# All Employees: Total Private — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA) was up 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 668.4 thousands.
That is the highest reading since June 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.4% (Apr 2020) to 12.4% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47260.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-virginia-beach-chesapeake-norfolk-va-nc-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 668.4 thousands | 0.2 |
| August 2026 | 671.3 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2026 | 671.4 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2026 | 670.9 thousands | −0.5 |
| May 2026 | 665.8 thousands | −0.9 |
| April 2026 | 663.1 thousands | −0.7 |
| March 2026 | 659.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2026 | 655.8 thousands | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 659.8 thousands | 0.1 |
| December 2025 | 665.5 thousands | −0.1 |
| November 2025 | 668.1 thousands | −0.3 |
| October 2025 | 666.5 thousands | −0.5 |
| September 2025 | 667.1 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 672.4 thousands | −0.3 |
| July 2025 | 674.8 thousands | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 674.2 thousands | 0.3 |
| May 2025 | 671.6 thousands | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 667.8 thousands | 0.4 |
| March 2025 | 662.2 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 659.3 thousands | 0.5 |
| January 2025 | 659.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 666.2 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 669.9 thousands | 0.5 |
| October 2024 | 670.1 thousands | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```