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

All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — NJ (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 290.3 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.6% (May 2020) to 58.6% (May 2021), averaging 2.3%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 290.3 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 299.6 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2026 | 301.9 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2026 | 308.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2026 | 291.8 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2026 | 276.4 thousands | −1.3 |
| March 2026 | 272.8 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2026 | 270.1 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2026 | 268.3 thousands | −1.3 |
| December 2025 | 281.1 thousands | −1.5 |
| November 2025 | 278.6 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2025 | 283.3 thousands | 0.1 |
| September 2025 | 290.9 thousands | −0.03 |
| August 2025 | 297.8 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 301.1 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 306.8 thousands | 0.0 |
| May 2025 | 295.5 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2025 | 280.1 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2025 | 275.5 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 270.9 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 271.7 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 285.3 thousands | 1.8 |
| November 2024 | 282.2 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 283.0 thousands | 1.5 |

## API

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

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