Virginia Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 12, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2022, Virginia's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 62,000; this means that Virginia lost 900 jobs in the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the month of December 2022. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Virginia's not seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to December 2022.

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

Virginia Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Virginia Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Virginia Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 37900
February 2007 39100 1200
March 2007 43100 4000
April 2007 46000 2900
May 2007 50900 4900
June 2007 60200 9300
July 2007 60900 700
August 2007 60000 -900
September 2007 52500 -7500
October 2007 47000 -5500
November 2007 41600 -5400
December 2007 40500 -1100
January 2008 38700 -1800
February 2008 40300 1600
March 2008 44400 4100
April 2008 48300 3900
May 2008 54500 6200
June 2008 61800 7300
July 2008 63200 1400
August 2008 61400 -1800
September 2008 52700 -8700
October 2008 47400 -5300
November 2008 41800 -5600
December 2008 40000 -1800
January 2009 37600 -2400
February 2009 39100 1500
March 2009 41900 2800
April 2009 46000 4100
May 2009 53200 7200
June 2009 60500 7300
July 2009 61800 1300
August 2009 59900 -1900
September 2009 52900 -7000
October 2009 46800 -6100
November 2009 41000 -5800
December 2009 39600 -1400
January 2010 37200 -2400
February 2010 37300 100
March 2010 41300 4000
April 2010 47100 5800
May 2010 52400 5300
June 2010 61300 8900
July 2010 62100 800
August 2010 60400 -1700
September 2010 53200 -7200
October 2010 46400 -6800
November 2010 41900 -4500
December 2010 40900 -1000
January 2011 37700 -3200
February 2011 39000 1300
March 2011 42300 3300
April 2011 47900 5600
May 2011 52800 4900
June 2011 61600 8800
July 2011 62800 1200
August 2011 61400 -1400
September 2011 52800 -8600
October 2011 48000 -4800
November 2011 43000 -5000
December 2011 41900 -1100
January 2012 39100 -2800
February 2012 40300 1200
March 2012 44400 4100
April 2012 48200 3800
May 2012 54200 6000
June 2012 63100 8900
July 2012 63500 400
August 2012 62400 -1100
September 2012 53600 -8800
October 2012 48400 -5200
November 2012 44100 -4300
December 2012 43400 -700
January 2013 40800 -2600
February 2013 41600 800
March 2013 45300 3700
April 2013 49500 4200
May 2013 55100 5600
June 2013 63900 8800
July 2013 65600 1700
August 2013 63300 -2300
September 2013 54900 -8400
October 2013 49300 -5600
November 2013 45100 -4200
December 2013 45100 0
January 2014 41200 -3900
February 2014 41100 -100
March 2014 44900 3800
April 2014 49900 5000
May 2014 56800 6900
June 2014 64600 7800
July 2014 65200 600
August 2014 63500 -1700
September 2014 54300 -9200
October 2014 49900 -4400
November 2014 45000 -4900
December 2014 44600 -400
January 2015 42600 -2000
February 2015 42600 0
March 2015 46100 3500
April 2015 51800 5700
May 2015 58100 6300
June 2015 66800 8700
July 2015 68900 2100
August 2015 67300 -1600
September 2015 59500 -7800
October 2015 54800 -4700
November 2015 50400 -4400
December 2015 50900 500
January 2016 45900 -5000
February 2016 46700 800
March 2016 51300 4600
April 2016 55700 4400
May 2016 60000 4300
June 2016 70300 10300
July 2016 71900 1600
August 2016 69600 -2300
September 2016 61100 -8500
October 2016 54200 -6900
November 2016 50600 -3600
December 2016 50400 -200
January 2017 45400 -5000
February 2017 47400 2000
March 2017 50700 3300
April 2017 55100 4400
May 2017 60300 5200
June 2017 70300 10000
July 2017 70400 100
August 2017 68300 -2100
September 2017 58300 -10000
October 2017 54700 -3600
November 2017 49800 -4900
December 2017 49900 100
January 2018 46700 -3200
February 2018 47200 500
March 2018 50900 3700
April 2018 55000 4100
May 2018 60700 5700
June 2018 70700 10000
July 2018 71400 700
August 2018 69300 -2100
September 2018 58400 -10900
October 2018 55300 -3100
November 2018 52700 -2600
December 2018 52300 -400
January 2019 48500 -3800
February 2019 48600 100
March 2019 52200 3600
April 2019 58700 6500
May 2019 64500 5800
June 2019 75100 10600
July 2019 76500 1400
August 2019 73600 -2900
September 2019 63300 -10300
October 2019 60100 -3200
November 2019 57600 -2500
December 2019 57400 -200
January 2020 55600 -1800
February 2020 54500 -1100
March 2020 56200 1700
April 2020 27100 -29100
May 2020 26900 -200
June 2020 36100 9200
July 2020 47600 11500
August 2020 49000 1400
September 2020 46100 -2900
October 2020 43500 -2600
November 2020 43100 -400
December 2020 42400 -700
January 2021 40300 -2100
February 2021 39300 -1000
March 2021 41600 2300
April 2021 45600 4000
May 2021 51600 6000
June 2021 61400 9800
July 2021 67900 6500
August 2021 65800 -2100
September 2021 56800 -9000
October 2021 55000 -1800
November 2021 55000 0
December 2021 55500 500
January 2022 51500 -4000
February 2022 54300 2800
March 2022 57600 3300
April 2022 62600 5000
May 2022 68400 5800
June 2022 79600 11200
July 2022 85000 5400
August 2022 79400 -5600
September 2022 69700 -9700
October 2022 63700 -6000
November 2022 62900 -800
December 2022 62000 -900