United States Payroll Employment for the Arts, entertainment, and recreation 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 arts, entertainment, and recreation industry was 2,257,800 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 70,000 jobs to the arts, entertainment, and recreation 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 Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1583200
February 2002 1599000 15800
March 2002 1651800 52800
April 2002 1730600 78800
May 2002 1846100 115500
June 2002 2001800 155700
July 2002 2037900 36100
August 2002 2005400 -32500
September 2002 1841000 -164400
October 2002 1751300 -89700
November 2002 1667600 -83700
December 2002 1675700 8100
January 2003 1624900 -50800
February 2003 1630300 5400
March 2003 1665200 34900
April 2003 1751600 86400
May 2003 1875400 123800
June 2003 2041500 166100
July 2003 2107300 65800
August 2003 2069500 -37800
September 2003 1868000 -201500
October 2003 1763000 -105000
November 2003 1675000 -88000
December 2003 1682600 7600
January 2004 1628000 -54600
February 2004 1643700 15700
March 2004 1694300 50600
April 2004 1798500 104200
May 2004 1923900 125400
June 2004 2090700 166800
July 2004 2142900 52200
August 2004 2102600 -40300
September 2004 1933000 -169600
October 2004 1819400 -113600
November 2004 1716800 -102600
December 2004 1701500 -15300
January 2005 1640500 -61000
February 2005 1659600 19100
March 2005 1707300 47700
April 2005 1848100 140800
May 2005 1964400 116300
June 2005 2144500 180100
July 2005 2202900 58400
August 2005 2179400 -23500
September 2005 1985500 -193900
October 2005 1858000 -127500
November 2005 1767500 -90500
December 2005 1750000 -17500
January 2006 1678100 -71900
February 2006 1699100 21000
March 2006 1747200 48100
April 2006 1873700 126500
May 2006 2000600 126900
June 2006 2174200 173600
July 2006 2242100 67900
August 2006 2203100 -39000
September 2006 2002100 -201000
October 2006 1901500 -100600
November 2006 1809400 -92100
December 2006 1811200 1800
January 2007 1737300 -73900
February 2007 1760600 23300
March 2007 1804200 43600
April 2007 1906000 101800
May 2007 2049100 143100
June 2007 2225400 176300
July 2007 2266000 40600
August 2007 2224600 -41400
September 2007 2032300 -192300
October 2007 1941000 -91300
November 2007 1842800 -98200
December 2007 1840700 -2100
January 2008 1767900 -72800
February 2008 1788700 20800
March 2008 1837200 48500
April 2008 1937100 99900
May 2008 2060400 123300
June 2008 2228400 168000
July 2008 2269600 41200
August 2008 2227500 -42100
September 2008 2009400 -218100
October 2008 1911200 -98200
November 2008 1802300 -108900
December 2008 1801400 -900
January 2009 1734800 -66600
February 2009 1746000 11200
March 2009 1778000 32000
April 2009 1865700 87700
May 2009 1993000 127300
June 2009 2140900 147900
July 2009 2208500 67600
August 2009 2160800 -47700
September 2009 1993800 -167000
October 2009 1865100 -128700
November 2009 1757800 -107300
December 2009 1741300 -16500
January 2010 1674800 -66500
February 2010 1695200 20400
March 2010 1740300 45100
April 2010 1865400 125100
May 2010 1983800 118400
June 2010 2172600 188800
July 2010 2240100 67500
August 2010 2190800 -49300
September 2010 2020900 -169900
October 2010 1870500 -150400
November 2010 1758100 -112400
December 2010 1746800 -11300
January 2011 1665200 -81600
February 2011 1704800 39600
March 2011 1763100 58300
April 2011 1879900 116800
May 2011 1977800 97900
June 2011 2171700 193900
July 2011 2230700 59000
August 2011 2187900 -42800
September 2011 2007700 -180200
October 2011 1888700 -119000
November 2011 1781800 -106900
December 2011 1769900 -11900
