United States Payroll Employment for the Basic chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted basic chemicals payroll employment was 154,200; this means that the United States lost 400 jobs in the basic chemicals 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 the United State's not seasonally adjusted historical basic chemicals payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 2023.

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

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Basic chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Basic chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Basic chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 173500
February 2002 172700 -800
March 2002 171800 -900
April 2002 170700 -1100
May 2002 169900 -800
June 2002 169300 -600
July 2002 170000 700
August 2002 169200 -800
September 2002 168700 -500
October 2002 169100 400
November 2002 168400 -700
December 2002 168600 200
January 2003 168400 -200
February 2003 166700 -1700
March 2003 164700 -2000
April 2003 162400 -2300
May 2003 162500 100
June 2003 161800 -700
July 2003 161500 -300
August 2003 161300 -200
September 2003 159700 -1600
October 2003 159600 -100
November 2003 159100 -500
December 2003 158500 -600
January 2004 157700 -800
February 2004 157600 -100
March 2004 157200 -400
April 2004 157500 300
May 2004 156700 -800
June 2004 157200 500
July 2004 155800 -1400
August 2004 155300 -500
September 2004 153900 -1400
October 2004 153900 0
November 2004 153300 -600
December 2004 152100 -1200
January 2005 151800 -300
February 2005 150600 -1200
March 2005 151900 1300
April 2005 151300 -600
May 2005 151400 100
June 2005 151400 0
July 2005 151000 -400
August 2005 150000 -1000
September 2005 148800 -1200
October 2005 148300 -500
November 2005 148000 -300
December 2005 147800 -200
January 2006 146800 -1000
February 2006 146300 -500
March 2006 146500 200
April 2006 147000 500
May 2006 147300 300
June 2006 147200 -100
July 2006 146900 -300
August 2006 148500 1600
September 2006 148000 -500
October 2006 148300 300
November 2006 148200 -100
December 2006 148000 -200
January 2007 148200 200
February 2007 148200 0
March 2007 147900 -300
April 2007 147600 -300
May 2007 147600 0
June 2007 149600 2000
July 2007 150200 600
August 2007 149500 -700
September 2007 149800 300
October 2007 148500 -1300
November 2007 149600 1100
December 2007 151500 1900
January 2008 151200 -300
February 2008 150900 -300
March 2008 151300 400
April 2008 151900 600
May 2008 153100 1200
June 2008 154600 1500
July 2008 152600 -2000
August 2008 152000 -600
September 2008 151000 -1000
October 2008 150800 -200
November 2008 152800 2000
December 2008 152300 -500
January 2009 149800 -2500
February 2009 149300 -500
March 2009 147700 -1600
April 2009 146200 -1500
May 2009 145200 -1000
June 2009 146100 900
July 2009 145400 -700
August 2009 142800 -2600
September 2009 143100 300
October 2009 142000 -1100
November 2009 143100 1100
December 2009 143300 200
January 2010 141400 -1900
February 2010 141500 100
March 2010 140700 -800
April 2010 139600 -1100
May 2010 141600 2000
June 2010 142600 1000
July 2010 143000 400
August 2010 143300 300
September 2010 143400 100
October 2010 143200 -200
November 2010 143600 400
December 2010 144100 500
January 2011 142600 -1500
February 2011 142300 -300
March 2011 141900 -400
April 2011 140500 -1400
May 2011 140100 -400
June 2011 142100 2000
July 2011 143000 900
August 2011 142800 -200
September 2011 143900 1100
October 2011 142500 -1400
November 2011 142000 -500
December 2011 143000 1000
January 2012 141800 -1200
February 2012 142000 200
March 2012 143000 1000
April 2012 142500 -500
May 2012 141900 -600
June 2012 142900 1000
July 2012 143100 200
August 2012 142700 -400
September 2012 142900 200
October 2012 142600 -300
November 2012 139700 -2900
December 2012 142900 3200
January 2013 143000 100
February 2013 142500 -500
March 2013 142300 -200
April 2013 141300 -1000
May 2013 141800 500
June 2013 142900 1100
July 2013 143200 300
August 2013 143000 -200
September 2013 142100 -900
October 2013 141500 -600
November 2013 142700 1200
December 2013 143200 500
January 2014 142900 -300
February 2014 143800 900
March 2014 144700 900
April 2014 144300 -400
May 2014 145600 1300
June 2014 148400 2800
July 2014 148900 500
August 2014 148700 -200
September 2014 149800 1100
October 2014 149500 -300
November 2014 149200 -300
December 2014 149500 300
January 2015 148100 -1400
February 2015 148900 800
March 2015 148300 -600
April 2015 148300 0
May 2015 148700 400
June 2015 149800 1100
July 2015 150300 500
August 2015 149800 -500
September 2015 149100 -700
October 2015 149200 100
November 2015 149800 600
December 2015 149600 -200
January 2016 147800 -1800
February 2016 148000 200
March 2016 148400 400
April 2016 148600 200
May 2016 149200 600
June 2016 150300 1100
July 2016 150500 200
August 2016 149800 -700
September 2016 147900 -1900
October 2016 148300 400
November 2016 148200 -100
December 2016 148500 300
January 2017 148300 -200
February 2017 148600 300
March 2017 149400 800
April 2017 149800 400
May 2017 151200 1400
June 2017 151900 700
July 2017 152400 500
August 2017 151300 -1100
September 2017 150900 -400
October 2017 151700 800
November 2017 151700 0
December 2017 150900 -800
January 2018 150100 -800
February 2018 150300 200
March 2018 150100 -200
April 2018 150400 300
May 2018 150300 -100
June 2018 151400 1100
July 2018 151900 500
August 2018 152400 500
September 2018 152200 -200
October 2018 152300 100
November 2018 151700 -600
December 2018 151900 200
January 2019 150200 -1700
February 2019 150800 600
March 2019 151600 800
April 2019 152400 800
May 2019 152900 500
June 2019 153400 500
July 2019 154300 900
August 2019 153500 -800
September 2019 152400 -1100
October 2019 152100 -300
November 2019 151900 -200
December 2019 152500 600
January 2020 150000 -2500
February 2020 150200 200
March 2020 151100 900
April 2020 148300 -2800
May 2020 146900 -1400
June 2020 148400 1500
July 2020 147800 -600
August 2020 149300 1500
September 2020 149400 100
October 2020 150500 1100
November 2020 148500 -2000
December 2020 148800 300
January 2021 146400 -2400
February 2021 147000 600
March 2021 146900 -100
April 2021 148200 1300
May 2021 147500 -700
June 2021 149100 1600
July 2021 150200 1100
August 2021 150400 200
September 2021 148500 -1900
October 2021 149100 600
November 2021 149100 0
December 2021 150000 900
January 2022 149000 -1000
February 2022 150000 1000
March 2022 150000 0
April 2022 148800 -1200
May 2022 150400 1600
June 2022 151200 800
July 2022 152700 1500
August 2022 153000 300
September 2022 153400 400
October 2022 154500 1100
November 2022 155600 1100
December 2022 156200 600
January 2023 154600 -1600
February 2023 154200 -400

United States 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 U.S. industries. You can also see the not seasonally adjusted U.S. payroll employment for many more industries at this link.