# All Employees: Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities — Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (NSA)

All Employees: Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities — Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (NSA) was up 1.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 290.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.4% (Apr 2020) to 9.3% (May 2022), averaging 2.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-transportation-warehousing-and-utilities-chicago

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 290.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| August 2026 | 290.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| July 2026 | 291.2 thousands | 2.8 |
| June 2026 | 287.2 thousands | 2.2 |
| May 2026 | 285.6 thousands | 1.5 |
| April 2026 | 283.6 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2026 | 282.9 thousands | 1.0 |
| February 2026 | 284.4 thousands | 0.9 |
| January 2026 | 290.5 thousands | 2.2 |
| December 2025 | 302.5 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2025 | 300.4 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2025 | 292.8 thousands | 1.1 |
| September 2025 | 285.5 thousands | 0.4 |
| August 2025 | 283.2 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 283.2 thousands | 0.9 |
| June 2025 | 281.1 thousands | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 281.5 thousands | 0.3 |
| April 2025 | 279.4 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2025 | 280.2 thousands | 1.0 |
| February 2025 | 282.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2025 | 284.3 thousands | 1.1 |
| December 2024 | 299.6 thousands | 2.0 |
| November 2024 | 296.3 thousands | 1.5 |
| October 2024 | 289.5 thousands | 1.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-43000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```