# All Employees: Private Service Providing — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Private Service Providing — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (NSA) was down 0.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 2,973.1 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.0% (May 2020) to 10.2% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-08000000`
- 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-service-providing-chicago-naperville-schaumburg

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 2,973.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| August 2026 | 2,993.5 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2026 | 3,014.7 thousands | 0.1 |
| June 2026 | 3,002.0 thousands | −0.08 |
| May 2026 | 2,974.5 thousands | −0.5 |
| April 2026 | 2,956.4 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2026 | 2,932.8 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2026 | 2,918.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 2,923.5 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2025 | 3,011.2 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2025 | 2,996.5 thousands | 0.03 |
| October 2025 | 2,997.2 thousands | 0.5 |
| September 2025 | 2,987.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 3,005.1 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2025 | 3,011.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| June 2025 | 3,004.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 2,989.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 2,961.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| March 2025 | 2,938.1 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 2,931.8 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 2,929.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 2,996.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 2,995.5 thousands | 0.3 |
| October 2024 | 2,982.0 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-08000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-08000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```