# All Employees: Local Government — MA (statewide) (SA)

All Employees: Local Government — MA (statewide) (SA) was up 1.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 297.3 thousands.
That is the highest reading since April 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.5% (Jun 2020) to 7.1% (Jul 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-MA.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-90930000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-local-government-ma-statewide-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 297.3 thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2026 | 297.1 thousands | 1.1 |
| July 2026 | 296.2 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2026 | 296.9 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2026 | 297.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2026 | 296.1 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2026 | 295.5 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2026 | 294.8 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2026 | 294.7 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2025 | 293.6 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2025 | 293.5 thousands | −0.03 |
| October 2025 | 293.5 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2025 | 293.3 thousands | 0.1 |
| August 2025 | 293.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 293.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| June 2025 | 294.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 294.8 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 294.5 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2025 | 293.5 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2025 | 293.3 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 293.9 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 292.8 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 293.6 thousands | 2.3 |
| October 2024 | 292.6 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-90930000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-MA.PAYEMS.M.SA.IND-90930000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```