# All Employees: Couriers and Messengers — IL (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Couriers and Messengers — IL (statewide) (NSA) was down 5.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −3.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 44.40 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.7% (Feb 2026) to 21.8% (Nov 2020), averaging 4.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43492000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-couriers-and-messengers-il-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 44.40 thousands | −5.3 |
| August 2026 | 44.60 thousands | −3.7 |
| July 2026 | 44.70 thousands | −4.3 |
| June 2026 | 44.20 thousands | −4.5 |
| May 2026 | 44.60 thousands | −2.2 |
| April 2026 | 43.90 thousands | −2.4 |
| March 2026 | 44.30 thousands | −9.6 |
| February 2026 | 44.60 thousands | −11.7 |
| January 2026 | 49.60 thousands | −2.2 |
| December 2025 | 55.40 thousands | −6.6 |
| November 2025 | 53.20 thousands | −1.7 |
| October 2025 | 48.50 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2025 | 46.90 thousands | −1.1 |
| August 2025 | 46.30 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 46.70 thousands | 2.0 |
| June 2025 | 46.30 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 45.60 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2025 | 45.00 thousands | −1.5 |
| March 2025 | 49.00 thousands | 4.7 |
| February 2025 | 50.50 thousands | 6.1 |
| January 2025 | 50.70 thousands | 3.7 |
| December 2024 | 59.30 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 54.10 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 49.00 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43492000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43492000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```