# Unemployment: Monmouth County, NJ (U)

Unemployment: Monmouth County, NJ (U) was up 35.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with 12.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 12,298 thousands.
That is the highest reading since September 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −58.0% (May 2021) to 431.4% (Apr 2020), averaging 11.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34025.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-monmouth-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 12,298 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 14,130 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 14,061 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 13,489 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 12,703 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 12,215 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 14,378 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 16,253 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 14,734 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 13,594 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 14,259 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 17,085 thousands | 35.3 |
| August 2025 | 17,297 thousands | 12.9 |
| July 2025 | 17,894 thousands | 8.3 |
| June 2025 | 16,194 thousands | 9.0 |
| May 2025 | 14,840 thousands | 11.8 |
| April 2025 | 14,434 thousands | 15.9 |
| March 2025 | 15,902 thousands | 10.7 |
| February 2025 | 16,391 thousands | 8.2 |
| January 2025 | 15,527 thousands | 6.0 |
| December 2024 | 13,273 thousands | 3.2 |
| November 2024 | 13,477 thousands | 5.6 |
| October 2024 | 13,065 thousands | −1.8 |
| September 2024 | 12,625 thousands | −5.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34025.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34025.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```