# All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA)

All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA) was down 0.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,190.1 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.5% (Apr 2020) to 15.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-29484.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-lakewood-new-brunswick-nj-metropolitan-us-29484-payems-m-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,190.1 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2026 | 1,191.3 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2026 | 1,195.9 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2026 | 1,219.3 thousands | −0.05 |
| May 2026 | 1,198.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2026 | 1,185.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| March 2026 | 1,173.5 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2026 | 1,168.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2026 | 1,170.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| December 2025 | 1,204.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2025 | 1,200.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2025 | 1,195.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| September 2025 | 1,193.3 thousands | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 1,195.8 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2025 | 1,202.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| June 2025 | 1,219.9 thousands | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 1,202.5 thousands | 1.6 |
| April 2025 | 1,182.6 thousands | 1.2 |
| March 2025 | 1,172.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 1,164.2 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2025 | 1,162.8 thousands | 1.0 |
| December 2024 | 1,196.3 thousands | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 1,192.9 thousands | 1.0 |
| October 2024 | 1,187.3 thousands | 1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29484.PAYEMS.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-29484.PAYEMS.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```