# United States All employees, thousands, food manufacturing, seasonally adjusted

United States All employees, thousands, food manufacturing, seasonally adjusted was down 0.8% year on year in October 2026, compared with −0.8% in September 2026.
The level stood at 1,771.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.0% (Apr 2020) to 5.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US.EMP.M.SA.IND-32311000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (442 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-thousands-food-manufacturing-seasonally-adjusted

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,771.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| September 2026 | 1,770.3 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2026 | 1,769.2 thousands | −0.9 |
| July 2026 | 1,769.0 thousands | −0.9 |
| June 2026 | 1,770.7 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2026 | 1,771.9 thousands | −0.8 |
| April 2026 | 1,778.8 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2026 | 1,778.3 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2026 | 1,779.9 thousands | 0.02 |
| January 2026 | 1,780.2 thousands | 0.06 |
| December 2025 | 1,780.2 thousands | 0.07 |
| November 2025 | 1,781.2 thousands | 0.06 |
| October 2025 | 1,785.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2025 | 1,784.1 thousands | 0.09 |
| August 2025 | 1,785.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 1,784.8 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 1,784.5 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 1,785.6 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 1,783.7 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 1,781.9 thousands | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 1,779.6 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 1,779.2 thousands | 1.2 |
| December 2024 | 1,778.9 thousands | 1.5 |
| November 2024 | 1,780.2 thousands | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.EMP.M.SA.IND-32311000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.EMP.M.SA.IND-32311000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```