# All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA)

All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA) was down 0.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 78.30 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.0% (Apr 2020) to 55.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47260.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-virginia-beach-chesapeake

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 78.30 thousands | −0.6 |
| August 2026 | 81.10 thousands | −0.6 |
| July 2026 | 81.60 thousands | −0.6 |
| June 2026 | 81.70 thousands | 0.0 |
| May 2026 | 79.30 thousands | −2.1 |
| April 2026 | 76.90 thousands | −1.7 |
| March 2026 | 75.70 thousands | −0.9 |
| February 2026 | 74.30 thousands | −1.2 |
| January 2026 | 74.80 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2025 | 76.30 thousands | −0.1 |
| November 2025 | 77.30 thousands | 0.8 |
| October 2025 | 77.50 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2025 | 78.80 thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2025 | 81.60 thousands | 2.3 |
| July 2025 | 82.10 thousands | 1.6 |
| June 2025 | 81.70 thousands | 1.9 |
| May 2025 | 81.00 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 78.20 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 76.40 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 75.20 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 75.10 thousands | 0.4 |
| December 2024 | 76.40 thousands | −0.7 |
| November 2024 | 76.70 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 77.20 thousands | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70720000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```