# Employment: Ponce, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Ponce, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 3.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 3.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 83,238 thousands.
That is the highest reading since October 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.1% (Dec 2016) to 15.0% (Dec 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-38660.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-pr-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 83,238 thousands | 3.6 |
| August 2026 | 83,494 thousands | 3.0 |
| July 2026 | 82,731 thousands | 2.7 |
| June 2026 | 81,784 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 80,940 thousands | −1.4 |
| April 2026 | 81,795 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2026 | 82,299 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2026 | 81,774 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2026 | 81,845 thousands | −1.2 |
| December 2025 | 82,405 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2025 | 81,950 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2025 | 80,514 thousands | −0.7 |
| September 2025 | 80,337 thousands | −1.3 |
| August 2025 | 81,088 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 80,575 thousands | 0.7 |
| June 2025 | 82,024 thousands | 2.4 |
| May 2025 | 82,111 thousands | 1.9 |
| April 2025 | 82,050 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 82,476 thousands | 1.3 |
| February 2025 | 82,271 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 82,857 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 82,030 thousands | −0.05 |
| November 2024 | 83,051 thousands | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 81,106 thousands | −0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38660.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38660.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```