# All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (NSA)

All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (NSA) was up 2.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 3.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 19.60 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.5% (Feb 2025) to 23.6% (Sep 2016), averaging 3.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-19780.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-20238000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-specialty-trade-contractors-des-moines-west-des-moines-ia

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 19.60 thousands | 2.6 |
| August 2026 | 19.80 thousands | 3.1 |
| July 2026 | 19.70 thousands | 3.1 |
| June 2026 | 19.30 thousands | 1.6 |
| May 2026 | 19.00 thousands | 2.7 |
| April 2026 | 18.70 thousands | 3.9 |
| March 2026 | 17.40 thousands | 3.6 |
| February 2026 | 16.80 thousands | 5.0 |
| January 2026 | 16.90 thousands | 2.4 |
| December 2025 | 17.60 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2025 | 18.80 thousands | 3.9 |
| October 2025 | 18.60 thousands | 1.6 |
| September 2025 | 19.10 thousands | 2.1 |
| August 2025 | 19.20 thousands | 0.5 |
| July 2025 | 19.10 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2025 | 19.00 thousands | −1.0 |
| May 2025 | 18.50 thousands | −3.1 |
| April 2025 | 18.00 thousands | −4.3 |
| March 2025 | 16.80 thousands | −7.2 |
| February 2025 | 16.00 thousands | −7.5 |
| January 2025 | 16.50 thousands | −2.4 |
| December 2024 | 17.70 thousands | −5.3 |
| November 2024 | 18.10 thousands | −4.7 |
| October 2024 | 18.30 thousands | −4.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19780.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-20238000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19780.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-20238000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```