# All Employees: Grocery and Convenience Retailers — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Grocery and Convenience Retailers — CA (statewide) (NSA) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 336.5 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (Jan 2022) to 5.0% (Jan 2023), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445100`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-grocery-and-convenience-retailers-ca-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 336.5 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2026 | 336.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2026 | 336.9 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2026 | 339.1 thousands | 0.1 |
| May 2026 | 339.6 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2026 | 340.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2026 | 341.4 thousands | 1.4 |
| February 2026 | 341.8 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2026 | 341.2 thousands | 1.5 |
| December 2025 | 343.1 thousands | 1.3 |
| November 2025 | 345.8 thousands | 2.1 |
| October 2025 | 343.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| September 2025 | 337.5 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 337.7 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 337.6 thousands | 1.0 |
| June 2025 | 338.6 thousands | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 337.4 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 337.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| March 2025 | 336.6 thousands | 1.8 |
| February 2025 | 337.3 thousands | 1.8 |
| January 2025 | 336.3 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 338.6 thousands | 1.4 |
| November 2024 | 338.7 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 336.8 thousands | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445100"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42445100",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```