# Employment: Roanoke County, VA (U)

Employment: Roanoke County, VA (U) was down 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 47,735 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.5% (May 2020) to 8.6% (May 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA-51161.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-roanoke-county-va-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 47,735 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 47,598 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 47,732 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 47,390 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 47,653 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 47,754 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 47,804 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 47,659 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 47,815 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 48,172 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 47,923 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 47,989 thousands | −0.6 |
| August 2025 | 47,713 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 48,164 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 48,141 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 48,111 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 48,362 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 48,366 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2025 | 47,936 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 47,940 thousands | 0.07 |
| December 2024 | 48,272 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2024 | 48,049 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 48,273 thousands | −0.4 |
| September 2024 | 48,291 thousands | −0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51161.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-VA-51161.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```