# All Employees: Goods Producing — AR (statewide) (SA)

All Employees: Goods Producing — AR (statewide) (SA) was up 1.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 231.3 thousands.
That is the highest reading since September 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.5% (Apr 2020) to 5.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AR.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-06000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-goods-producing-ar-statewide-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 231.3 thousands | 1.0 |
| August 2026 | 231.4 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 231.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2026 | 230.8 thousands | 0.09 |
| May 2026 | 229.9 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2026 | 229.8 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2026 | 229.8 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2026 | 230.1 thousands | −0.9 |
| January 2026 | 230.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| December 2025 | 229.7 thousands | −1.7 |
| November 2025 | 229.9 thousands | −1.5 |
| October 2025 | 229.4 thousands | −1.8 |
| September 2025 | 229.1 thousands | −2.4 |
| August 2025 | 229.6 thousands | −2.3 |
| July 2025 | 229.9 thousands | −2.0 |
| June 2025 | 230.6 thousands | −1.8 |
| May 2025 | 231.1 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2025 | 231.5 thousands | −1.2 |
| March 2025 | 232.2 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2025 | 232.2 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 232.6 thousands | −0.04 |
| December 2024 | 233.6 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 233.5 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 233.7 thousands | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-06000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-06000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```