# Labor Force: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 10,339,740 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.0% (Apr 2020) to 7.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-35620.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-new-york-newark-jersey-city-ny-nj-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 10,339,740 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 10,409,389 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 10,426,413 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 10,381,253 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 10,368,852 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 10,350,096 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 10,401,735 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 10,397,847 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 10,347,522 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 10,380,072 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 10,417,460 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 10,348,282 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 10,395,533 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 10,427,716 thousands | −0.08 |
| June 2025 | 10,366,395 thousands | 0.03 |
| May 2025 | 10,253,987 thousands | 0.2 |
| April 2025 | 10,322,552 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 10,364,221 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 10,326,479 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 10,263,695 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 10,260,310 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 10,284,832 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2024 | 10,308,754 thousands | 1.0 |
| September 2024 | 10,260,739 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```