# Employment: Mason City, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Mason City, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 25,644 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since June 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.3% (Apr 2020) to 4.4% (Jan 2025), averaging 0.05%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-32380.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-mason-city-ia-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 25,644 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 25,729 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 26,101 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 26,137 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 25,922 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 25,953 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 25,877 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 25,777 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 25,726 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 26,318 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 26,323 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 26,130 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 26,155 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2025 | 26,428 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 26,525 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 26,282 thousands | 2.3 |
| April 2025 | 26,434 thousands | 2.7 |
| March 2025 | 26,224 thousands | 2.5 |
| February 2025 | 26,182 thousands | 3.1 |
| January 2025 | 26,250 thousands | 4.4 |
| December 2024 | 26,099 thousands | 3.4 |
| November 2024 | 26,067 thousands | 2.6 |
| October 2024 | 25,993 thousands | 2.0 |
| September 2024 | 26,000 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-32380.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-32380.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```