# All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — CA (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,468.8 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.5% (Apr 2020) to 52.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722000`
- 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-services-and-drinking-places-ca-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,468.8 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2026 | 1,485.4 thousands | 1.5 |
| July 2026 | 1,484.6 thousands | 1.9 |
| June 2026 | 1,486.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| May 2026 | 1,486.1 thousands | 1.6 |
| April 2026 | 1,475.9 thousands | 2.0 |
| March 2026 | 1,455.5 thousands | 2.0 |
| February 2026 | 1,453.7 thousands | 2.6 |
| January 2026 | 1,446.3 thousands | 2.7 |
| December 2025 | 1,453.7 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2025 | 1,455.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2025 | 1,457.4 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2025 | 1,446.4 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 1,463.2 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 1,456.6 thousands | −0.1 |
| June 2025 | 1,463.5 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 1,462.4 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 1,446.9 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 1,427.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,417.5 thousands | −1.3 |
| January 2025 | 1,407.8 thousands | −2.1 |
| December 2024 | 1,439.6 thousands | −1.3 |
| November 2024 | 1,445.9 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2024 | 1,452.6 thousands | −1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```