# All Employees: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries — CA (statewide) (NSA) was down 2.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with −3.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 118.7 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.7% (Jun 2020) to 62.9% (Aug 2021), averaging −1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-50512000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-motion-picture-and-sound-recording-industries-ca

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 118.7 thousands | −2.4 |
| August 2026 | 122.6 thousands | −3.7 |
| July 2026 | 120.8 thousands | 0.08 |
| June 2026 | 125.2 thousands | 1.5 |
| May 2026 | 123.4 thousands | −3.8 |
| April 2026 | 121.8 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2026 | 126.2 thousands | 4.6 |
| February 2026 | 125.9 thousands | −3.7 |
| January 2026 | 119.5 thousands | 4.0 |
| December 2025 | 124.6 thousands | −4.2 |
| November 2025 | 123.1 thousands | −11.1 |
| October 2025 | 122.7 thousands | −3.3 |
| September 2025 | 121.6 thousands | −7.0 |
| August 2025 | 127.3 thousands | −4.9 |
| July 2025 | 120.7 thousands | −4.2 |
| June 2025 | 123.4 thousands | −3.1 |
| May 2025 | 128.3 thousands | −4.1 |
| April 2025 | 121.1 thousands | −7.4 |
| March 2025 | 120.6 thousands | −13.2 |
| February 2025 | 130.8 thousands | −4.2 |
| January 2025 | 114.9 thousands | −7.9 |
| December 2024 | 130.0 thousands | −0.08 |
| November 2024 | 138.5 thousands | 9.3 |
| October 2024 | 126.9 thousands | 9.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-50512000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-50512000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```