# Employment: Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 122,302 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.7% (May 2020) to 6.7% (May 2021), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-40340.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-rochester-mn-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 122,302 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 123,503 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 124,275 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 123,242 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 122,529 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 122,590 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 121,231 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 121,590 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 122,238 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 124,060 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 124,130 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 126,833 thousands | 1.3 |
| August 2025 | 127,761 thousands | 1.3 |
| July 2025 | 127,588 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 126,337 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 124,818 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 125,161 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 123,805 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 123,081 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 123,301 thousands | 1.2 |
| December 2024 | 124,694 thousands | 2.1 |
| November 2024 | 124,379 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2024 | 124,744 thousands | 1.8 |
| September 2024 | 125,170 thousands | 1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40340.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40340.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```