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

All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — IL (statewide) (NSA) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 466.3 thousands.
That is the highest reading since January 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.1% (Apr 2020) to 47.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL.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-il-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 466.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2026 | 473.7 thousands | 0.3 |
| July 2026 | 471.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2026 | 473.6 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2026 | 466.6 thousands | −0.2 |
| April 2026 | 459.1 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2026 | 448.4 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2026 | 441.4 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2026 | 442.7 thousands | −0.6 |
| December 2025 | 457.8 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2025 | 456.8 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2025 | 461.5 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2025 | 462.0 thousands | −0.02 |
| August 2025 | 472.4 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 468.1 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 469.7 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 467.6 thousands | 0.04 |
| April 2025 | 456.6 thousands | 0.09 |
| March 2025 | 446.9 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 442.6 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 445.5 thousands | 1.1 |
| December 2024 | 458.9 thousands | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 457.7 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 458.3 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

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

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