# All Employees: Total Private — St. Louis, MO-IL (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — St. Louis, MO-IL (NSA) was up 1.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 1,277.7 thousands.
That is the highest reading since September 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.4% (Apr 2020) to 11.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41180.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-st-louis-mo-il-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,277.7 thousands | 1.2 |
| August 2026 | 1,287.1 thousands | 0.9 |
| July 2026 | 1,293.2 thousands | 0.8 |
| June 2026 | 1,288.7 thousands | 0.8 |
| May 2026 | 1,281.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| April 2026 | 1,270.1 thousands | −0.5 |
| March 2026 | 1,254.6 thousands | −0.6 |
| February 2026 | 1,246.4 thousands | −0.7 |
| January 2026 | 1,244.7 thousands | 0.09 |
| December 2025 | 1,274.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| November 2025 | 1,274.8 thousands | −0.8 |
| October 2025 | 1,269.4 thousands | −1.1 |
| September 2025 | 1,262.9 thousands | −1.0 |
| August 2025 | 1,275.2 thousands | −0.6 |
| July 2025 | 1,282.9 thousands | −0.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,278.9 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 1,279.8 thousands | −0.1 |
| April 2025 | 1,276.0 thousands | −0.05 |
| March 2025 | 1,262.3 thousands | −0.05 |
| February 2025 | 1,254.8 thousands | −0.4 |
| January 2025 | 1,243.6 thousands | −0.7 |
| December 2024 | 1,282.1 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 1,285.1 thousands | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 1,284.0 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41180.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41180.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```