# All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Portland-South Portland, ME (NSA)

All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Portland-South Portland, ME (NSA) was up 1.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 305.2 thousands.
That is the highest reading since January 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.7% (Apr 2020) to 16.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-38860.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-portland-south-portland-me-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 305.2 thousands | 1.2 |
| August 2026 | 308.7 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2026 | 309.6 thousands | 0.3 |
| June 2026 | 307.9 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2026 | 298.7 thousands | −0.1 |
| April 2026 | 292.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 287.6 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2026 | 287.3 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2026 | 287.5 thousands | −0.2 |
| December 2025 | 294.6 thousands | 0.1 |
| November 2025 | 297.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| October 2025 | 298.9 thousands | 0.1 |
| September 2025 | 301.7 thousands | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 306.6 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 308.7 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 305.6 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 299.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 291.2 thousands | 1.0 |
| March 2025 | 287.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 286.3 thousands | 0.7 |
| January 2025 | 288.2 thousands | 1.4 |
| December 2024 | 294.3 thousands | 1.6 |
| November 2024 | 295.4 thousands | 1.8 |
| October 2024 | 298.6 thousands | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38860.PAYEMS.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-38860.PAYEMS.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```