# Labor Force: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,656,661 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.5% (May 2020) to 3.9% (Jan 2022), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41740.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-san-diego-chula-vista-carlsbad-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,656,661 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,640,372 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,636,150 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,640,003 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,644,090 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,653,945 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,663,636 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,668,039 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,651,513 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,668,692 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,676,033 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,675,414 thousands | 0.6 |
| August 2025 | 1,669,336 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 1,674,410 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,663,557 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 1,662,114 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 1,668,226 thousands | 1.0 |
| March 2025 | 1,680,244 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,675,958 thousands | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 1,668,126 thousands | 1.2 |
| December 2024 | 1,666,138 thousands | 1.1 |
| November 2024 | 1,669,894 thousands | 0.7 |
| October 2024 | 1,663,987 thousands | 0.9 |
| September 2024 | 1,665,367 thousands | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41740.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41740.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```