# Employment: Penobscot County, ME (U)

Employment: Penobscot County, ME (U) was down 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 72,355 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.4% (May 2020) to 7.7% (May 2021), averaging −0.05%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-ME-23019.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-penobscot-county-me-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 72,355 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 71,544 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 72,039 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 72,857 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 72,712 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 73,521 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 72,903 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 73,082 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 72,372 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 74,113 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 74,034 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 73,768 thousands | −0.5 |
| August 2025 | 73,169 thousands | −0.6 |
| July 2025 | 72,925 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 73,116 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2025 | 73,009 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 74,105 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 73,645 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 73,386 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 72,821 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 73,930 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2024 | 73,848 thousands | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 74,231 thousands | 1.3 |
| September 2024 | 74,172 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-ME-23019.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-ME-23019.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```