# Labor Force: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 0.06% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 85,733 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.8% (Nov 2020) to 3.1% (Jul 2021), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47940.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-waterloo-cedar-falls-ia-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85,733 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 85,192 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 85,731 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 86,044 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 86,462 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 86,525 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 86,984 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 87,255 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 86,394 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 88,642 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 89,691 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 89,179 thousands | 0.06 |
| August 2025 | 87,874 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 88,741 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 88,561 thousands | 1.8 |
| May 2025 | 89,140 thousands | 1.8 |
| April 2025 | 88,577 thousands | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 88,892 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 88,974 thousands | 0.6 |
| January 2025 | 88,813 thousands | 2.5 |
| December 2024 | 86,902 thousands | −0.7 |
| November 2024 | 87,712 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 88,159 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2024 | 89,124 thousands | 0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47940.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47940.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```