United States Payroll Employment for the Apparel Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the apparel industry was 93,600 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 700 jobs to the apparel industry in March 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Apparel Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Apparel Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Apparel Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 355500
February 2002 356500 1000
March 2002 356500 0
April 2002 351800 -4700
May 2002 354200 2400
June 2002 360700 6500
July 2002 349600 -11100
August 2002 349100 -500
September 2002 350700 1600
October 2002 343700 -7000
November 2002 341100 -2600
December 2002 330300 -10800
January 2003 320000 -10300
February 2003 317700 -2300
March 2003 318000 300
April 2003 311300 -6700
May 2003 312100 800
June 2003 312100 0
July 2003 295400 -16700
August 2003 295000 -400
September 2003 294200 -800
October 2003 294300 100
November 2003 290100 -4200
December 2003 286200 -3900
January 2004 281000 -5200
February 2004 283600 2600
March 2004 285700 2100
April 2004 284100 -1600
May 2004 284600 500
June 2004 285600 1000
July 2004 274000 -11600
August 2004 277700 3700
September 2004 277800 100
October 2004 271300 -6500
November 2004 267300 -4000
December 2004 263600 -3700
January 2005 257000 -6600
February 2005 259500 2500
March 2005 258100 -1400
April 2005 257000 -1100
May 2005 254600 -2400
June 2005 255500 900
July 2005 248500 -7000
August 2005 248600 100
September 2005 247600 -1000
October 2005 240700 -6900
November 2005 240600 -100
December 2005 237700 -2900
January 2006 232300 -5400
February 2006 236400 4100
March 2006 236900 500
April 2006 237500 600
May 2006 235800 -1700
June 2006 237500 1700
July 2006 233600 -3900
August 2006 230600 -3000
September 2006 231000 400
October 2006 227600 -3400
November 2006 225600 -2000
December 2006 223500 -2100
January 2007 216400 -7100
February 2007 218200 1800
March 2007 218900 700
April 2007 218000 -900
May 2007 217200 -800
June 2007 217300 100
July 2007 214500 -2800
August 2007 213300 -1200
September 2007 213700 400
October 2007 209800 -3900
November 2007 210200 400
December 2007 207300 -2900
January 2008 200600 -6700
February 2008 203100 2500
March 2008 202900 -200
April 2008 202700 -200
May 2008 202100 -600
June 2008 204300 2200
July 2008 201200 -3100
August 2008 203200 2000
September 2008 201400 -1800
October 2008 194500 -6900
November 2008 188900 -5600
December 2008 183100 -5800
January 2009 174800 -8300
February 2009 176000 1200
March 2009 174000 -2000
April 2009 170000 -4000
May 2009 170200 200
June 2009 166700 -3500
July 2009 165800 -900
August 2009 167200 1400
September 2009 165600 -1600
October 2009 161700 -3900
November 2009 158100 -3600
December 2009 159400 1300
January 2010 159200 -200
February 2010 160500 1300
March 2010 158500 -2000
April 2010 157400 -1100
May 2010 156600 -800
June 2010 158200 1600
July 2010 155100 -3100
August 2010 156100 1000
September 2010 155500 -600
October 2010 154600 -900
November 2010 153300 -1300
December 2010 154000 700
January 2011 151600 -2400
February 2011 152300 700
March 2011 151400 -900
April 2011 152700 1300
May 2011 152700 0
June 2011 153000 300
July 2011 149700 -3300
August 2011 152000 2300
September 2011 153500 1500
October 2011 152500 -1000
November 2011 150700 -1800
December 2011 148500 -2200
January 2012 146400 -2100
February 2012 148300 1900
March 2012 149500 1200
April 2012 150200 700
May 2012 150400 200
June 2012 148600 -1800
July 2012 147100 -1500
August 2012 146200 -900
September 2012 148000 1800
October 2012 147300 -700
November 2012 147200 -100
December 2012 147000 -200
January 2013 145300 -1700
February 2013 148200 2900
March 2013 145300 -2900
April 2013 143400 -1900
May 2013 144800 1400
June 2013 144500 -300
July 2013 142400 -2100
August 2013 143600 1200
September 2013 144600 1000
October 2013 144700 100
November 2013 144900 200
December 2013 144200 -700
January 2014 143200 -1000
February 2014 143100 -100
March 2014 142600 -500
April 2014 141600 -1000
May 2014 139600 -2000
June 2014 139700 100
July 2014 137400 -2300
August 2014 138000 600
September 2014 140100 2100
October 2014 139700 -400
November 2014 138400 -1300
December 2014 138000 -400
January 2015 138600 600
February 2015 137600 -1000
March 2015 137300 -300
April 2015 135400 -1900
May 2015 135600 200
June 2015 136700 1100
July 2015 134800 -1900
August 2015 136400 1600
September 2015 136500 100
October 2015 136500 0
November 2015 136000 -500
December 2015 136200 200
January 2016 133400 -2800
February 2016 133600 200
March 2016 132600 -1000
April 2016 131800 -800
May 2016 130800 -1000
June 2016 130900 100
July 2016 128500 -2400
August 2016 129600 1100
September 2016 131700 2100
October 2016 129800 -1900
November 2016 129500 -300
December 2016 128800 -700
January 2017 124400 -4400
February 2017 124600 200
March 2017 122600 -2000
April 2017 120800 -1800
May 2017 120300 -500
June 2017 119700 -600
July 2017 117800 -1900
August 2017 117200 -600
September 2017 116100 -1100
October 2017 116400 300
November 2017 116200 -200
December 2017 115200 -1000
January 2018 114100 -1100
February 2018 115100 1000
March 2018 115100 0
April 2018 116300 1200
May 2018 115700 -600
June 2018 114200 -1500
July 2018 113200 -1000
August 2018 112900 -300
September 2018 112100 -800
October 2018 112700 600
November 2018 112200 -500
December 2018 111700 -500
January 2019 111700 0
February 2019 110300 -1400
March 2019 111500 1200
April 2019 111800 300
May 2019 112200 400
June 2019 112600 400
July 2019 110500 -2100
August 2019 110600 100
September 2019 109000 -1600
October 2019 108600 -400
November 2019 106500 -2100
December 2019 105500 -1000
January 2020 103100 -2400
February 2020 103900 800
March 2020 102600 -1300
April 2020 70200 -32400
May 2020 80200 10000
June 2020 87600 7400
July 2020 84500 -3100
August 2020 88100 3600
September 2020 89000 900
October 2020 91100 2100
November 2020 88700 -2400
December 2020 92000 3300
January 2021 88800 -3200
February 2021 91000 2200
March 2021 90000 -1000
April 2021 90500 500
May 2021 91200 700
June 2021 92400 1200
July 2021 91400 -1000
August 2021 91300 -100
September 2021 91400 100
October 2021 91500 100
November 2021 93200 1700
December 2021 93500 300
January 2022 90300 -3200
February 2022 93400 3100
March 2022 92900 -500
April 2022 92000 -900
May 2022 93400 1400
June 2022 94700 1300
July 2022 94200 -500
August 2022 93600 -600
September 2022 92500 -1100
October 2022 93500 1000
November 2022 94700 1200
December 2022 92600 -2100
January 2023 92100 -500
February 2023 92900 800
March 2023 93600 700