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

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the construction industry was 7,656,000 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 53,000 jobs to the construction industry in March 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Construction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Construction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Construction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 6363000
February 2002 6339000 -24000
March 2002 6416000 77000
April 2002 6563000 147000
May 2002 6749000 186000
June 2002 6924000 175000
July 2002 6984000 60000
August 2002 7001000 17000
September 2002 6935000 -66000
October 2002 6892000 -43000
November 2002 6810000 -82000
December 2002 6613000 -197000
January 2003 6293000 -320000
February 2003 6224000 -69000
March 2003 6319000 95000
April 2003 6534000 215000
May 2003 6767000 233000
June 2003 6951000 184000
July 2003 7029000 78000
August 2003 7062000 33000
September 2003 7015000 -47000
October 2003 6989000 -26000
November 2003 6903000 -86000
December 2003 6729000 -174000
January 2004 6431000 -298000
February 2004 6392000 -39000
March 2004 6551000 159000
April 2004 6778000 227000
May 2004 7012000 234000
June 2004 7194000 182000
July 2004 7292000 98000
August 2004 7311000 19000
September 2004 7249000 -62000
October 2004 7286000 37000
November 2004 7205000 -81000
December 2004 7012000 -193000
January 2005 6682000 -330000
February 2005 6699000 17000
March 2005 6838000 139000
April 2005 7128000 290000
May 2005 7360000 232000
June 2005 7574000 214000
July 2005 7652000 78000
August 2005 7704000 52000
September 2005 7645000 -59000
October 2005 7679000 34000
November 2005 7650000 -29000
December 2005 7425000 -225000
January 2006 7182000 -243000
February 2006 7218000 36000
March 2006 7337000 119000
April 2006 7557000 220000
May 2006 7779000 222000
June 2006 7945000 166000
July 2006 8013000 68000
August 2006 8045000 32000
September 2006 7952000 -93000
October 2006 7909000 -43000
November 2006 7772000 -137000
December 2006 7585000 -187000
January 2007 7295000 -290000
February 2007 7173000 -122000
March 2007 7353000 180000
April 2007 7518000 165000
May 2007 7733000 215000
June 2007 7926000 193000
July 2007 7957000 31000
August 2007 7932000 -25000
September 2007 7838000 -94000
October 2007 7796000 -42000
November 2007 7647000 -149000
December 2007 7390000 -257000
January 2008 7053000 -337000
February 2008 6983000 -70000
March 2008 7047000 64000
April 2008 7160000 113000
May 2008 7324000 164000
June 2008 7425000 101000
July 2008 7448000 23000
August 2008 7435000 -13000
September 2008 7305000 -130000
October 2008 7208000 -97000
November 2008 6945000 -263000
December 2008 6612000 -333000
January 2009 6154000 -458000
February 2009 6000000 -154000
March 2009 5950000 -50000
April 2009 6009000 59000
May 2009 6139000 130000
June 2009 6202000 63000
July 2009 6203000 1000
August 2009 6158000 -45000
September 2009 6036000 -122000
October 2009 5958000 -78000
November 2009 5822000 -136000
December 2009 5566000 -256000
January 2010 5197000 -369000
February 2010 5088000 -109000
March 2010 5213000 125000
April 2010 5418000 205000
May 2010 5561000 143000
June 2010 5698000 137000
July 2010 5763000 65000
August 2010 5819000 56000
September 2010 5733000 -86000
October 2010 5733000 0
November 2010 5628000 -105000
December 2010 5369000 -259000
January 2011 5046000 -323000
February 2011 5049000 3000
March 2011 5158000 109000
April 2011 5364000 206000
May 2011 5556000 192000
June 2011 5728000 172000
July 2011 5808000 80000
August 2011 5845000 37000
September 2011 5817000 -28000
October 2011 5808000 -9000
