# Employment: Prairie County, MT (U)

Employment: Prairie County, MT (U) was down 6.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 549.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since August 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.8% (Jun 2017) to 43.5% (May 2023), averaging 4.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MT-30079.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-prairie-county-mt-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 549.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 554.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 562.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 535.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 627.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 643.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 638.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 632.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 718.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 708.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 697.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 692.0 thousands | −6.2 |
| August 2025 | 759.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2025 | 762.0 thousands | −2.6 |
| June 2025 | 742.0 thousands | −3.3 |
| May 2025 | 732.0 thousands | −2.7 |
| April 2025 | 740.0 thousands | −1.9 |
| March 2025 | 768.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 736.0 thousands | −2.3 |
| January 2025 | 757.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 744.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 751.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| October 2024 | 744.0 thousands | 5.5 |
| September 2024 | 738.0 thousands | 2.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MT-30079.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MT-30079.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```