# Employment: Somerset County, NJ (U)

Employment: Somerset County, NJ (U) was down 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 188,474 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.9% (May 2020) to 14.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34035.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-somerset-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 188,474 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 189,173 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 189,483 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 189,583 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 188,082 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 187,221 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 185,782 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 183,893 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 184,561 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 187,108 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 187,432 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 184,380 thousands | −0.6 |
| August 2025 | 186,576 thousands | −0.6 |
| July 2025 | 187,728 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 188,119 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 185,585 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 186,143 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 184,562 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2025 | 183,644 thousands | −0.7 |
| January 2025 | 183,606 thousands | −0.3 |
| December 2024 | 185,891 thousands | −0.02 |
| November 2024 | 185,826 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 186,543 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2024 | 185,491 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34035.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34035.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```