# All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (SA)

All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division (SA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.07% in August 2026.
The level stood at 3,823.1 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.5% (May 2020) to 8.2% (May 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16984.PAYEMS.M.SA`
- 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-chicago-naperville-schaumburg-il

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 3,823.1 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 3,834.7 thousands | 0.07 |
| July 2026 | 3,843.7 thousands | 0.1 |
| June 2026 | 3,838.1 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 3,843.7 thousands | 0.1 |
| April 2026 | 3,841.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| March 2026 | 3,834.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| February 2026 | 3,824.9 thousands | −0.09 |
| January 2026 | 3,834.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| December 2025 | 3,839.6 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2025 | 3,828.1 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2025 | 3,825.9 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2025 | 3,832.4 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 3,831.9 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 3,839.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| June 2025 | 3,831.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| May 2025 | 3,839.4 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 3,835.1 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 3,825.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 3,828.5 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 3,828.4 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 3,825.3 thousands | 0.8 |
| November 2024 | 3,820.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| October 2024 | 3,819.3 thousands | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16984.PAYEMS.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```