January 2012 1723100 -46800
February 2012 1749100 26000
March 2012 1828000 78900
April 2012 1916600 88600
May 2012 2028900 112300
June 2012 2213700 184800
July 2012 2270800 57100
August 2012 2245700 -25100
September 2012 2037800 -207900
October 2012 1939600 -98200
November 2012 1836400 -103200
December 2012 1833300 -3100
January 2013 1768600 -64700
February 2013 1797800 29200
March 2013 1875100 77300
April 2013 1969000 93900
May 2013 2101700 132700
June 2013 2301200 199500
July 2013 2341300 40100
August 2013 2296200 -45100
September 2013 2084400 -211800
October 2013 2006300 -78100
November 2013 1907700 -98600
December 2013 1907200 -500
January 2014 1848800 -58400
February 2014 1873800 25000
March 2014 1927500 53700
April 2014 2036500 109000
May 2014 2187400 150900
June 2014 2376500 189100
July 2014 2428300 51800
August 2014 2367100 -61200
September 2014 2159700 -207400
October 2014 2087600 -72100
November 2014 1977400 -110200
December 2014 1966400 -11000
January 2015 1889900 -76500
February 2015 1916400 26500
March 2015 1982200 65800
April 2015 2090000 107800
May 2015 2262900 172900
June 2015 2443300 180400
July 2015 2499400 56100
August 2015 2442800 -56600
September 2015 2241900 -200900
October 2015 2151300 -90600
November 2015 2046500 -104800
December 2015 2030600 -15900
January 2016 1951200 -79400
February 2016 1988400 37200
March 2016 2067800 79400
April 2016 2180700 112900
May 2016 2311800 131100
June 2016 2550100 238300
July 2016 2621800 71700
August 2016 2557900 -63900
September 2016 2324200 -233700
October 2016 2227000 -97200
November 2016 2137400 -89600
December 2016 2099900 -37500
January 2017 2029000 -70900
February 2017 2069300 40300
March 2017 2120300 51000
April 2017 2267000 146700
May 2017 2408600 141600
June 2017 2650600 242000
July 2017 2711100 60500
August 2017 2647900 -63200
September 2017 2392200 -255700
October 2017 2315900 -76300
November 2017 2191300 -124600
December 2017 2195400 4100
January 2018 2096200 -99200
February 2018 2131400 35200
March 2018 2195900 64500
April 2018 2307500 111600
May 2018 2454200 146700
June 2018 2691800 237600
July 2018 2750300 58500
August 2018 2682700 -67600
September 2018 2433700 -249000
October 2018 2371700 -62000
November 2018 2237100 -134600
December 2018 2237200 100
January 2019 2163100 -74100
February 2019 2192700 29600
March 2019 2263800 71100
April 2019 2370900 107100
May 2019 2501000 130100
June 2019 2717500 216500
July 2019 2785800 68300
August 2019 2716200 -69600
September 2019 2489500 -226700
October 2019 2416900 -72600
November 2019 2305200 -111700
December 2019 2319900 14700
January 2020 2245900 -74000
February 2020 2270400 24500
March 2020 2244700 -25700
April 2020 1140600 -1104100
May 2020 1257200 116600
June 2020 1693100 435900
July 2020 1855700 162600
August 2020 1825800 -29900
September 2020 1745700 -80100
October 2020 1737100 -8600
November 2020 1678900 -58200
December 2020 1583500 -95400
January 2021 1509500 -74000
February 2021 1556600 47100
March 2021 1646700 90100
April 2021 1808500 161800
May 2021 1979100 170600
June 2021 2223300 244200
July 2021 2333300 110000
August 2021 2324200 -9100
September 2021 2155200 -169000
October 2021 2110000 -45200
November 2021 2062300 -47700
December 2021 2051400 -10900
January 2022 1954400 -97000
February 2022 2013600 59200
March 2022 2083000 69400
April 2022 2205700 122700
May 2022 2347000 141300
June 2022 2579200 232200
July 2022 2652100 72900
August 2022 2585600 -66500
September 2022 2397000 -188600
October 2022 2329200 -67800
November 2022 2248500 -80700
December 2022 2241700 -6800
January 2023 2143100 -98600
February 2023 2187800 44700
March 2023 2257800 70000