# All Employees: Retail Trade — CA (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Retail Trade — CA (statewide) (NSA) was up 1.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,569.6 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.9% (Apr 2020) to 19.4% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-retail-trade-ca-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,569.6 thousands | 1.0 |
| August 2026 | 1,574.4 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2026 | 1,575.4 thousands | 1.2 |
| June 2026 | 1,570.2 thousands | 1.0 |
| May 2026 | 1,568.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| April 2026 | 1,565.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| March 2026 | 1,562.2 thousands | 0.3 |
| February 2026 | 1,563.2 thousands | 0.08 |
| January 2026 | 1,574.3 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2025 | 1,624.9 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2025 | 1,612.0 thousands | −1.2 |
| October 2025 | 1,573.1 thousands | −1.2 |
| September 2025 | 1,554.0 thousands | −0.9 |
| August 2025 | 1,559.9 thousands | −1.0 |
| July 2025 | 1,557.3 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 1,554.8 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 1,556.6 thousands | −0.7 |
| April 2025 | 1,557.2 thousands | −0.8 |
| March 2025 | 1,557.2 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,561.9 thousands | −0.9 |
| January 2025 | 1,576.9 thousands | −1.4 |
| December 2024 | 1,635.4 thousands | −1.0 |
| November 2024 | 1,631.8 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 1,591.6 thousands | −1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```