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

All Employees: Total Private — ME (statewide) (SA) was up 0.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 559.9 thousands.
That is the highest reading since May 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.1% (Apr 2020) to 16.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-ME.PAYEMS.M.SA.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-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 559.9 thousands | 0.3 |
| August 2026 | 557.8 thousands | 0.0 |
| July 2026 | 557.5 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2026 | 557.5 thousands | −0.04 |
| May 2026 | 557.4 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2026 | 558.7 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 557.8 thousands | −0.05 |
| February 2026 | 558.3 thousands | 0.2 |
| January 2026 | 558.4 thousands | −0.1 |
| December 2025 | 557.0 thousands | −0.3 |
| November 2025 | 557.9 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2025 | 555.4 thousands | −0.8 |
| September 2025 | 558.3 thousands | −0.3 |
| August 2025 | 557.8 thousands | −0.3 |
| July 2025 | 558.6 thousands | −0.09 |
| June 2025 | 557.7 thousands | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 559.9 thousands | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 557.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 558.1 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 557.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 559.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 558.8 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 559.2 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 559.6 thousands | 1.3 |

## API

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

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