# Employment: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.04% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.08% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,578,503 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.1% (May 2020) to 13.3% (May 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41740.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-san-diego-chula-vista-carlsbad-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,578,503 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,559,855 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,559,412 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,566,817 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,580,136 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,585,841 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,592,228 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,592,307 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,574,350 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,594,851 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,595,957 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,593,172 thousands | −0.04 |
| August 2025 | 1,584,492 thousands | −0.08 |
| July 2025 | 1,590,389 thousands | −0.1 |
| June 2025 | 1,584,858 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 1,593,972 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 1,598,920 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 1,607,280 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 1,601,301 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 1,592,413 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 1,597,280 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 1,596,074 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2024 | 1,590,522 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2024 | 1,593,762 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41740.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41740.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```