# Employment: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 2.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 784,322 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.6% (Apr 2020) to 11.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.02%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-33340.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-milwaukee-waukesha-wi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 784,322 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 787,457 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 782,693 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 780,513 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 773,778 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 769,635 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 770,303 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 767,791 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 766,497 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 776,959 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 780,915 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 771,343 thousands | −2.4 |
| August 2025 | 778,293 thousands | −1.8 |
| July 2025 | 777,723 thousands | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 777,789 thousands | −1.0 |
| May 2025 | 771,554 thousands | −1.2 |
| April 2025 | 772,979 thousands | −1.0 |
| March 2025 | 773,087 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 773,167 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 776,158 thousands | −0.6 |
| December 2024 | 785,699 thousands | −0.5 |
| November 2024 | 790,540 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 791,634 thousands | −0.4 |
| September 2024 | 790,314 thousands | −0.00 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-33340.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-33340.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```