# All Employees: Federal Government excluding Department of Defense — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Federal Government excluding Department of Defense — CA (statewide) (NSA) was down 3.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −3.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 178.1 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.5% (Aug 2021) to 22.5% (Aug 2020), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-90912991`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-federal-government-excluding-department-of-defense-ca

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 178.1 thousands | −3.3 |
| August 2026 | 177.8 thousands | −3.2 |
| July 2026 | 178.5 thousands | −3.8 |
| June 2026 | 178.2 thousands | −6.4 |
| May 2026 | 177.5 thousands | −6.4 |
| April 2026 | 176.6 thousands | −7.6 |
| March 2026 | 177.1 thousands | −7.0 |
| February 2026 | 176.8 thousands | −7.4 |
| January 2026 | 175.7 thousands | −8.4 |
| December 2025 | 178.3 thousands | −8.0 |
| November 2025 | 178.2 thousands | −7.8 |
| October 2025 | 178.4 thousands | −8.0 |
| September 2025 | 184.1 thousands | −4.9 |
| August 2025 | 183.7 thousands | −5.3 |
| July 2025 | 185.5 thousands | −4.6 |
| June 2025 | 190.4 thousands | −1.6 |
| May 2025 | 189.7 thousands | −1.8 |
| April 2025 | 191.1 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2025 | 190.5 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2025 | 190.9 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 191.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 193.7 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 193.2 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2024 | 194.0 thousands | 0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-90912991"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-90912991",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```