# Employment: Riley County, KS (U)

Employment: Riley County, KS (U) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 35,131 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.3% (Apr 2020) to 7.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-KS-20161.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-riley-county-ks-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 35,131 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 33,665 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 34,021 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 34,513 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 35,332 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 36,399 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 36,425 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 36,536 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 35,949 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 36,696 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 36,967 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 36,995 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 35,272 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 35,575 thousands | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 35,689 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 36,555 thousands | 4.6 |
| April 2025 | 37,314 thousands | 2.1 |
| March 2025 | 37,015 thousands | 2.0 |
| February 2025 | 36,909 thousands | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 35,704 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 36,580 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 37,210 thousands | 1.3 |
| October 2024 | 37,000 thousands | 1.4 |
| September 2024 | 37,077 thousands | 2.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-KS-20161.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-KS-20161.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```