# Employment: Shelby County, IL (U)

Employment: Shelby County, IL (U) was down 2.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 10,148 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since November 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.0% (Apr 2020) to 15.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17173.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-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 10,148 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 10,266 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 10,264 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 10,346 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 10,104 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 9,962.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 9,897.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 9,753.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 9,709.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 9,735.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 9,820.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 9,924.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| August 2025 | 10,047 thousands | −1.5 |
| July 2025 | 10,141 thousands | −1.3 |
| June 2025 | 10,335 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 10,113 thousands | −0.6 |
| April 2025 | 10,191 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 9,986.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 9,948.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| January 2025 | 9,997.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 10,003 thousands | 1.4 |
| November 2024 | 10,079 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2024 | 10,120 thousands | −0.08 |
| September 2024 | 10,175 thousands | −0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17173.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17173.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```