# Employment: Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 64,418 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.2% (May 2020) to 6.8% (May 2021), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-44420.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-staunton-stuarts-draft-va-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 64,418 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 63,917 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 63,937 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 64,256 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 64,672 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 64,349 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 63,939 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 63,450 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 63,368 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 63,275 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 63,446 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 63,483 thousands | −1.9 |
| August 2025 | 63,395 thousands | −1.2 |
| July 2025 | 63,785 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 64,379 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 64,287 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 65,202 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 65,414 thousands | 0.2 |
| February 2025 | 64,580 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 64,454 thousands | −0.05 |
| December 2024 | 64,592 thousands | 0.1 |
| November 2024 | 64,585 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 65,116 thousands | 0.10 |
| September 2024 | 64,737 thousands | −0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-44420.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-44420.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```