# All Employees: Retail Trade — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Retail Trade — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (NSA) was up 0.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 390.4 thousands.
That is the highest reading since January 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.4% (Apr 2020) to 21.5% (May 2021), averaging −0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31084.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-los-angeles-long-beach-glendale-ca

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 390.4 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2026 | 391.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2026 | 391.8 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2026 | 390.1 thousands | 0.1 |
| May 2026 | 389.3 thousands | 0.03 |
| April 2026 | 389.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2026 | 388.5 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2026 | 389.3 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2026 | 393.0 thousands | −0.9 |
| December 2025 | 408.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| November 2025 | 404.2 thousands | −1.6 |
| October 2025 | 393.9 thousands | −1.3 |
| September 2025 | 388.6 thousands | −1.1 |
| August 2025 | 390.1 thousands | −1.2 |
| July 2025 | 390.0 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 389.7 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 389.2 thousands | −1.0 |
| April 2025 | 389.7 thousands | −1.3 |
| March 2025 | 390.7 thousands | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 392.3 thousands | −1.8 |
| January 2025 | 396.4 thousands | −2.1 |
| December 2024 | 411.3 thousands | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 410.6 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 399.1 thousands | −1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31084.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31084.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-42000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```