# All Employees: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers — NJ (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers — NJ (statewide) (NSA) was down 5.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with −4.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 39.80 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −69.3% (May 2020) to 175.9% (May 2021), averaging 0.10%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42458000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-clothing-clothing-accessories-shoe-and-jewelry-retailers-us-nj-payems-m-nsa-ind-42458000

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 39.80 thousands | −5.7 |
| August 2026 | 41.70 thousands | −4.8 |
| July 2026 | 41.50 thousands | −3.0 |
| June 2026 | 41.00 thousands | −3.1 |
| May 2026 | 39.70 thousands | −3.4 |
| April 2026 | 39.10 thousands | −3.2 |
| March 2026 | 39.60 thousands | −2.9 |
| February 2026 | 39.50 thousands | −2.5 |
| January 2026 | 41.90 thousands | −1.9 |
| December 2025 | 45.50 thousands | −3.0 |
| November 2025 | 43.80 thousands | −3.7 |
| October 2025 | 41.70 thousands | −3.5 |
| September 2025 | 42.20 thousands | −2.3 |
| August 2025 | 43.80 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2025 | 42.80 thousands | −1.2 |
| June 2025 | 42.30 thousands | −1.9 |
| May 2025 | 41.10 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 40.40 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2025 | 40.80 thousands | 0.0 |
| February 2025 | 40.50 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 42.70 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2024 | 46.90 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 45.50 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2024 | 43.20 thousands | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42458000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42458000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```