# Employment: Montgomery County, MD (U)

Employment: Montgomery County, MD (U) was down 2.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 542,685 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.3% (May 2020) to 4.9% (Sep 2016), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MD-24031.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-md-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 542,685 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 539,186 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 538,398 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 537,367 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 531,023 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 534,466 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 532,991 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 528,696 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 524,962 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 531,019 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 532,553 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 540,316 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 543,618 thousands | −2.2 |
| July 2025 | 552,910 thousands | −1.7 |
| June 2025 | 547,630 thousands | −1.9 |
| May 2025 | 544,576 thousands | −1.7 |
| April 2025 | 550,362 thousands | −1.4 |
| March 2025 | 547,410 thousands | −1.4 |
| February 2025 | 543,891 thousands | −1.0 |
| January 2025 | 547,802 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2024 | 549,523 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 549,877 thousands | −0.3 |
| October 2024 | 553,609 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 552,726 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MD-24031.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MD-24031.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```