# All Employees: Professional and Business Services — ME (statewide) (SA)

All Employees: Professional and Business Services — ME (statewide) (SA) was up 0.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 77.60 thousands.
That is the highest reading since February 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.4% (Apr 2020) to 11.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-ME.PAYEMS.M.SA.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-me-statewide-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 77.60 thousands | 0.0 |
| August 2026 | 77.30 thousands | −0.8 |
| July 2026 | 77.10 thousands | −1.4 |
| June 2026 | 77.00 thousands | −1.3 |
| May 2026 | 77.00 thousands | −1.8 |
| April 2026 | 77.00 thousands | −1.9 |
| March 2026 | 76.00 thousands | −2.8 |
| February 2026 | 76.40 thousands | −2.7 |
| January 2026 | 76.80 thousands | −2.3 |
| December 2025 | 76.90 thousands | −3.4 |
| November 2025 | 77.20 thousands | −3.1 |
| October 2025 | 77.00 thousands | −4.1 |
| September 2025 | 77.60 thousands | −3.7 |
| August 2025 | 77.90 thousands | −3.0 |
| July 2025 | 78.20 thousands | −2.1 |
| June 2025 | 78.00 thousands | −2.5 |
| May 2025 | 78.40 thousands | −1.5 |
| April 2025 | 78.50 thousands | −1.0 |
| March 2025 | 78.20 thousands | −0.4 |
| February 2025 | 78.50 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 78.60 thousands | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 79.60 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 79.70 thousands | 2.3 |
| October 2024 | 80.30 thousands | 3.3 |

## API

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

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