# Employment: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,030,543 thousands.
That is the highest reading since March 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.8% (May 2020) to 7.7% (May 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41940.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-jose-sunnyvale-santa-clara-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,030,543 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,023,769 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,020,349 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,011,938 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,018,800 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,019,328 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,025,904 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,024,412 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,014,400 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,031,950 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,029,429 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,034,510 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2025 | 1,029,040 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 1,030,728 thousands | 1.1 |
| June 2025 | 1,018,444 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 1,018,670 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 1,020,534 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 1,027,142 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 1,022,015 thousands | 0.7 |
| January 2025 | 1,016,144 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 1,017,682 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 1,015,304 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 1,015,928 thousands | −0.2 |
| September 2024 | 1,019,086 thousands | −0.09 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41940.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41940.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```