# Employment: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 163,168 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.4% (Apr 2020) to 12.8% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-43340.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-shreveport-bossier-city-la-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 163,168 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 164,624 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 165,174 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 164,661 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 164,967 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 166,267 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 163,999 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 164,236 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 163,652 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 166,033 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 166,843 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 163,270 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 163,369 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2025 | 165,327 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 165,333 thousands | 1.3 |
| May 2025 | 163,549 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 164,773 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 163,431 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 162,033 thousands | −0.07 |
| January 2025 | 160,925 thousands | −0.1 |
| December 2024 | 162,031 thousands | −0.3 |
| November 2024 | 162,050 thousands | −1.6 |
| October 2024 | 161,689 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2024 | 161,997 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-43340.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-43340.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```