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

All Employees: Specialty Trade Contractors — VA (statewide) (NSA) was down 2.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −2.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 144.1 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.6% (Apr 2020) to 7.4% (May 2025), averaging 1.8%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 144.1 thousands | −2.3 |
| August 2026 | 144.9 thousands | −2.0 |
| July 2026 | 143.2 thousands | −2.7 |
| June 2026 | 142.8 thousands | −3.3 |
| May 2026 | 142.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| April 2026 | 142.0 thousands | −1.5 |
| March 2026 | 140.8 thousands | −0.7 |
| February 2026 | 137.4 thousands | −1.5 |
| January 2026 | 138.1 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2025 | 140.0 thousands | −0.07 |
| November 2025 | 142.1 thousands | 1.6 |
| October 2025 | 143.6 thousands | 3.2 |
| September 2025 | 147.5 thousands | 6.3 |
| August 2025 | 147.9 thousands | 6.5 |
| July 2025 | 147.1 thousands | 6.2 |
| June 2025 | 147.7 thousands | 7.3 |
| May 2025 | 145.6 thousands | 7.4 |
| April 2025 | 144.1 thousands | 6.7 |
| March 2025 | 141.8 thousands | 5.6 |
| February 2025 | 139.5 thousands | 5.0 |
| January 2025 | 137.1 thousands | 4.2 |
| December 2024 | 140.1 thousands | 4.0 |
| November 2024 | 139.9 thousands | 3.7 |
| October 2024 | 139.1 thousands | 3.1 |

## API

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

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