# All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — VA (statewide) (SA)

All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — VA (statewide) (SA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.03% in August 2026.
The level stood at 349.5 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.5% (Apr 2020) to 53.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-VA.PAYEMS.M.SA.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-va-statewide-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 349.5 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 350.0 thousands | −0.03 |
| July 2026 | 350.7 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2026 | 348.1 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 348.3 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2026 | 347.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| March 2026 | 348.7 thousands | 0.0 |
| February 2026 | 348.9 thousands | 0.06 |
| January 2026 | 351.9 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2025 | 351.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2025 | 352.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| October 2025 | 350.3 thousands | 0.5 |
| September 2025 | 350.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 350.1 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2025 | 348.8 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 349.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 350.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 349.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| March 2025 | 348.7 thousands | −0.1 |
| February 2025 | 348.7 thousands | 0.09 |
| January 2025 | 348.3 thousands | −0.06 |
| December 2024 | 350.4 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 348.3 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 348.4 thousands | 0.1 |

## API

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

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