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

All Employees: Food Services and Drinking Places — VA (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 304.9 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.4% (Apr 2020) to 55.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 304.9 thousands | −0.4 |
| August 2026 | 312.7 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2026 | 313.5 thousands | 0.9 |
| June 2026 | 313.1 thousands | 0.03 |
| May 2026 | 311.9 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2026 | 306.1 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2026 | 302.6 thousands | −0.07 |
| February 2026 | 298.2 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2026 | 300.5 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2025 | 305.4 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2025 | 309.3 thousands | 1.0 |
| October 2025 | 308.2 thousands | 0.5 |
| September 2025 | 306.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 312.2 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 310.7 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2025 | 313.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 314.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| April 2025 | 307.9 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 302.8 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 298.7 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 296.6 thousands | −0.6 |
| December 2024 | 306.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 306.1 thousands | −0.10 |
| October 2024 | 306.6 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

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

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