# All Employees: Limited-Service Restaurants and Other Eating Places — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Limited-Service Restaurants and Other Eating Places — CA (statewide) (NSA) was up 0.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 730.5 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.3% (Apr 2020) to 22.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722590`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-limited-service-restaurants-and-other-eating-places-ca

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 730.5 thousands | 0.7 |
| August 2026 | 739.2 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2026 | 739.4 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2026 | 738.7 thousands | 1.3 |
| May 2026 | 742.3 thousands | 2.2 |
| April 2026 | 736.8 thousands | 2.3 |
| March 2026 | 728.5 thousands | 2.2 |
| February 2026 | 730.2 thousands | 2.9 |
| January 2026 | 726.2 thousands | 2.7 |
| December 2025 | 729.6 thousands | 1.5 |
| November 2025 | 732.7 thousands | 1.7 |
| October 2025 | 733.1 thousands | 1.5 |
| September 2025 | 725.3 thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2025 | 732.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 730.9 thousands | 0.0 |
| June 2025 | 729.2 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 726.6 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 720.3 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 712.9 thousands | −1.4 |
| February 2025 | 709.4 thousands | −1.7 |
| January 2025 | 707.0 thousands | −2.3 |
| December 2024 | 719.1 thousands | −1.8 |
| November 2024 | 720.6 thousands | −1.9 |
| October 2024 | 722.0 thousands | −2.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722590"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-70722590",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```