# Employment: Salem County, NJ (U)

Employment: Salem County, NJ (U) was down 1.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 28,960 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since December 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.8% (May 2020) to 9.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34033.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-salem-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 28,960 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 28,964 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 29,014 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 28,917 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 28,867 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 28,882 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 28,459 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 28,207 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 28,162 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 28,340 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 28,542 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 28,308 thousands | −1.6 |
| August 2025 | 28,573 thousands | −1.1 |
| July 2025 | 28,633 thousands | −0.8 |
| June 2025 | 28,613 thousands | −0.05 |
| May 2025 | 28,606 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 29,004 thousands | −0.04 |
| March 2025 | 28,498 thousands | −0.1 |
| February 2025 | 28,371 thousands | −0.08 |
| January 2025 | 28,302 thousands | 0.2 |
| December 2024 | 28,476 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2024 | 28,620 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2024 | 28,877 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2024 | 28,761 thousands | 0.01 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34033.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34033.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```