Wisconsin 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, Wisconsin's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 33,800; this means that Wisconsin lost 3,500 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 Wisconsin'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 Wisconsin's industries and links for many more of Wisconsin's industries at this link.

Wisconsin Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Wisconsin Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Wisconsin Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 28800
February 2007 29200 400
March 2007 29500 300
April 2007 33000 3500
May 2007 39200 6200
June 2007 44200 5000
July 2007 45000 800
August 2007 44900 -100
September 2007 39900 -5000
October 2007 35800 -4100
November 2007 31500 -4300
December 2007 31600 100
January 2008 29500 -2100
February 2008 29400 -100
March 2008 29300 -100
April 2008 32700 3400
May 2008 39200 6500
June 2008 43400 4200
July 2008 44500 1100
August 2008 44700 200
September 2008 38800 -5900
October 2008 35700 -3100
November 2008 30500 -5200
December 2008 30800 300
January 2009 28300 -2500
February 2009 28000 -300
March 2009 28200 200
April 2009 31700 3500
May 2009 38000 6300
June 2009 42400 4400
July 2009 43300 900
August 2009 43000 -300
September 2009 38500 -4500
October 2009 33900 -4600
November 2009 29800 -4100
December 2009 29700 -100
January 2010 27600 -2100
February 2010 27700 100
March 2010 28100 400
April 2010 33100 5000
May 2010 37100 4000
June 2010 40900 3800
July 2010 43600 2700
August 2010 43600 0
September 2010 38700 -4900
October 2010 34200 -4500
November 2010 30200 -4000
December 2010 30100 -100
January 2011 28100 -2000
February 2011 28400 300
March 2011 28100 -300
April 2011 32300 4200
May 2011 36500 4200
June 2011 41500 5000
July 2011 44500 3000
August 2011 43800 -700
September 2011 39300 -4500
October 2011 35200 -4100
November 2011 31100 -4100
December 2011 30900 -200
January 2012 29000 -1900
February 2012 28800 -200
March 2012 29800 1000
April 2012 33800 4000
May 2012 38100 4300
June 2012 42700 4600
July 2012 44900 2200
August 2012 43600 -1300
September 2012 39800 -3800
October 2012 35100 -4700
November 2012 30800 -4300
December 2012 31400 600
January 2013 29300 -2100
February 2013 29200 -100
March 2013 29100 -100
April 2013 31500 2400
May 2013 38800 7300
June 2013 43100 4300
July 2013 45200 2100
August 2013 44300 -900
September 2013 40100 -4200
October 2013 36000 -4100
November 2013 32100 -3900
December 2013 32600 500
January 2014 30000 -2600
February 2014 30100 100
March 2014 30000 -100
April 2014 32900 2900
May 2014 38900 6000
June 2014 44100 5200
July 2014 46500 2400
August 2014 45000 -1500
September 2014 40200 -4800
October 2014 36300 -3900
November 2014 32700 -3600
December 2014 32900 200
January 2015 30900 -2000
February 2015 30600 -300
March 2015 31100 500
April 2015 34900 3800
May 2015 40300 5400
June 2015 46100 5800
July 2015 46700 600
August 2015 46300 -400
September 2015 41400 -4900
October 2015 38500 -2900
November 2015 34800 -3700
December 2015 34000 -800
January 2016 32200 -1800
February 2016 32400 200
March 2016 32700 300
April 2016 36500 3800
May 2016 42000 5500
June 2016 47700 5700
July 2016 50100 2400
August 2016 49000 -1100
September 2016 43400 -5600
October 2016 40100 -3300
November 2016 35200 -4900
December 2016 34500 -700
January 2017 34000 -500
February 2017 33600 -400
March 2017 33900 300
April 2017 37400 3500
May 2017 42700 5300
June 2017 50100 7400
July 2017 51100 1000
August 2017 50000 -1100
September 2017 43400 -6600
October 2017 40400 -3000
November 2017 35900 -4500
December 2017 35000 -900
January 2018 35200 200
February 2018 35300 100
March 2018 35700 400
April 2018 36800 1100
May 2018 43500 6700
June 2018 51100 7600
July 2018 52900 1800
August 2018 51200 -1700
September 2018 45400 -5800
October 2018 42400 -3000
November 2018 38500 -3900
December 2018 38900 400
January 2019 37100 -1800
February 2019 37200 100
March 2019 37500 300
April 2019 39600 2100
May 2019 45900 6300
June 2019 53600 7700
July 2019 54200 600
August 2019 51700 -2500
September 2019 46200 -5500
October 2019 43200 -3000
November 2019 39000 -4200
December 2019 40000 1000
January 2020 38600 -1400
February 2020 38000 -600
March 2020 36900 -1100
April 2020 15900 -21000
May 2020 24700 8800
June 2020 34800 10100
July 2020 37200 2400
August 2020 37900 700
September 2020 34000 -3900
October 2020 31600 -2400
November 2020 27100 -4500
December 2020 27000 -100
January 2021 27000 0
February 2021 27600 600
March 2021 28100 500
April 2021 32800 4700
May 2021 38700 5900
June 2021 44600 5900
July 2021 48000 3400
August 2021 47400 -600
September 2021 41300 -6100
October 2021 41100 -200
November 2021 38100 -3000
December 2021 37500 -600
January 2022 36700 -800
February 2022 36800 100
March 2022 38400 1600
April 2022 40200 1800
May 2022 44000 3800
June 2022 48400 4400
July 2022 47900 -500
August 2022 47700 -200
September 2022 45300 -2400
October 2022 42000 -3300
November 2022 37300 -4700
December 2022 33800 -3500