# All Employees: Total Private — Iowa City, IA (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — Iowa City, IA (NSA) was down 1.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 58.30 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.1% (Apr 2020) to 12.8% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-26980.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-iowa-city-ia-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 58.30 thousands | −1.5 |
| August 2026 | 58.90 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2026 | 59.20 thousands | 0.0 |
| June 2026 | 59.10 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 58.80 thousands | −2.3 |
| April 2026 | 58.60 thousands | −2.3 |
| March 2026 | 57.70 thousands | −2.2 |
| February 2026 | 58.00 thousands | −1.2 |
| January 2026 | 57.80 thousands | −0.3 |
| December 2025 | 58.90 thousands | −1.3 |
| November 2025 | 59.50 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2025 | 59.20 thousands | −1.0 |
| September 2025 | 59.20 thousands | −0.7 |
| August 2025 | 59.20 thousands | −0.5 |
| July 2025 | 59.20 thousands | 0.0 |
| June 2025 | 59.00 thousands | 0.0 |
| May 2025 | 60.20 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 60.00 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 59.00 thousands | 2.6 |
| February 2025 | 58.70 thousands | 1.7 |
| January 2025 | 58.00 thousands | 2.8 |
| December 2024 | 59.70 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 60.00 thousands | 0.2 |
| October 2024 | 59.80 thousands | 0.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-26980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```