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

All Employees: General Merchandise Retailers — CA (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 295.7 thousands.
That is the highest reading since November 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.4% (May 2020) to 14.6% (May 2021), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42455000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-general-merchandise-retailers-ca-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 295.7 thousands | 1.5 |
| August 2026 | 295.2 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2026 | 293.5 thousands | 0.4 |
| June 2026 | 292.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2026 | 291.3 thousands | 0.07 |
| April 2026 | 291.6 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2026 | 290.6 thousands | −1.2 |
| February 2026 | 291.4 thousands | −2.0 |
| January 2026 | 297.6 thousands | −2.1 |
| December 2025 | 314.2 thousands | −3.9 |
| November 2025 | 310.8 thousands | −4.5 |
| October 2025 | 295.5 thousands | −2.7 |
| September 2025 | 291.3 thousands | −2.6 |
| August 2025 | 291.9 thousands | −2.4 |
| July 2025 | 292.2 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 291.1 thousands | −1.0 |
| May 2025 | 291.1 thousands | −1.7 |
| April 2025 | 292.2 thousands | −2.6 |
| March 2025 | 294.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 297.2 thousands | −0.7 |
| January 2025 | 304.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| December 2024 | 326.8 thousands | −0.9 |
| November 2024 | 325.4 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 303.8 thousands | −1.7 |

## API

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

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