# Employment: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 9,879,009 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.2% (May 2020) to 15.9% (May 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-35620.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-new-york-newark-jersey-city-ny-nj-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 9,879,009 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 9,917,407 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 9,975,164 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 9,911,843 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 9,925,279 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 9,918,507 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 9,932,022 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 9,846,600 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 9,850,252 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 9,911,385 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 9,924,717 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 9,801,474 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 9,831,584 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 9,866,667 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 9,873,246 thousands | −0.1 |
| May 2025 | 9,806,155 thousands | 0.01 |
| April 2025 | 9,884,095 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2025 | 9,894,760 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 9,846,107 thousands | 0.7 |
| January 2025 | 9,793,991 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 9,834,658 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 9,840,819 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2024 | 9,861,943 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 9,826,056 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```