# Employment: Odessa, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Odessa, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 85,735 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.9% (Jul 2020) to 12.3% (Apr 2018), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-36220.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-odessa-tx-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85,735 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 85,466 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 84,628 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 84,083 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 84,360 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 84,090 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 84,241 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 84,459 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 84,399 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 85,138 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 85,013 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 85,036 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 84,163 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 84,189 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2025 | 84,794 thousands | 1.8 |
| May 2025 | 84,972 thousands | 2.2 |
| April 2025 | 85,830 thousands | 2.7 |
| March 2025 | 85,119 thousands | 2.5 |
| February 2025 | 84,809 thousands | 2.5 |
| January 2025 | 84,288 thousands | 3.0 |
| December 2024 | 84,594 thousands | 3.3 |
| November 2024 | 84,360 thousands | 2.9 |
| October 2024 | 84,521 thousands | 3.9 |
| September 2024 | 84,259 thousands | 3.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-36220.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-36220.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```