# All Employees: Professional and Business Services — AR (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Professional and Business Services — AR (statewide) (NSA) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 166.4 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.4% (Apr 2020) to 11.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AR.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-professional-and-business-services-ar-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 166.4 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2026 | 166.4 thousands | 1.9 |
| July 2026 | 165.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| June 2026 | 166.9 thousands | 1.3 |
| May 2026 | 167.1 thousands | 0.8 |
| April 2026 | 166.8 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 165.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| February 2026 | 165.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| January 2026 | 163.7 thousands | 1.5 |
| December 2025 | 165.9 thousands | 1.7 |
| November 2025 | 165.5 thousands | 1.3 |
| October 2025 | 166.3 thousands | 2.1 |
| September 2025 | 164.9 thousands | 2.1 |
| August 2025 | 163.3 thousands | 3.0 |
| July 2025 | 161.3 thousands | 2.9 |
| June 2025 | 164.7 thousands | 3.0 |
| May 2025 | 165.7 thousands | 2.7 |
| April 2025 | 166.3 thousands | 3.1 |
| March 2025 | 164.6 thousands | 2.7 |
| February 2025 | 163.1 thousands | 2.4 |
| January 2025 | 161.3 thousands | 2.8 |
| December 2024 | 163.1 thousands | 2.3 |
| November 2024 | 163.4 thousands | 2.7 |
| October 2024 | 162.9 thousands | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-AR.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-60000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```