# Employment: Montgomery County, IL (U)

Employment: Montgomery County, IL (U) was down 3.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 11,387 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.6% (Apr 2020) to 18.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17135.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-montgomery-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 11,387 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 11,494 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 11,519 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 11,608 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 11,262 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 11,165 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 11,139 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 10,982 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 10,925 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 10,911 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 11,028 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 11,207 thousands | −3.3 |
| August 2025 | 11,380 thousands | −2.1 |
| July 2025 | 11,403 thousands | −2.9 |
| June 2025 | 11,575 thousands | −2.6 |
| May 2025 | 11,300 thousands | −2.7 |
| April 2025 | 11,382 thousands | −1.3 |
| March 2025 | 11,163 thousands | −2.6 |
| February 2025 | 11,095 thousands | −2.3 |
| January 2025 | 11,164 thousands | −1.8 |
| December 2024 | 11,307 thousands | −0.5 |
| November 2024 | 11,388 thousands | −2.1 |
| October 2024 | 11,435 thousands | −1.4 |
| September 2024 | 11,591 thousands | −1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17135.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17135.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```