# All Employees: Food and Beverage Retailers — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Food and Beverage Retailers — CA (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 381.2 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.4% (Jan 2022) to 4.1% (Jan 2023), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-food-and-beverage-retailers-ca-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 381.2 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 380.8 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2026 | 381.8 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2026 | 383.9 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2026 | 384.5 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2026 | 384.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2026 | 385.9 thousands | 1.5 |
| February 2026 | 386.5 thousands | 1.2 |
| January 2026 | 385.8 thousands | 1.5 |
| December 2025 | 390.2 thousands | 1.4 |
| November 2025 | 392.1 thousands | 1.8 |
| October 2025 | 388.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| September 2025 | 381.9 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 382.5 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 382.4 thousands | 0.9 |
| June 2025 | 382.9 thousands | 1.2 |
| May 2025 | 382.1 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 381.8 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 380.1 thousands | 1.4 |
| February 2025 | 382.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| January 2025 | 380.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 385.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 385.3 thousands | 0.8 |
| October 2024 | 382.0 thousands | 0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```