# Employment: San Mateo County, CA (U)

Employment: San Mateo County, CA (U) was down 0.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 394,740 thousands.
That is the highest reading since April 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.1% (May 2020) to 10.6% (Dec 2021), averaging −0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06081.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-mateo-county-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 394,740 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 391,727 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 393,129 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 391,379 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 391,870 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 393,928 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 396,437 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 397,100 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 392,334 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 398,921 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 398,487 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 400,385 thousands | −0.4 |
| August 2025 | 396,719 thousands | −0.6 |
| July 2025 | 399,163 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 395,464 thousands | −0.9 |
| May 2025 | 395,745 thousands | −1.2 |
| April 2025 | 396,201 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 401,432 thousands | −1.1 |
| February 2025 | 399,584 thousands | −1.1 |
| January 2025 | 397,435 thousands | −1.1 |
| December 2024 | 398,141 thousands | −1.6 |
| November 2024 | 397,159 thousands | −2.4 |
| October 2024 | 397,653 thousands | −2.1 |
| September 2024 | 401,926 thousands | −1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06081.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06081.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```