# Employment: Owatonna, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Owatonna, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.02% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 16,922 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.6% (May 2020) to 8.7% (May 2021), averaging −1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-36940.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-owatonna-mn-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 16,922 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 16,753 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 16,759 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 16,902 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,911 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 17,046 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 16,685 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 16,746 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 16,744 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 17,215 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 17,410 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 17,629 thousands | −0.02 |
| August 2025 | 17,445 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 17,313 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 17,399 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 17,308 thousands | 0.1 |
| April 2025 | 17,431 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 17,102 thousands | 0.01 |
| February 2025 | 17,146 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 17,100 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 17,435 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 17,424 thousands | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 17,555 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2024 | 17,632 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-36940.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-36940.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```