# All Employees: Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers — NC (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers — NC (statewide) (NSA) was up 4.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 3.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 54.70 thousands.
That is the highest reading since September 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.6% (Nov 2023) to 14.4% (Sep 2020), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NC.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42444000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-building-material-and-garden-equipment-and-supplies-us-nc-payems-m-nsa-ind-42444000

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 54.70 thousands | 4.6 |
| August 2026 | 55.00 thousands | 3.6 |
| July 2026 | 56.00 thousands | 3.1 |
| June 2026 | 57.10 thousands | 3.1 |
| May 2026 | 57.00 thousands | 2.3 |
| April 2026 | 56.70 thousands | 2.3 |
| March 2026 | 54.20 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2026 | 51.80 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2026 | 51.50 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2025 | 52.40 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2025 | 52.60 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2025 | 53.00 thousands | 1.9 |
| September 2025 | 52.30 thousands | −0.4 |
| August 2025 | 53.10 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 54.30 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 55.40 thousands | 0.0 |
| May 2025 | 55.70 thousands | −0.2 |
| April 2025 | 55.40 thousands | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 54.00 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 51.70 thousands | −1.3 |
| January 2025 | 51.20 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2024 | 51.90 thousands | −1.3 |
| November 2024 | 52.00 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 52.00 thousands | −1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42444000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NC.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42444000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```