# Employment: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,328,907 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.5% (Apr 2020) to 12.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-38900.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-portland-vancouver-hillsboro-or-wa-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,328,907 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,321,020 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,305,698 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,301,488 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,303,933 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,298,635 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,297,569 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,294,708 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,293,189 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,315,372 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,323,363 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,319,128 thousands | −0.6 |
| August 2025 | 1,319,767 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2025 | 1,315,801 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 1,314,954 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 1,317,506 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2025 | 1,322,892 thousands | −0.5 |
| March 2025 | 1,317,227 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,317,330 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2025 | 1,318,091 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 1,322,759 thousands | −0.1 |
| November 2024 | 1,325,443 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 1,327,877 thousands | −0.3 |
| September 2024 | 1,327,384 thousands | 0.04 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38900.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38900.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```