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

All Employees: General Merchandise Retailers — PA (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 113.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.0% (Apr 2020) to 29.3% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.4%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 113.0 thousands | −0.7 |
| August 2026 | 112.9 thousands | −1.0 |
| July 2026 | 112.3 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2026 | 112.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 112.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| April 2026 | 112.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2026 | 112.4 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2026 | 112.3 thousands | −1.1 |
| January 2026 | 114.7 thousands | −0.3 |
| December 2025 | 123.2 thousands | −0.2 |
| November 2025 | 120.7 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2025 | 115.8 thousands | −0.2 |
| September 2025 | 113.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 114.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| July 2025 | 113.1 thousands | 0.0 |
| June 2025 | 112.6 thousands | −0.3 |
| May 2025 | 111.8 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 111.6 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 113.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 113.6 thousands | 1.5 |
| January 2025 | 115.1 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2024 | 123.5 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 120.9 thousands | −0.6 |
| October 2024 | 116.0 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

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

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