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

All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (NSA) was up 1.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 96.60 thousands.
That is the highest reading since March 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.0% (Apr 2020) to 16.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-31084.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-los-angeles-long-beach-us-31084-payems-m-nsa-ind-20238000

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 96.60 thousands | 1.7 |
| August 2026 | 96.80 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 96.70 thousands | 1.7 |
| June 2026 | 95.50 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2026 | 94.20 thousands | −1.3 |
| April 2026 | 92.80 thousands | −2.4 |
| March 2026 | 91.90 thousands | −1.0 |
| February 2026 | 91.40 thousands | −2.4 |
| January 2026 | 91.20 thousands | −2.3 |
| December 2025 | 91.90 thousands | −3.8 |
| November 2025 | 93.60 thousands | −3.4 |
| October 2025 | 95.20 thousands | −3.0 |
| September 2025 | 95.00 thousands | −2.1 |
| August 2025 | 96.00 thousands | −2.1 |
| July 2025 | 95.10 thousands | −3.3 |
| June 2025 | 94.90 thousands | −1.8 |
| May 2025 | 95.40 thousands | −0.8 |
| April 2025 | 95.10 thousands | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 92.80 thousands | −2.8 |
| February 2025 | 93.60 thousands | −3.2 |
| January 2025 | 93.30 thousands | −3.6 |
| December 2024 | 95.50 thousands | −2.2 |
| November 2024 | 96.90 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 98.10 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31084.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-20238000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-31084.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-20238000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```