# Unemployment: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 19.5% year on year in September 2025, compared with 10.2% in August 2025.
The level stood at 74,160 thousands.
That is the highest reading since July 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −65.6% (May 2021) to 322.0% (May 2020), averaging 6.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-45300.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-tampa-st-petersburg-clearwater-fl-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 74,160 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 79,162 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 80,392 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 79,573 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 77,076 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 79,016 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 76,452 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 82,987 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 85,507 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 76,763 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 83,934 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 72,235 thousands | 19.5 |
| August 2025 | 72,537 thousands | 10.2 |
| July 2025 | 70,167 thousands | 7.9 |
| June 2025 | 67,308 thousands | 9.2 |
| May 2025 | 60,249 thousands | 14.2 |
| April 2025 | 57,350 thousands | 15.4 |
| March 2025 | 58,862 thousands | 12.1 |
| February 2025 | 60,108 thousands | 11.2 |
| January 2025 | 62,358 thousands | 11.4 |
| December 2024 | 56,203 thousands | 11.2 |
| November 2024 | 63,204 thousands | 17.7 |
| October 2024 | 62,882 thousands | 13.3 |
| September 2024 | 60,452 thousands | 8.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-45300.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-45300.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```