# All Employees: Private Service Providing — Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (NSA)

All Employees: Private Service Providing — Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (NSA) was down 1.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 2,387.3 thousands.
That is the highest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.6% (Apr 2020) to 9.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47900.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-washington-arlington-alexandria

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 2,387.3 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2026 | 2,406.0 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2026 | 2,427.6 thousands | −1.1 |
| June 2026 | 2,422.3 thousands | −1.6 |
| May 2026 | 2,398.8 thousands | −2.0 |
| April 2026 | 2,391.7 thousands | −1.9 |
| March 2026 | 2,374.0 thousands | −2.3 |
| February 2026 | 2,363.2 thousands | −2.7 |
| January 2026 | 2,370.6 thousands | −2.4 |
| December 2025 | 2,416.9 thousands | −1.8 |
| November 2025 | 2,421.2 thousands | −1.8 |
| October 2025 | 2,415.5 thousands | −1.7 |
| September 2025 | 2,412.4 thousands | −1.3 |
| August 2025 | 2,439.3 thousands | −0.8 |
| July 2025 | 2,455.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 2,461.9 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 2,448.2 thousands | 0.3 |
| April 2025 | 2,439.1 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2025 | 2,429.5 thousands | 0.6 |
| February 2025 | 2,428.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 2,427.7 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 2,460.3 thousands | 1.4 |
| November 2024 | 2,465.2 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 2,456.4 thousands | 1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47900.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-08000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47900.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-08000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```