November 2011 5707000 -101000
December 2011 5512000 -195000
January 2012 5237000 -275000
February 2012 5219000 -18000
March 2012 5313000 94000
April 2012 5488000 175000
May 2012 5651000 163000
June 2012 5825000 174000
July 2012 5893000 68000
August 2012 5926000 33000
September 2012 5885000 -41000
October 2012 5888000 3000
November 2012 5788000 -100000
December 2012 5634000 -154000
January 2013 5353000 -281000
February 2013 5386000 33000
March 2013 5501000 115000
April 2013 5677000 176000
May 2013 5871000 194000
June 2013 6042000 171000
July 2013 6119000 77000
August 2013 6152000 33000
September 2013 6128000 -24000
October 2013 6139000 11000
November 2013 6056000 -83000
December 2013 5842000 -214000
January 2014 5609000 -233000
February 2014 5612000 3000
March 2014 5746000 134000
April 2014 5970000 224000
May 2014 6158000 188000
June 2014 6321000 163000
July 2014 6438000 117000
August 2014 6476000 38000
September 2014 6450000 -26000
October 2014 6460000 10000
November 2014 6365000 -95000
December 2014 6205000 -160000
January 2015 5953000 -252000
February 2015 5962000 9000
March 2015 6051000 89000
April 2015 6300000 249000
May 2015 6491000 191000
June 2015 6633000 142000
July 2015 6718000 85000
August 2015 6754000 36000
September 2015 6704000 -50000
October 2015 6740000 36000
November 2015 6685000 -55000
December 2015 6542000 -143000
January 2016 6252000 -290000
February 2016 6256000 4000
March 2016 6402000 146000
April 2016 6614000 212000
May 2016 6758000 144000
June 2016 6913000 155000
July 2016 6989000 76000
August 2016 6997000 8000
September 2016 6971000 -26000
October 2016 6981000 10000
November 2016 6903000 -78000
December 2016 6700000 -203000
January 2017 6459000 -241000
February 2017 6527000 68000
March 2017 6634000 107000
April 2017 6820000 186000
May 2017 6998000 178000
June 2017 7169000 171000
July 2017 7212000 43000
August 2017 7248000 36000
September 2017 7201000 -47000
October 2017 7208000 7000
November 2017 7147000 -61000
December 2017 7004000 -143000
January 2018 6729000 -275000
February 2018 6840000 111000
March 2018 6933000 93000
April 2018 7129000 196000
May 2018 7336000 207000
June 2018 7497000 161000
July 2018 7554000 57000
August 2018 7586000 32000
September 2018 7535000 -51000
October 2018 7557000 22000
November 2018 7454000 -103000
December 2018 7311000 -143000
January 2019 7069000 -242000
February 2019 7062000 -7000
March 2019 7170000 108000
April 2019 7378000 208000
May 2019 7541000 163000
June 2019 7700000 159000
July 2019 7754000 54000
August 2019 7761000 7000
September 2019 7703000 -58000
October 2019 7721000 18000
November 2019 7610000 -111000
December 2019 7450000 -160000
January 2020 7243000 -207000
February 2020 7278000 35000
March 2020 7297000 19000
April 2020 6448000 -849000
May 2020 7063000 615000
June 2020 7350000 287000
July 2020 7410000 60000
August 2020 7443000 33000
September 2020 7400000 -43000
October 2020 7482000 82000
November 2020 7385000 -97000
December 2020 7282000 -103000
January 2021 7033000 -249000
February 2021 6970000 -63000
March 2021 7162000 192000
April 2021 7328000 166000
May 2021 7445000 117000
June 2021 7576000 131000
July 2021 7628000 52000
August 2021 7645000 17000
September 2021 7632000 -13000
October 2021 7677000 45000
November 2021 7628000 -49000
December 2021 7503000 -125000
January 2022 7251000 -252000
February 2022 7349000 98000
March 2022 7463000 114000
April 2022 7623000 160000
May 2022 7783000 160000
June 2022 7932000 149000
July 2022 7992000 60000
August 2022 7992000 0
September 2022 7956000 -36000
October 2022 7976000 20000
November 2022 7900000 -76000
December 2022 7763000 -137000
January 2023 7550000 -213000
February 2023 7603000 53000
March 2023 7656000 53000