# All Employees: Total Private — ME (statewide) (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — ME (statewide) (NSA) was up 0.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.09% in August 2026.
The level stood at 569.5 thousands.
That is the highest reading since March 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.3% (Apr 2020) to 17.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 569.5 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2026 | 582.6 thousands | 0.09 |
| July 2026 | 585.4 thousands | −0.03 |
| June 2026 | 573.6 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2026 | 556.6 thousands | −0.6 |
| April 2026 | 544.7 thousands | 0.06 |
| March 2026 | 538.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| February 2026 | 538.3 thousands | 0.0 |
| January 2026 | 538.7 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2025 | 550.9 thousands | −0.3 |
| November 2025 | 554.2 thousands | −0.1 |
| October 2025 | 560.0 thousands | −0.7 |
| September 2025 | 567.2 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 582.1 thousands | −0.3 |
| July 2025 | 585.6 thousands | −0.02 |
| June 2025 | 571.3 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 559.7 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 544.4 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 539.7 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 538.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 540.9 thousands | 0.9 |
| December 2024 | 552.7 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 554.9 thousands | 1.1 |
| October 2024 | 564.2 thousands | 1.3 |

## API

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

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