United States Payroll Employment for the 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 chemicals payroll employment was 146,300; this means that the United States added 400 jobs to the 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 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.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Chemicals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	142200
February 2002	142100	-100
March 2002	141300	-800
April 2002	141100	-200
May 2002	141000	-100
June 2002	141900	900
July 2002	142800	900
August 2002	142800	0
September 2002	142200	-600
October 2002	141600	-600
November 2002	141000	-600
December 2002	141200	200
January 2003	139900	-1300
February 2003	140200	300
March 2003	140400	200
April 2003	139900	-500
May 2003	141600	1700
June 2003	141500	-100
July 2003	140600	-900
August 2003	140600	0
September 2003	141100	500
October 2003	140900	-200
November 2003	141300	400
December 2003	141800	500
January 2004	138900	-2900
February 2004	139600	700
March 2004	139900	300
April 2004	141200	1300
May 2004	142200	1000
June 2004	143500	1300
July 2004	143400	-100
August 2004	143300	-100
September 2004	143200	-100
October 2004	142800	-400
November 2004	143800	1000
December 2004	143200	-600
January 2005	140800	-2400
February 2005	141000	200
March 2005	141500	500
April 2005	141200	-300
May 2005	142300	1100
June 2005	143400	1100
July 2005	144100	700
August 2005	144100	0
September 2005	144300	200
October 2005	144100	-200
November 2005	143900	-200
December 2005	143700	-200
January 2006	143600	-100
February 2006	142100	-1500
March 2006	142000	-100
April 2006	144300	2300
May 2006	145700	1400
June 2006	146300	600
July 2006	146700	400
August 2006	146800	100
September 2006	147200	400
October 2006	147000	-200
November 2006	147400	400
December 2006	146900	-500
January 2007	144900	-2000
February 2007	144400	-500
March 2007	143900	-500
April 2007	142600	-1300
May 2007	142300	-300
June 2007	146500	4200
July 2007	146800	300
August 2007	147100	300
September 2007	146800	-300
October 2007	146100	-700
November 2007	146700	600
December 2007	145200	-1500
January 2008	143600	-1600
February 2008	144800	1200
March 2008	143500	-1300
April 2008	143200	-300
May 2008	143500	300
June 2008	144900	1400
July 2008	144100	-800
August 2008	141800	-2300
September 2008	141900	100
October 2008	144200	2300
November 2008	142100	-2100
December 2008	141100	-1000
January 2009	137600	-3500
February 2009	138500	900
March 2009	139000	500
April 2009	137500	-1500
May 2009	138000	500
June 2009	138100	100
July 2009	136300	-1800
August 2009	136300	0
September 2009	134700	-1600
October 2009	133400	-1300
November 2009	133800	400
December 2009	133800	0
January 2010	131000	-2800
February 2010	131100	100
March 2010	132200	1100
April 2010	131900	-300
May 2010	132600	700
June 2010	135200	2600
July 2010	133800	-1400
August 2010	133800	0
September 2010	134800	1000
October 2010	134500	-300
November 2010	134600	100
December 2010	134800	200
January 2011	132800	-2000
February 2011	132600	-200
March 2011	134600	2000
April 2011	135200	600
May 2011	135900	700
June 2011	136700	800
July 2011	136900	200
August 2011	136700	-200
September 2011	137300	600
October 2011	137200	-100
November 2011	138100	900
December 2011	138900	800
January 2012	137500	-1400
February 2012	138300	800
March 2012	138400	100
April 2012	137900	-500
May 2012	139800	1900
June 2012	140100	300
July 2012	139400	-700
August 2012	140700	1300
September 2012	140100	-600
October 2012	141100	1000
November 2012	140900	-200
December 2012	141000	100
January 2013	140300	-700
February 2013	140000	-300
March 2013	140700	700
April 2013	140200	-500
May 2013	141300	1100
June 2013	141700	400
July 2013	142900	1200
August 2013	142400	-500
September 2013	143700	1300
October 2013	142400	-1300
November 2013	142200	-200
December 2013	142200	0
January 2014	141600	-600
February 2014	141500	-100
March 2014	141600	100
April 2014	142400	800
May 2014	143500	1100
June 2014	144900	1400
July 2014	144700	-200
August 2014	144300	-400
September 2014	144400	100
October 2014	144900	500
November 2014	144800	-100
December 2014	144000	-800
January 2015	143100	-900
February 2015	143300	200
March 2015	143400	100
April 2015	143100	-300
May 2015	143100	0
June 2015	143300	200
July 2015	144500	1200
August 2015	143600	-900
September 2015	143200	-400
October 2015	143700	500
November 2015	144500	800
December 2015	145100	600
January 2016	143500	-1600
February 2016	142100	-1400
March 2016	142300	200
April 2016	142400	100
May 2016	141900	-500
June 2016	142800	900
July 2016	142800	0
August 2016	143900	1100
September 2016	142200	-1700
October 2016	143000	800
November 2016	142800	-200
December 2016	144000	1200
January 2017	143200	-800
February 2017	142500	-700
March 2017	142700	200
April 2017	142300	-400
May 2017	142600	300
June 2017	143700	1100
July 2017	144400	700
August 2017	145300	900
September 2017	144500	-800
October 2017	144600	100
November 2017	144700	100
December 2017	146000	1300
January 2018	145400	-600
February 2018	144100	-1300
March 2018	145800	1700
April 2018	146400	600
May 2018	146300	-100
June 2018	147300	1000
July 2018	147600	300
August 2018	146600	-1000
September 2018	145700	-900
October 2018	146200	500
November 2018	146000	-200
December 2018	149500	3500
January 2019	147200	-2300
February 2019	148600	1400
March 2019	148100	-500
April 2019	147300	-800
May 2019	146900	-400
June 2019	147400	500
July 2019	146800	-600
August 2019	146100	-700
September 2019	145300	-800
October 2019	146200	900
November 2019	146600	400
December 2019	146600	0
January 2020	146500	-100
February 2020	146700	200
March 2020	146500	-200
April 2020	142100	-4400
May 2020	142600	500
June 2020	142300	-300
July 2020	140000	-2300
August 2020	140400	400
September 2020	139400	-1000
October 2020	139100	-300
November 2020	140400	1300
December 2020	141000	600
January 2021	141300	300
February 2021	143500	2200
March 2021	143500	0
April 2021	143600	100
May 2021	143700	100
June 2021	144100	400
July 2021	143600	-500
August 2021	145200	1600
September 2021	142500	-2700
October 2021	142900	400
November 2021	144400	1500
December 2021	145400	1000
January 2022	144700	-700
February 2022	144600	-100
March 2022	145600	1000
April 2022	144900	-700
May 2022	145400	500
June 2022	145400	0
July 2022	145100	-300
August 2022	144400	-700
September 2022	144300	-100
October 2022	146200	1900
November 2022	146200	0
December 2022	146300	100
January 2023	145900	-400
February 2023	146300	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.