# Employment: Union County, NJ (U)

Employment: Union County, NJ (U) was down 1.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 292,704 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.0% (May 2020) to 11.7% (May 2021), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34039.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-union-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 292,704 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 291,447 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 292,817 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 292,337 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 292,926 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 293,270 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 291,669 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 288,736 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 288,199 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 291,418 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 292,095 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 286,098 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 285,487 thousands | −1.3 |
| July 2025 | 287,578 thousands | −1.3 |
| June 2025 | 290,103 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2025 | 288,047 thousands | −0.9 |
| April 2025 | 291,684 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2025 | 291,061 thousands | −0.9 |
| February 2025 | 289,954 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2025 | 288,613 thousands | −0.08 |
| December 2024 | 291,173 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 291,327 thousands | −0.07 |
| October 2024 | 292,011 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2024 | 289,064 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34039.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34039.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```