Kentucky Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Kentucky's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 20,100; this means that Kentucky added 300 jobs to the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Kentucky's not seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Kentucky's industries and links for many more of Kentucky's industries at this link.

Kentucky Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Kentucky Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Kentucky Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 14600
February 2007 14800 200
March 2007 16200 1400
April 2007 19300 3100
May 2007 22800 3500
June 2007 23400 600
July 2007 23500 100
August 2007 22500 -1000
September 2007 20100 -2400
October 2007 18700 -1400
November 2007 18000 -700
December 2007 16300 -1700
January 2008 15200 -1100
February 2008 15400 200
March 2008 16300 900
April 2008 19500 3200
May 2008 23000 3500
June 2008 23200 200
July 2008 23900 700
August 2008 22700 -1200
September 2008 20800 -1900
October 2008 19800 -1000
November 2008 17300 -2500
December 2008 16300 -1000
January 2009 15200 -1100
February 2009 15300 100
March 2009 16700 1400
April 2009 19500 2800
May 2009 22400 2900
June 2009 23200 800
July 2009 23700 500
August 2009 22000 -1700
September 2009 20800 -1200
October 2009 19200 -1600
November 2009 17900 -1300
December 2009 16100 -1800
January 2010 14500 -1600
February 2010 14500 0
March 2010 15500 1000
April 2010 18900 3400
May 2010 21000 2100
June 2010 22200 1200
July 2010 22200 0
August 2010 21500 -700
September 2010 19900 -1600
October 2010 18600 -1300
November 2010 17400 -1200
December 2010 15800 -1600
January 2011 14200 -1600
February 2011 14700 500
March 2011 15900 1200
April 2011 19600 3700
May 2011 20800 1200
June 2011 22400 1600
July 2011 22900 500
August 2011 21800 -1100
September 2011 20400 -1400
October 2011 19400 -1000
November 2011 18300 -1100
December 2011 16300 -2000
January 2012 15300 -1000
February 2012 15800 500
March 2012 17000 1200
April 2012 19500 2500
May 2012 22700 3200
June 2012 23100 400
July 2012 23200 100
August 2012 22100 -1100
September 2012 20400 -1700
October 2012 19600 -800
November 2012 18800 -800
December 2012 16800 -2000
January 2013 16000 -800
February 2013 16200 200
March 2013 17100 900
April 2013 20800 3700
May 2013 22600 1800
June 2013 23200 600
July 2013 24000 800
August 2013 22900 -1100
September 2013 21300 -1600
October 2013 20000 -1300
November 2013 18700 -1300
December 2013 16900 -1800
January 2014 15500 -1400
February 2014 15600 100
March 2014 16800 1200
April 2014 21200 4400
May 2014 23100 1900
June 2014 24400 1300
July 2014 24400 0
August 2014 23400 -1000
September 2014 21400 -2000
October 2014 19900 -1500
November 2014 18200 -1700
December 2014 17100 -1100
January 2015 16100 -1000
February 2015 16200 100
March 2015 17500 1300
April 2015 21400 3900
May 2015 23300 1900
June 2015 24700 1400
July 2015 25700 1000
August 2015 24100 -1600
September 2015 23100 -1000
October 2015 21000 -2100
November 2015 20300 -700
December 2015 18100 -2200
January 2016 17000 -1100
February 2016 17300 300
March 2016 18800 1500
April 2016 23000 4200
May 2016 24600 1600
June 2016 25900 1300
July 2016 26200 300
August 2016 24500 -1700
September 2016 23100 -1400
October 2016 21700 -1400
November 2016 20400 -1300
December 2016 18500 -1900
January 2017 17900 -600
February 2017 18400 500
March 2017 19800 1400
April 2017 23300 3500
May 2017 25400 2100
June 2017 27200 1800
July 2017 27600 400
August 2017 25900 -1700
September 2017 24000 -1900
October 2017 22500 -1500
November 2017 21900 -600
December 2017 19600 -2300
January 2018 18100 -1500
February 2018 18500 400
March 2018 19800 1300
April 2018 23100 3300
May 2018 26300 3200
June 2018 27800 1500
July 2018 27700 -100
August 2018 26300 -1400
September 2018 24300 -2000
October 2018 23500 -800
November 2018 22300 -1200
December 2018 20200 -2100
January 2019 19200 -1000
February 2019 19500 300
March 2019 20900 1400
April 2019 24400 3500
May 2019 27300 2900
June 2019 28400 1100
July 2019 28300 -100
August 2019 27100 -1200
September 2019 25200 -1900
October 2019 24200 -1000
November 2019 22600 -1600
December 2019 21000 -1600
January 2020 19800 -1200
February 2020 20300 500
March 2020 20200 -100
April 2020 10200 -10000
May 2020 12300 2100
June 2020 19400 7100
July 2020 22000 2600
August 2020 21400 -600
September 2020 20800 -600
October 2020 19100 -1700
November 2020 18200 -900
December 2020 16500 -1700
January 2021 16400 -100
February 2021 16100 -300
March 2021 17500 1400
April 2021 20100 2600
May 2021 22700 2600
June 2021 25600 2900
July 2021 25800 200
August 2021 24600 -1200
September 2021 23200 -1400
October 2021 21900 -1300
November 2021 20800 -1100
December 2021 19700 -1100
January 2022 18100 -1600
February 2022 18800 700
March 2022 19700 900
April 2022 23500 3800
May 2022 25600 2100
June 2022 28300 2700
July 2022 28100 -200
August 2022 27100 -1000
September 2022 25200 -1900
October 2022 23700 -1500
November 2022 21700 -2000
December 2022 20400 -1300
January 2023 19800 -600
February 2023 20100 300