# All Employees: General Merchandise Retailers — AZ (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: General Merchandise Retailers — AZ (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 79.30 thousands.
That is the highest reading since February 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.0% (Apr 2020) to 21.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AZ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42455000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (285 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-general-merchandise-retailers-az-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 79.30 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2026 | 79.20 thousands | 1.4 |
| July 2026 | 78.90 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2026 | 78.80 thousands | 1.2 |
| May 2026 | 78.90 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2026 | 78.50 thousands | 0.8 |
| March 2026 | 78.00 thousands | −0.1 |
| February 2026 | 78.10 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 78.50 thousands | −1.1 |
| December 2025 | 82.40 thousands | −1.9 |
| November 2025 | 81.60 thousands | −2.3 |
| October 2025 | 78.80 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2025 | 78.10 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 78.10 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2025 | 78.00 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 77.90 thousands | 1.3 |
| May 2025 | 77.90 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 77.90 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 78.10 thousands | 1.0 |
| February 2025 | 78.50 thousands | 1.6 |
| January 2025 | 79.40 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 84.00 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 83.50 thousands | 1.6 |
| October 2024 | 78.60 thousands | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AZ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42455000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AZ.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42455000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```