# Employment: Petersburg city, VA (U)

Employment: Petersburg city, VA (U) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.08% in August 2025.
The level stood at 14,120 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.6% (May 2020) to 13.4% (Mar 2016), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51730.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-petersburg-city-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 14,120 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 14,240 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 14,380 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 14,228 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 14,231 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 14,274 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 14,282 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 14,233 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 14,307 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 14,351 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 14,317 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 14,448 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 14,452 thousands | 0.08 |
| July 2025 | 14,637 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2025 | 14,560 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 14,443 thousands | −0.2 |
| April 2025 | 14,478 thousands | −0.03 |
| March 2025 | 14,439 thousands | −0.3 |
| February 2025 | 14,387 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2025 | 14,443 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 14,426 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 14,382 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 14,479 thousands | 1.5 |
| September 2024 | 14,416 thousands | 0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51730.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51730.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```