# Employment: Orange County, CA (U)

Employment: Orange County, CA (U) was down 0.10% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,546,409 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.8% (May 2020) to 12.8% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06059.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-orange-county-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,546,409 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,529,784 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,535,774 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,533,171 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,543,162 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,546,518 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,554,312 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,555,268 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,540,768 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,564,077 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,566,597 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,570,375 thousands | −0.10 |
| August 2025 | 1,560,659 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 1,565,280 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,560,015 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 1,573,302 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 1,575,955 thousands | 1.0 |
| March 2025 | 1,583,287 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,576,468 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 1,566,176 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 1,575,810 thousands | 1.1 |
| November 2024 | 1,574,028 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 1,572,080 thousands | 0.9 |
| September 2024 | 1,571,905 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06059.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06059.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```