# Employment: Wayne County, IL (U)

Employment: Wayne County, IL (U) was down 7.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −6.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 7,070.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since July 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.5% (Apr 2020) to 18.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17191.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-wayne-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 7,070.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 7,006.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 7,008.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 7,241.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 7,110.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 7,008.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 7,060.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 6,851.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 6,829.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 7,000.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 6,968.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 6,966.0 thousands | −7.7 |
| August 2025 | 6,911.0 thousands | −6.1 |
| July 2025 | 6,992.0 thousands | −5.9 |
| June 2025 | 7,296.0 thousands | −4.8 |
| May 2025 | 7,190.0 thousands | −4.7 |
| April 2025 | 7,314.0 thousands | −2.8 |
| March 2025 | 7,315.0 thousands | −1.5 |
| February 2025 | 7,189.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2025 | 7,264.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 7,374.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 7,332.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 7,455.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| September 2024 | 7,550.0 thousands | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17191.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17191.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```