# All Employees: Total Nonfarm — AR (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Total Nonfarm — AR (statewide) (NSA) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,354.4 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.2% (Apr 2020) to 8.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.
The next update is expected on 23 November 2026.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-AR.PAYEMS.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1966-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (729 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-total-nonfarm-ar-statewide-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,354.4 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2026 | 1,341.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 1,331.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2026 | 1,346.4 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2026 | 1,351.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2026 | 1,348.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2026 | 1,341.6 thousands | 0.2 |
| February 2026 | 1,337.1 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2026 | 1,332.9 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2025 | 1,351.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2025 | 1,348.6 thousands | 0.1 |
| October 2025 | 1,348.6 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2025 | 1,343.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 1,331.9 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 1,320.6 thousands | 0.7 |
| June 2025 | 1,336.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 1,346.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 1,343.9 thousands | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 1,338.4 thousands | 0.8 |
| February 2025 | 1,332.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| January 2025 | 1,324.2 thousands | 1.3 |
| December 2024 | 1,345.5 thousands | 1.2 |
| November 2024 | 1,346.6 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 1,342.7 thousands | 1.4 |

## API

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

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