# Labor Force: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 6,646,903 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.5% (May 2020) to 5.4% (May 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31080.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-los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 6,646,903 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 6,589,304 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 6,535,441 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 6,550,077 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 6,615,416 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 6,627,915 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 6,687,735 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 6,716,646 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 6,717,630 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 6,757,181 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 6,814,390 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 6,768,502 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 6,732,253 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 6,720,738 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 6,686,528 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 6,696,989 thousands | 0.02 |
| April 2025 | 6,742,760 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 6,731,642 thousands | −0.3 |
| February 2025 | 6,725,069 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2025 | 6,719,461 thousands | 0.2 |
| December 2024 | 6,710,228 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 6,753,577 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 6,754,705 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 6,778,936 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31080.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```