# All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with −2.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 87.00 thousands.
That is the highest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.3% (May 2020) to 58.0% (May 2021), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-29484.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-lakewood-new-brunswick-nj

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 87.00 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2026 | 92.20 thousands | −2.2 |
| July 2026 | 93.10 thousands | −1.9 |
| June 2026 | 91.40 thousands | −1.8 |
| May 2026 | 85.60 thousands | −2.9 |
| April 2026 | 80.90 thousands | −1.2 |
| March 2026 | 79.80 thousands | −0.3 |
| February 2026 | 77.90 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2026 | 77.70 thousands | −2.1 |
| December 2025 | 81.60 thousands | −2.3 |
| November 2025 | 81.50 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2025 | 82.80 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2025 | 86.30 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 94.30 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 94.90 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 93.10 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 88.20 thousands | 2.1 |
| April 2025 | 81.90 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 80.00 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2025 | 78.40 thousands | −0.1 |
| January 2025 | 79.40 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 83.50 thousands | 1.7 |
| November 2024 | 82.60 thousands | 1.3 |
| October 2024 | 83.60 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29484.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29484.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```