# Employment: New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 445,566 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.4% (Apr 2020) to 15.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.06%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-35380.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (430 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-new-orleans-metairie-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 445,566 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 447,536 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 445,675 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 446,723 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 449,313 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 455,912 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 446,945 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 448,402 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 441,668 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 452,002 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 455,945 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 445,013 thousands | 0.3 |
| August 2025 | 443,189 thousands | −0.7 |
| July 2025 | 445,906 thousands | −0.9 |
| June 2025 | 445,068 thousands | −0.1 |
| May 2025 | 446,061 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 451,039 thousands | 0.03 |
| March 2025 | 447,924 thousands | −0.06 |
| February 2025 | 449,245 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2025 | 443,697 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 447,586 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 449,236 thousands | −0.5 |
| October 2024 | 447,469 thousands | −0.09 |
| September 2024 | 443,858 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35380.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35380.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```