# All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — IL (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — IL (statewide) (NSA) was up 8.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 8.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 178.3 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.0% (Apr 2020) to 14.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL.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-il-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 178.3 thousands | 8.5 |
| August 2026 | 179.5 thousands | 8.2 |
| July 2026 | 179.1 thousands | 7.6 |
| June 2026 | 175.1 thousands | 6.5 |
| May 2026 | 166.2 thousands | 3.6 |
| April 2026 | 160.7 thousands | 4.1 |
| March 2026 | 152.8 thousands | 3.9 |
| February 2026 | 147.4 thousands | 5.8 |
| January 2026 | 152.6 thousands | 9.3 |
| December 2025 | 153.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2025 | 162.1 thousands | 1.8 |
| October 2025 | 165.3 thousands | 2.4 |
| September 2025 | 164.4 thousands | 1.0 |
| August 2025 | 165.9 thousands | 1.2 |
| July 2025 | 166.5 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 164.4 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 160.5 thousands | 0.8 |
| April 2025 | 154.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 147.1 thousands | 1.0 |
| February 2025 | 139.3 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2025 | 139.6 thousands | −0.3 |
| December 2024 | 152.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| November 2024 | 159.2 thousands | 0.0 |
| October 2024 | 161.4 thousands | −0.9 |

## API

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

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