# Employment: Salinas, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Salinas, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 215,144 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.4% (May 2020) to 10.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41500.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-salinas-ca-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 215,144 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 215,198 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 215,319 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 214,185 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 212,440 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 207,044 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 193,427 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 191,753 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 186,328 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 191,963 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 205,626 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 216,884 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 220,065 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 218,991 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2025 | 216,592 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 214,649 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 207,094 thousands | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 190,189 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 188,938 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 186,505 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 188,348 thousands | 2.4 |
| November 2024 | 201,416 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 212,726 thousands | 0.5 |
| September 2024 | 215,954 thousands | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41500.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41500.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```