# Labor Force: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 1.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 87,782 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.2% (May 2020) to 6.8% (Jun 2022), averaging 0.05%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13980.LF.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/labor-force-blacksburg-christiansburg-radford-va-metropolitan

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 87,782 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 85,060 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 84,822 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 84,655 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 88,096 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 90,285 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 90,952 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 90,697 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 86,381 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 90,495 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 91,598 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 91,923 thousands | −1.4 |
| August 2025 | 88,074 thousands | −1.5 |
| July 2025 | 88,497 thousands | −1.8 |
| June 2025 | 86,785 thousands | −3.4 |
| May 2025 | 90,216 thousands | −1.0 |
| April 2025 | 93,663 thousands | −1.0 |
| March 2025 | 93,055 thousands | −2.3 |
| February 2025 | 93,361 thousands | −1.8 |
| January 2025 | 88,929 thousands | −1.5 |
| December 2024 | 92,682 thousands | −1.2 |
| November 2024 | 91,890 thousands | −4.2 |
| October 2024 | 93,661 thousands | −2.3 |
| September 2024 | 93,224 thousands | −3.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```