# Employment: Watertown, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Watertown, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.04% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 16,245 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.4% (Apr 2020) to 7.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47980.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-watertown-sd-micropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 16,245 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 16,248 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 16,355 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 16,390 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,352 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 16,290 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 16,216 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 16,090 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 15,934 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 16,158 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 16,218 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 16,402 thousands | 0.04 |
| August 2025 | 16,335 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 16,519 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 16,500 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 16,244 thousands | 0.1 |
| April 2025 | 16,181 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 16,189 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 16,073 thousands | 0.06 |
| January 2025 | 16,080 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 16,160 thousands | 0.8 |
| November 2024 | 16,154 thousands | −0.01 |
| October 2024 | 16,274 thousands | 0.8 |
| September 2024 | 16,396 thousands | 0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47980.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47980.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```