# Employment: Philadelphia County/city, PA (U)

Employment: Philadelphia County/city, PA (U) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 767,684 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.8% (Apr 2020) to 10.2% (Mar 2016), averaging 1.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-PA-42101.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-philadelphia-county-city-pa-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 767,684 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 762,828 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 762,370 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 762,968 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 762,938 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 764,100 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 758,839 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 748,717 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 749,683 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 752,546 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 755,743 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 746,635 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 740,302 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 742,550 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 742,897 thousands | −0.4 |
| May 2025 | 743,956 thousands | −0.9 |
| April 2025 | 749,311 thousands | −0.9 |
| March 2025 | 750,242 thousands | −1.3 |
| February 2025 | 745,919 thousands | −1.4 |
| January 2025 | 743,496 thousands | −0.8 |
| December 2024 | 744,447 thousands | −1.0 |
| November 2024 | 747,054 thousands | −1.6 |
| October 2024 | 748,941 thousands | −0.9 |
| September 2024 | 748,539 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA-42101.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA-42101.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```