Washington 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, Washington's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 45,100; this means that Washington added 2,600 jobs to 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 Washington'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 Washington's industries and links for many more of Washington's industries at this link.

Washington Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Washington Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Washington Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 43000
February 2007 44100 1100
March 2007 44000 -100
April 2007 44800 800
May 2007 46000 1200
June 2007 49100 3100
July 2007 50100 1000
August 2007 50600 500
September 2007 50500 -100
October 2007 45200 -5300
November 2007 43500 -1700
December 2007 45600 2100
January 2008 45600 0
February 2008 45700 100
March 2008 46400 700
April 2008 47600 1200
May 2008 48100 500
June 2008 50400 2300
July 2008 51500 1100
August 2008 51800 300
September 2008 52300 500
October 2008 46500 -5800
November 2008 43800 -2700
December 2008 44100 300
January 2009 43800 -300
February 2009 44700 900
March 2009 44800 100
April 2009 44500 -300
May 2009 46300 1800
June 2009 48500 2200
July 2009 49800 1300
August 2009 49600 -200
September 2009 49900 300
October 2009 44000 -5900
November 2009 43000 -1000
December 2009 43200 200
January 2010 42500 -700
February 2010 42900 400
March 2010 43600 700
April 2010 45600 2000
May 2010 45600 0
June 2010 48500 2900
July 2010 49000 500
August 2010 48600 -400
September 2010 48700 100
October 2010 42500 -6200
November 2010 41600 -900
December 2010 43400 1800
January 2011 42800 -600
February 2011 42700 -100
March 2011 42900 200
April 2011 45700 2800
May 2011 45700 0
June 2011 48200 2500
July 2011 49300 1100
August 2011 49600 300
September 2011 49700 100
October 2011 43200 -6500
November 2011 42500 -700
December 2011 44000 1500
January 2012 42900 -1100
February 2012 43400 500
March 2012 43600 200
April 2012 45400 1800
May 2012 46200 800
June 2012 48100 1900
July 2012 49600 1500
August 2012 49700 100
September 2012 49700 0
October 2012 44600 -5100
November 2012 42800 -1800
December 2012 44100 1300
January 2013 43600 -500
February 2013 43800 200
March 2013 44300 500
April 2013 45900 1600
May 2013 46600 700
June 2013 49600 3000
July 2013 50400 800
August 2013 51000 600
September 2013 50600 -400
October 2013 44300 -6300
November 2013 43600 -700
December 2013 44700 1100
January 2014 44700 0
February 2014 44700 0
March 2014 46000 1300
April 2014 47300 1300
May 2014 47800 500
June 2014 50300 2500
July 2014 50700 400
August 2014 50900 200
September 2014 50600 -300
October 2014 45100 -5500
November 2014 43600 -1500
December 2014 44600 1000
January 2015 45000 400
February 2015 45100 100
March 2015 44600 -500
April 2015 46800 2200
May 2015 48400 1600
June 2015 51700 3300
July 2015 52900 1200
August 2015 53100 200
September 2015 52600 -500
October 2015 47100 -5500
November 2015 45100 -2000
December 2015 46900 1800
January 2016 47100 200
February 2016 47400 300
March 2016 47500 100
April 2016 50200 2700
May 2016 50800 600
June 2016 53100 2300
July 2016 55000 1900
August 2016 54800 -200
September 2016 54300 -500
October 2016 49100 -5200
November 2016 47400 -1700
December 2016 49400 2000
January 2017 48300 -1100
February 2017 48800 500
March 2017 49300 500
April 2017 51500 2200
May 2017 52100 600
June 2017 55400 3300
July 2017 56300 900
August 2017 56100 -200
September 2017 54700 -1400
October 2017 48900 -5800
November 2017 48200 -700
December 2017 50100 1900
January 2018 49800 -300
February 2018 50200 400
March 2018 50900 700
April 2018 53500 2600
May 2018 54300 800
June 2018 57600 3300
July 2018 57800 200
August 2018 57800 0
September 2018 56100 -1700
October 2018 51200 -4900
November 2018 50000 -1200
December 2018 51800 1800
January 2019 50900 -900
February 2019 49500 -1400
March 2019 51800 2300
April 2019 54400 2600
May 2019 54700 300
June 2019 57800 3100
July 2019 59100 1300
August 2019 59100 0
September 2019 57300 -1800
October 2019 53700 -3600
November 2019 51900 -1800
December 2019 53000 1100
January 2020 52700 -300
February 2020 53000 300
March 2020 52500 -500
April 2020 24600 -27900
May 2020 24600 0
June 2020 29200 4600
July 2020 31700 2500
August 2020 31700 0
September 2020 32500 800
October 2020 32600 100
November 2020 32500 -100
December 2020 29200 -3300
January 2021 29700 500
February 2021 32500 2800
March 2021 35600 3100
April 2021 38600 3000
May 2021 39900 1300
June 2021 43000 3100
July 2021 46000 3000
August 2021 47200 1200
September 2021 45000 -2200
October 2021 40800 -4200
November 2021 41000 200
December 2021 41500 500
January 2022 42100 600
February 2022 43700 1600
March 2022 43200 -500
April 2022 45300 2100
May 2022 45600 300
June 2022 47700 2100
July 2022 49500 1800
August 2022 50000 500
September 2022 47500 -2500
October 2022 44500 -3000
November 2022 42500 -2000
December 2022 45100 2600