# Employment: Middlesex County, MA (U)

Employment: Middlesex County, MA (U) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 897,090 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.6% (Apr 2020) to 20.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MA-25017.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-middlesex-county-ma-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 897,090 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 900,402 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 899,228 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 902,870 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 891,510 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 895,180 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 894,343 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 890,613 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 894,139 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 901,316 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 903,139 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 902,704 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 913,291 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 914,359 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 916,709 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 909,567 thousands | −0.02 |
| April 2025 | 918,280 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2025 | 916,594 thousands | 0.05 |
| February 2025 | 913,010 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 918,672 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 919,719 thousands | 1.6 |
| November 2024 | 918,496 thousands | 1.0 |
| October 2024 | 915,987 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 909,945 thousands | 1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA-25017.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA-25017.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```