# Unemployment: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 3.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 3.6% in August 2025.
The level stood at 26,263 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −64.1% (Apr 2021) to 346.8% (Apr 2020), averaging 3.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-33340.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-milwaukee-waukesha-wi-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 26,263 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 31,405 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 31,311 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 30,953 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 25,813 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 29,454 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 33,572 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 35,468 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 31,104 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 25,301 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 25,972 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 24,333 thousands | 3.5 |
| August 2025 | 29,138 thousands | 3.6 |
| July 2025 | 30,208 thousands | −0.01 |
| June 2025 | 30,546 thousands | 0.1 |
| May 2025 | 26,832 thousands | 6.0 |
| April 2025 | 27,546 thousands | 8.1 |
| March 2025 | 30,953 thousands | 6.8 |
| February 2025 | 31,334 thousands | 10.1 |
| January 2025 | 28,546 thousands | 19.2 |
| December 2024 | 24,138 thousands | 12.9 |
| November 2024 | 24,848 thousands | 13.0 |
| October 2024 | 23,515 thousands | 3.4 |
| September 2024 | 23,511 thousands | −2.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-33340.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-33340.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```