Massachusetts 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, Massachusetts's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 50,600; this means that Massachusetts added 400 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 Massachusetts'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 Massachusetts's industries and links for many more of Massachusetts's industries at this link.

Massachusetts Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Massachusetts Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Massachusetts Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 39100
February 2007 39500 400
March 2007 40100 600
April 2007 43500 3400
May 2007 48800 5300
June 2007 56500 7700
July 2007 59700 3200
August 2007 60400 700
September 2007 52200 -8200
October 2007 49300 -2900
November 2007 44300 -5000
December 2007 43400 -900
January 2008 41300 -2100
February 2008 40500 -800
March 2008 41000 500
April 2008 45500 4500
May 2008 51300 5800
June 2008 57700 6400
July 2008 60400 2700
August 2008 61500 1100
September 2008 52800 -8700
October 2008 50200 -2600
November 2008 44800 -5400
December 2008 43300 -1500
January 2009 38600 -4700
February 2009 39300 700
March 2009 40000 700
April 2009 44300 4300
May 2009 49500 5200
June 2009 54700 5200
July 2009 58500 3800
August 2009 57800 -700
September 2009 51300 -6500
October 2009 49000 -2300
November 2009 43900 -5100
December 2009 42700 -1200
January 2010 40600 -2100
February 2010 39400 -1200
March 2010 40000 600
April 2010 45500 5500
May 2010 50000 4500
June 2010 56300 6300
July 2010 59600 3300
August 2010 60000 400
September 2010 52300 -7700
October 2010 51100 -1200
November 2010 45200 -5900
December 2010 44100 -1100
January 2011 41600 -2500
February 2011 39600 -2000
March 2011 41200 1600
April 2011 45700 4500
May 2011 49700 4000
June 2011 56000 6300
July 2011 61100 5100
August 2011 60900 -200
September 2011 52800 -8100
October 2011 51600 -1200
November 2011 46300 -5300
December 2011 44600 -1700
January 2012 42800 -1800
February 2012 41600 -1200
March 2012 42900 1300
April 2012 47000 4100
May 2012 50900 3900
June 2012 59200 8300
July 2012 61500 2300
August 2012 62100 600
September 2012 53900 -8200
October 2012 52100 -1800
November 2012 46500 -5600
December 2012 45300 -1200
January 2013 42800 -2500
February 2013 41500 -1300
March 2013 43900 2400
April 2013 47900 4000
May 2013 52400 4500
June 2013 60100 7700
July 2013 62900 2800
August 2013 64300 1400
September 2013 55800 -8500
October 2013 55400 -400
November 2013 49300 -6100
December 2013 48300 -1000
January 2014 43900 -4400
February 2014 44300 400
March 2014 46400 2100
April 2014 49900 3500
May 2014 55300 5400
June 2014 63200 7900
July 2014 67000 3800
August 2014 66500 -500
September 2014 57200 -9300
October 2014 56700 -500
November 2014 51200 -5500
December 2014 50600 -600
January 2015 47300 -3300
February 2015 45400 -1900
March 2015 47300 1900
April 2015 51200 3900
May 2015 58100 6900
June 2015 65100 7000
July 2015 70400 5300
August 2015 69600 -800
September 2015 59600 -10000
October 2015 58800 -800
November 2015 54100 -4700
December 2015 52500 -1600
January 2016 49200 -3300
February 2016 48200 -1000
March 2016 49700 1500
April 2016 54800 5100
May 2016 59800 5000
June 2016 68300 8500
July 2016 73700 5400
August 2016 72600 -1100
September 2016 62400 -10200
October 2016 60700 -1700
November 2016 55100 -5600
December 2016 53900 -1200
January 2017 50700 -3200
February 2017 48800 -1900
March 2017 50600 1800
April 2017 56700 6100
May 2017 61800 5100
June 2017 71500 9700
July 2017 74300 2800
August 2017 73800 -500
September 2017 63600 -10200
October 2017 62700 -900
November 2017 57400 -5300
December 2017 56300 -1100
January 2018 53700 -2600
February 2018 54100 400
March 2018 55800 1700
April 2018 58400 2600
May 2018 64300 5900
June 2018 72900 8600
July 2018 76600 3700
August 2018 76000 -600
September 2018 64900 -11100
October 2018 64400 -500
November 2018 56600 -7800
December 2018 56600 0
January 2019 54300 -2300
February 2019 52800 -1500
March 2019 54800 2000
April 2019 59900 5100
May 2019 65200 5300
June 2019 74500 9300
July 2019 77400 2900
August 2019 75100 -2300
September 2019 64900 -10200
October 2019 64200 -700
November 2019 56900 -7300
December 2019 58900 2000
January 2020 55200 -3700
February 2020 53800 -1400
March 2020 52200 -1600
April 2020 21600 -30600
May 2020 25600 4000
June 2020 32300 6700
July 2020 42200 9900
August 2020 44700 2500
September 2020 41000 -3700
October 2020 40600 -400
November 2020 37000 -3600
December 2020 35200 -1800
January 2021 32000 -3200
February 2021 32900 900
March 2021 35200 2300
April 2021 42000 6800
May 2021 47900 5900
June 2021 55800 7900
July 2021 62200 6400
August 2021 63300 1100
September 2021 55700 -7600
October 2021 55200 -500
November 2021 50500 -4700
December 2021 48600 -1900
January 2022 45700 -2900
February 2022 45700 0
March 2022 47700 2000
April 2022 54500 6800
May 2022 59600 5100
June 2022 66900 7300
July 2022 71900 5000
August 2022 70900 -1000
September 2022 60400 -10500
October 2022 57600 -2800
November 2022 53600 -4000
December 2022 52500 -1100
January 2023 50200 -2300
February 2023 50600 400

Massachusetts's Payroll Employment for Different Industries (Not Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the not seasonally adjusted payroll employment and number of jobs added for the following selected Massachusetts industries. You can also see the not seasonally adjusted Massachusetts payroll employment for many more industries at this link.