# All Employees: Food and Beverage Retailers — Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (NSA)

All Employees: Food and Beverage Retailers — Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (NSA) was up 1.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 77.70 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.3% (Apr 2018) to 6.2% (Aug 2020), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26420.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-houston-pasadena-the

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 77.70 thousands | 1.6 |
| August 2026 | 77.80 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2026 | 77.80 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2026 | 78.10 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2026 | 78.00 thousands | 0.5 |
| April 2026 | 77.90 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2026 | 77.70 thousands | 1.6 |
| February 2026 | 78.00 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2026 | 78.00 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2025 | 78.80 thousands | −1.6 |
| November 2025 | 77.60 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2025 | 77.10 thousands | −0.8 |
| September 2025 | 76.50 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 77.00 thousands | −1.0 |
| July 2025 | 76.90 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2025 | 77.40 thousands | −0.4 |
| May 2025 | 77.60 thousands | 0.0 |
| April 2025 | 77.40 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 76.50 thousands | −1.3 |
| February 2025 | 77.40 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 77.50 thousands | 0.1 |
| December 2024 | 80.10 thousands | 3.2 |
| November 2024 | 78.30 thousands | 2.0 |
| October 2024 | 77.70 thousands | 2.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26420.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26420.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```