# Employment: Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 216,149 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.6% (Apr 2020) to 11.1% (May 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-42200.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-santa-maria-santa-barbara-ca-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 216,149 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 213,169 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 212,856 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 215,669 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 216,284 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 214,644 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 210,443 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 209,646 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 206,731 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 212,699 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 218,165 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 215,933 thousands | 0.1 |
| August 2025 | 213,461 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 214,844 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 217,244 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 217,410 thousands | 0.3 |
| April 2025 | 214,279 thousands | 0.2 |
| March 2025 | 210,538 thousands | 0.2 |
| February 2025 | 206,799 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 204,080 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 207,102 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 211,828 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 216,317 thousands | 0.8 |
| September 2024 | 215,660 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-42200.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-42200.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```