# All Employees: Private Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools — PA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Private Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools — PA (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with 5.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 161.4 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since September 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.9% (Dec 2020) to 15.6% (Dec 2021), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-PA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65611300`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-private-colleges-universities-and-professional-schools-pa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 161.4 thousands | 1.3 |
| August 2026 | 132.8 thousands | 5.6 |
| July 2026 | 132.7 thousands | 11.3 |
| June 2026 | 133.2 thousands | 7.2 |
| May 2026 | 154.4 thousands | 6.7 |
| April 2026 | 173.1 thousands | 3.7 |
| March 2026 | 173.0 thousands | 3.7 |
| February 2026 | 171.5 thousands | 1.7 |
| January 2026 | 155.1 thousands | 6.0 |
| December 2025 | 166.7 thousands | 5.0 |
| November 2025 | 171.2 thousands | 1.8 |
| October 2025 | 169.5 thousands | 2.0 |
| September 2025 | 159.4 thousands | −0.4 |
| August 2025 | 125.7 thousands | 2.1 |
| July 2025 | 119.2 thousands | −2.1 |
| June 2025 | 124.3 thousands | 2.2 |
| May 2025 | 144.7 thousands | −2.8 |
| April 2025 | 166.9 thousands | −0.9 |
| March 2025 | 166.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 168.7 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2025 | 146.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2024 | 158.7 thousands | −4.5 |
| November 2024 | 168.1 thousands | −3.0 |
| October 2024 | 166.1 thousands | −2.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65611300"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-PA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-65611300",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```