# All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV Metropolitan Division (NSA) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,616.4 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.4% (Apr 2020) to 9.0% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-11694.PAYEMS.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-total-nonfarm-arlington-alexandria-reston-va-wv-us-11694-payems-m-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,616.4 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2026 | 1,619.9 thousands | −1.4 |
| July 2026 | 1,622.9 thousands | −1.0 |
| June 2026 | 1,637.7 thousands | −1.3 |
| May 2026 | 1,621.4 thousands | −1.7 |
| April 2026 | 1,616.8 thousands | −1.5 |
| March 2026 | 1,605.2 thousands | −1.7 |
| February 2026 | 1,597.7 thousands | −2.0 |
| January 2026 | 1,596.9 thousands | −1.6 |
| December 2025 | 1,627.8 thousands | −0.8 |
| November 2025 | 1,636.3 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2025 | 1,626.9 thousands | −0.6 |
| September 2025 | 1,630.1 thousands | 0.08 |
| August 2025 | 1,642.9 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 1,639.7 thousands | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 1,659.3 thousands | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 1,649.4 thousands | 1.8 |
| April 2025 | 1,641.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| March 2025 | 1,632.2 thousands | 1.7 |
| February 2025 | 1,629.7 thousands | 2.2 |
| January 2025 | 1,623.1 thousands | 2.1 |
| December 2024 | 1,641.2 thousands | 2.1 |
| November 2024 | 1,649.2 thousands | 2.2 |
| October 2024 | 1,637.4 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11694.PAYEMS.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-11694.PAYEMS.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```