# Employment: Saline County, IL (U)

Employment: Saline County, IL (U) was down 3.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 9,956.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since December 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.7% (Apr 2020) to 14.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17165.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-saline-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 9,956.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 9,815.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 9,763.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 9,751.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 9,812.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 9,816.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 9,872.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 9,843.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 9,700.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 9,729.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 9,764.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 9,819.0 thousands | −3.7 |
| August 2025 | 9,835.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| July 2025 | 9,842.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| June 2025 | 9,924.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 10,086 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 10,186 thousands | 1.9 |
| March 2025 | 9,997.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 10,046 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 10,015 thousands | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 10,128 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2024 | 10,068 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2024 | 10,097 thousands | −0.2 |
| September 2024 | 10,199 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17165.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17165.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```