All Employees: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers — New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA) was down 1.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 47.60 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −35.1% (May 2020) to 38.2% (May 2021), averaging 1.3%.
All Employees: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers — New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA), annual % change, Jan 1991 – Sep 2026. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files).All Employees: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers — New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA), level (thousands).
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Recent data
Period
Value
Y/Y %
September 2026
47.60 thousands
−1.9
August 2026
47.60 thousands
−1.2
July 2026
48.30 thousands
0.2
June 2026
48.50 thousands
0.2
May 2026
48.20 thousands
−0.6
April 2026
48.10 thousands
0.6
March 2026
47.50 thousands
−2.9
February 2026
46.90 thousands
−3.9
January 2026
47.10 thousands
−4.1
December 2025
49.20 thousands
−4.1
November 2025
48.60 thousands
−4.1
October 2025
48.40 thousands
−2.2
September 2025
48.50 thousands
−1.0
August 2025
48.20 thousands
−1.0
July 2025
48.20 thousands
−1.2
June 2025
48.40 thousands
−1.8
May 2025
48.50 thousands
−1.4
April 2025
47.80 thousands
−2.2
March 2025
48.90 thousands
0.2
February 2025
48.80 thousands
0.6
January 2025
49.10 thousands
−0.4
December 2024
51.30 thousands
−2.7
November 2024
50.70 thousands
−2.5
October 2024
49.50 thousands
−2.9
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Last updated 2026-10-25. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files). Original title: “All Employees: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers — New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA)”.