# Employment: Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 124,311 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.6% (Jul 2020) to 7.2% (Feb 2020), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-49420.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-yakima-wa-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 124,311 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 122,850 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 123,138 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 122,602 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 117,899 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 115,829 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 114,007 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 111,499 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 109,565 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 111,631 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 114,330 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 123,990 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 120,595 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 122,807 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 123,165 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 115,911 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 115,123 thousands | −1.6 |
| March 2025 | 113,173 thousands | −2.1 |
| February 2025 | 110,957 thousands | −2.7 |
| January 2025 | 109,947 thousands | −2.4 |
| December 2024 | 111,585 thousands | −0.9 |
| November 2024 | 113,395 thousands | −2.1 |
| October 2024 | 121,878 thousands | 2.1 |
| September 2024 | 123,437 thousands | −1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-49420.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-49420.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```