 2024 | 129,133 thousands | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17119.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17119.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```