# Labor Force: Wake County, NC (U)

Labor Force: Wake County, NC (U) was up 1.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 698,382 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.2% (Apr 2020) to 8.8% (Mar 2022), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC-37183.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-wake-county-nc-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 698,382 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 693,584 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 695,488 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 692,314 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 692,469 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 693,420 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 695,403 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 694,799 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 691,308 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 693,630 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 695,365 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 695,116 thousands | 1.6 |
| August 2025 | 691,893 thousands | 1.3 |
| July 2025 | 705,206 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2025 | 691,780 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2025 | 689,923 thousands | 1.1 |
| April 2025 | 688,071 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 686,637 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 683,614 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 685,907 thousands | 1.5 |
| December 2024 | 679,350 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 682,248 thousands | 0.9 |
| October 2024 | 684,473 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2024 | 684,144 thousands | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37183.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC-37183.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```