# All Employees: Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services — IL (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services — IL (statewide) (NSA) was down 1.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 52.30 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.6% (Mar 2025) to 9.2% (May 2021), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60541200`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-accounting-tax-preparation-bookkeeping-and-payroll-us-il-payems-m-nsa-ind-60541200

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 52.30 thousands | −1.9 |
| August 2026 | 52.40 thousands | −1.1 |
| July 2026 | 53.90 thousands | 0.7 |
| June 2026 | 51.80 thousands | −2.3 |
| May 2026 | 51.40 thousands | −1.7 |
| April 2026 | 54.80 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2026 | 56.20 thousands | 3.7 |
| February 2026 | 56.20 thousands | 1.4 |
| January 2026 | 53.20 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2025 | 52.40 thousands | −1.9 |
| November 2025 | 52.70 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2025 | 52.50 thousands | −2.4 |
| September 2025 | 53.30 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 53.00 thousands | −4.5 |
| July 2025 | 53.50 thousands | −5.5 |
| June 2025 | 53.00 thousands | −5.2 |
| May 2025 | 52.30 thousands | −4.4 |
| April 2025 | 54.20 thousands | −5.2 |
| March 2025 | 54.20 thousands | −5.6 |
| February 2025 | 55.40 thousands | −4.6 |
| January 2025 | 53.40 thousands | −3.6 |
| December 2024 | 53.40 thousands | −4.3 |
| November 2024 | 53.40 thousands | −3.8 |
| October 2024 | 53.80 thousands | −2.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60541200"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60541200",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```