# Employment: Orange County, NC (U)

Employment: Orange County, NC (U) was down 1.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 75,994 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.7% (Apr 2020) to 16.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC-37135.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-nc-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 75,994 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 74,673 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 74,892 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 74,979 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 74,953 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 75,267 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 75,597 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 75,484 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 74,741 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 75,861 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 76,079 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 76,331 thousands | −1.2 |
| August 2025 | 75,498 thousands | −1.0 |
| July 2025 | 77,054 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 76,334 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 76,132 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 76,644 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 76,249 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 76,065 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 76,194 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 75,843 thousands | −0.9 |
| November 2024 | 76,365 thousands | −0.6 |
| October 2024 | 77,146 thousands | 0.1 |
| September 2024 | 77,263 thousands | −0.09 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37135.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37135.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```