# Employment: Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 221,647 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.1% (Apr 2020) to 24.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-48900.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-wilmington-nc-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 221,647 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 218,984 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 218,428 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 219,206 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 220,270 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 221,379 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 220,947 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 218,832 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 216,481 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 219,926 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 221,085 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 222,056 thousands | 1.1 |
| August 2025 | 220,638 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 223,308 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 220,460 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 219,772 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2025 | 219,647 thousands | 1.0 |
| March 2025 | 216,650 thousands | 0.6 |
| February 2025 | 213,227 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 213,455 thousands | 1.2 |
| December 2024 | 214,397 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 215,475 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 218,234 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2024 | 219,552 thousands | 1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-48900.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-48900.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```