# Employment: Perry County, IL (U)

Employment: Perry County, IL (U) was down 6.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −5.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 7,412.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since July 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.5% (Apr 2020) to 16.9% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17145.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-perry-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 7,412.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 7,357.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 7,446.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 7,383.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 7,272.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 7,344.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 7,441.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 7,376.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 7,247.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 7,287.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 7,339.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 7,402.0 thousands | −6.8 |
| August 2025 | 7,440.0 thousands | −5.1 |
| July 2025 | 7,617.0 thousands | −4.2 |
| June 2025 | 7,704.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| May 2025 | 7,590.0 thousands | −2.7 |
| April 2025 | 7,824.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 7,777.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2025 | 7,765.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 7,739.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 7,876.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| November 2024 | 7,848.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| October 2024 | 7,929.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| September 2024 | 7,941.0 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17145.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17145.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```