# All Employees: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (NSA) was up 0.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 70.80 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since January 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.6% (Mar 2021) to 6.6% (Jan 2023), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65623000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-nursing-and-residential-care-facilities-chicago

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 70.80 thousands | 0.6 |
| August 2026 | 71.50 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 71.70 thousands | 1.0 |
| June 2026 | 71.80 thousands | 1.8 |
| May 2026 | 71.80 thousands | 2.4 |
| April 2026 | 71.70 thousands | 2.6 |
| March 2026 | 71.70 thousands | 2.6 |
| February 2026 | 71.30 thousands | 2.0 |
| January 2026 | 71.70 thousands | 2.7 |
| December 2025 | 71.60 thousands | 2.3 |
| November 2025 | 71.20 thousands | 2.9 |
| October 2025 | 71.00 thousands | 3.2 |
| September 2025 | 70.40 thousands | 2.6 |
| August 2025 | 70.90 thousands | 3.1 |
| July 2025 | 71.00 thousands | 3.5 |
| June 2025 | 70.50 thousands | 3.2 |
| May 2025 | 70.10 thousands | 4.0 |
| April 2025 | 69.90 thousands | 4.5 |
| March 2025 | 69.90 thousands | 4.8 |
| February 2025 | 69.90 thousands | 5.3 |
| January 2025 | 69.80 thousands | 5.6 |
| December 2024 | 70.00 thousands | 4.8 |
| November 2024 | 69.20 thousands | 4.8 |
| October 2024 | 68.80 thousands | 5.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65623000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65623000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```