# Employment: Richmond city, VA (U)

Employment: Richmond city, VA (U) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.04% in August 2025.
The level stood at 122,753 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.1% (May 2020) to 9.8% (Mar 2016), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51760.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-richmond-city-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 122,753 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 123,953 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 125,454 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 124,090 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 124,352 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 124,568 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 124,349 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 123,815 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 124,355 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 124,747 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 124,579 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 125,759 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 126,005 thousands | 0.04 |
| July 2025 | 127,605 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 126,955 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 126,097 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 126,399 thousands | −0.06 |
| March 2025 | 125,904 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 125,255 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2025 | 125,734 thousands | 0.4 |
| December 2024 | 125,530 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 125,017 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 125,881 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 125,536 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51760.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51760.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```