# Labor Force: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,385,215 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.9% (Apr 2020) to 5.4% (Mar 2016), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-38900.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-portland-vancouver-hillsboro-or-wa-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,385,215 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,388,542 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,373,045 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,369,478 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,368,115 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,363,573 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,368,348 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,368,950 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,368,848 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,383,421 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,391,329 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,388,805 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 1,393,613 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 1,388,086 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2025 | 1,380,799 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 1,381,076 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 1,383,144 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 1,385,640 thousands | 0.03 |
| February 2025 | 1,386,723 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 1,388,153 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 1,382,469 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 1,382,106 thousands | −0.4 |
| October 2024 | 1,382,640 thousands | 0.1 |
| September 2024 | 1,381,416 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38900.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38900.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```