# All Employees: Total Private — Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA (NSA) was down 0.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 54.80 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.9% (Apr 2020) to 20.6% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000`
- 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-private-blacksburg-christiansburg-radford-va-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 54.80 thousands | −0.4 |
| August 2026 | 54.60 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2026 | 54.30 thousands | −2.0 |
| June 2026 | 54.30 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2026 | 54.50 thousands | −3.9 |
| April 2026 | 54.40 thousands | −5.1 |
| March 2026 | 53.90 thousands | −3.4 |
| February 2026 | 53.70 thousands | −4.3 |
| January 2026 | 53.70 thousands | −2.4 |
| December 2025 | 55.00 thousands | −3.3 |
| November 2025 | 55.30 thousands | −3.3 |
| October 2025 | 55.30 thousands | −2.6 |
| September 2025 | 55.00 thousands | −3.5 |
| August 2025 | 54.10 thousands | −3.2 |
| July 2025 | 55.40 thousands | −1.4 |
| June 2025 | 54.00 thousands | −4.9 |
| May 2025 | 56.70 thousands | −1.0 |
| April 2025 | 57.30 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2025 | 55.80 thousands | −3.3 |
| February 2025 | 56.10 thousands | −3.4 |
| January 2025 | 55.00 thousands | −3.8 |
| December 2024 | 56.90 thousands | −3.6 |
| November 2024 | 57.20 thousands | −4.8 |
| October 2024 | 56.80 thousands | −4.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```
