# Employment: West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (U)

Employment: West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (U) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 13,658 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.6% (Apr 2020) to 17.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-LA-22121.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-west-baton-rouge-parish-la-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 13,658 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 13,727 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 13,675 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 13,692 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 13,745 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 13,975 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 13,836 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 13,781 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 13,553 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 13,787 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 13,776 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 13,421 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 13,303 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2025 | 13,316 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 13,381 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 13,411 thousands | −1.4 |
| April 2025 | 13,573 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 13,582 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 13,529 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2025 | 13,389 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 13,441 thousands | 0.1 |
| November 2024 | 13,536 thousands | −0.5 |
| October 2024 | 13,554 thousands | −0.1 |
| September 2024 | 13,529 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22121.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-LA-22121.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```