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

All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — PA (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 412.4 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.6% (Apr 2020) to 91.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 412.4 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 427.7 thousands | 2.0 |
| July 2026 | 428.1 thousands | 3.5 |
| June 2026 | 431.3 thousands | 2.2 |
| May 2026 | 428.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| April 2026 | 416.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2026 | 403.7 thousands | 0.2 |
| February 2026 | 400.2 thousands | 1.8 |
| January 2026 | 402.8 thousands | 1.8 |
| December 2025 | 408.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2025 | 412.2 thousands | 1.9 |
| October 2025 | 412.9 thousands | 1.6 |
| September 2025 | 413.4 thousands | 1.3 |
| August 2025 | 419.4 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 413.5 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 421.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 422.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 411.4 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 403.0 thousands | −0.1 |
| February 2025 | 393.2 thousands | −0.1 |
| January 2025 | 395.5 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 407.8 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 404.5 thousands | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 406.5 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

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

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