# Employment: O'Brien County, IA (U)

Employment: O'Brien County, IA (U) was up 2.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 7,692.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.3% (Dec 2016) to 5.4% (Jul 2021), averaging −0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IA-19141.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-o-brien-county-ia-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 7,692.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 7,595.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 7,763.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 7,831.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 7,780.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 7,774.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 7,701.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 7,574.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 7,525.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 7,688.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 7,656.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 7,692.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| August 2025 | 7,595.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| July 2025 | 7,817.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| June 2025 | 7,796.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| May 2025 | 7,684.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 7,774.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| March 2025 | 7,646.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 7,459.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2025 | 7,536.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| December 2024 | 7,544.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| November 2024 | 7,477.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 7,621.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 7,520.0 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19141.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19141.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```