# Labor Force: Traverse City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Traverse City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.10% in August 2025.
The level stood at 77,795 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since October 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.2% (Jun 2021) to 4.9% (May 2022), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-45900.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-traverse-city-mi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 77,795 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 80,847 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 82,003 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 79,361 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 78,857 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 77,436 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 78,969 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 79,144 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 79,702 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 79,970 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 81,598 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 83,429 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 86,319 thousands | −0.10 |
| July 2025 | 88,631 thousands | −0.00 |
| June 2025 | 86,444 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 84,220 thousands | 1.5 |
| April 2025 | 80,777 thousands | 1.4 |
| March 2025 | 79,798 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 79,687 thousands | 1.7 |
| January 2025 | 80,289 thousands | 2.6 |
| December 2024 | 80,038 thousands | 1.7 |
| November 2024 | 81,421 thousands | 1.7 |
| October 2024 | 82,133 thousands | 1.7 |
| September 2024 | 83,561 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-45900.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-45900.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```