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

Employment: Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.02% in August 2025.
The level stood at 505,817 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.5% (Apr 2020) to 13.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-40380.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-ny-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 505,817 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 502,292 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 501,711 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 499,444 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 499,507 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 498,268 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 498,895 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 495,648 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 498,099 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 502,320 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 506,268 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 503,700 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 497,102 thousands | −0.02 |
| July 2025 | 502,126 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 504,995 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 500,377 thousands | 0.08 |
| April 2025 | 499,339 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 495,029 thousands | −0.06 |
| February 2025 | 491,126 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 492,121 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2024 | 491,896 thousands | −0.4 |
| November 2024 | 496,016 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 497,724 thousands | −0.9 |
| September 2024 | 501,822 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40380.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-40380.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```