# Employment: Ponce Municipio, PR (U)

Employment: Ponce Municipio, PR (U) was up 3.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 38,896 thousands.
That is the highest reading since October 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.3% (Dec 2016) to 15.2% (Dec 2021), averaging 0.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-PR-72113.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (439 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-ponce-municipio-pr-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 38,896 thousands | 3.7 |
| August 2026 | 38,989 thousands | 2.7 |
| July 2026 | 38,704 thousands | 2.6 |
| June 2026 | 38,168 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 37,782 thousands | −1.6 |
| April 2026 | 38,026 thousands | −0.5 |
| March 2026 | 38,220 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2026 | 38,111 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2026 | 38,192 thousands | −1.1 |
| December 2025 | 38,537 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2025 | 38,332 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2025 | 37,717 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2025 | 37,526 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 37,969 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 37,710 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 38,283 thousands | 2.4 |
| May 2025 | 38,391 thousands | 2.0 |
| April 2025 | 38,207 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2025 | 38,500 thousands | 1.2 |
| February 2025 | 38,418 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 38,627 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 38,275 thousands | −0.05 |
| November 2024 | 38,763 thousands | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 37,927 thousands | −0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PR-72113.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PR-72113.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```