# Employment: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 831,617 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.1% (Apr 2020) to 9.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47260.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-virginia-beach-chesapeake-norfolk-va-nc-metropolitan

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 831,617 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 833,022 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 839,705 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 834,020 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 835,045 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 836,779 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 835,888 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 833,174 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 837,124 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 835,909 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 835,828 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 845,361 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 843,846 thousands | −1.2 |
| July 2025 | 855,417 thousands | −1.2 |
| June 2025 | 850,523 thousands | −1.5 |
| May 2025 | 847,483 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2025 | 851,502 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 847,769 thousands | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 843,391 thousands | −1.1 |
| January 2025 | 845,901 thousands | −0.5 |
| December 2024 | 845,643 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2024 | 846,530 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 854,236 thousands | −0.5 |
| September 2024 | 854,073 thousands | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```