# Employment: Shelby County, IA (U)

Employment: Shelby County, IA (U) was up 3.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 6,262.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since July 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.6% (Jul 2020) to 5.8% (Jul 2021), averaging −1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IA-19165.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-shelby-county-ia-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 6,262.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 6,253.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 6,302.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 6,400.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 6,356.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 6,359.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 6,291.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 6,096.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 6,075.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 6,196.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 6,168.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 6,203.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| August 2025 | 6,157.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| July 2025 | 6,285.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| June 2025 | 6,268.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 6,194.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 6,330.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| March 2025 | 6,221.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| February 2025 | 5,991.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 6,084.0 thousands | 3.7 |
| December 2024 | 6,032.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 5,922.0 thousands | −0.1 |
| October 2024 | 6,070.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 5,971.0 thousands | 0.07 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19165.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA-19165.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```