# All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — IL (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — IL (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 515.2 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.7% (Apr 2020) to 43.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-accommodation-and-food-services-il-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 515.2 thousands | 1.1 |
| August 2026 | 522.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2026 | 521.3 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2026 | 521.4 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2026 | 513.2 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2026 | 504.7 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2026 | 493.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2026 | 486.1 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2026 | 487.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| December 2025 | 504.5 thousands | −0.08 |
| November 2025 | 503.5 thousands | −0.1 |
| October 2025 | 509.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| September 2025 | 509.7 thousands | −0.1 |
| August 2025 | 520.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 517.2 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 518.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 515.3 thousands | 0.08 |
| April 2025 | 502.9 thousands | 0.10 |
| March 2025 | 492.3 thousands | −0.4 |
| February 2025 | 487.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 489.6 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 504.9 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 504.2 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 505.9 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```