United States Payroll Employment for the Construction of buildings 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 of buildings industry was 1,757,800 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 3,300 jobs to the construction of buildings 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 of buildings Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Construction of buildings Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Construction of buildings Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1520400
February 2002 1509800 -10600
March 2002 1518600 8800
April 2002 1531600 13000
May 2002 1571100 39500
June 2002 1611000 39900
July 2002 1619700 8700
August 2002 1630100 10400
September 2002 1610400 -19700
October 2002 1604200 -6200
November 2002 1601100 -3100
December 2002 1569300 -31800
January 2003 1514400 -54900
February 2003 1500900 -13500
March 2003 1510600 9700
April 2003 1540700 30100
May 2003 1576900 36200
June 2003 1614400 37500
July 2003 1616000 1600
August 2003 1622700 6700
September 2003 1616300 -6400
October 2003 1615700 -600
November 2003 1598800 -16900
December 2003 1582600 -16200
January 2004 1535000 -47600
February 2004 1523200 -11800
March 2004 1547700 24500
April 2004 1574400 26700
May 2004 1622900 48500
June 2004 1666400 43500
July 2004 1686700 20300
August 2004 1683400 -3300
September 2004 1679900 -3500
October 2004 1694300 14400
November 2004 1682000 -12300
December 2004 1664500 -17500
January 2005 1615200 -49300
February 2005 1616200 1000
March 2005 1627600 11400
April 2005 1657600 30000
May 2005 1693800 36200
June 2005 1740800 47000
July 2005 1756000 15200
August 2005 1769500 13500
September 2005 1757200 -12300
October 2005 1770400 13200
November 2005 1775200 4800
December 2005 1762800 -12400
January 2006 1731600 -31200
February 2006 1728000 -3600
March 2006 1750500 22500
April 2006 1785000 34500
May 2006 1814300 29300
June 2006 1843000 28700
July 2006 1861900 18900
August 2006 1861600 -300
September 2006 1849000 -12600
October 2006 1840300 -8700
November 2006 1808400 -31900
December 2006 1785500 -22900
January 2007 1739900 -45600
February 2007 1720400 -19500
March 2007 1739500 19100
April 2007 1746900 7400
May 2007 1783600 36700
June 2007 1831800 48200
July 2007 1830600 -1200
August 2007 1820400 -10200
September 2007 1807500 -12900
October 2007 1789700 -17800
November 2007 1756600 -33100
December 2007 1723400 -33200
January 2008 1665600 -57800
February 2008 1639300 -26300
March 2008 1650700 11400
April 2008 1650000 -700
May 2008 1669000 19000
June 2008 1687100 18100
July 2008 1689800 2700
August 2008 1685000 -4800
September 2008 1641700 -43300
October 2008 1621800 -19900
November 2008 1571500 -50300
December 2008 1529400 -42100
January 2009 1428800 -100600
February 2009 1388100 -40700
March 2009 1363900 -24200
April 2009 1356800 -7100
May 2009 1373500 16700
June 2009 1384200 10700
July 2009 1382000 -2200
August 2009 1374200 -7800
September 2009 1340500 -33700
October 2009 1329300 -11200
November 2009 1302300 -27000
December 2009 1262200 -40100
January 2010 1187300 -74900
February 2010 1162700 -24600
March 2010 1186300 23600
April 2010 1213600 27300
May 2010 1237700 24100
June 2010 1262700 25000
July 2010 1269500 6800
August 2010 1275100 5600
September 2010 1259600 -15500
October 2010 1253200 -6400
November 2010 1237800 -15400
December 2010 1210600 -27200
January 2011 1152800 -57800
February 2011 1141100 -11700
March 2011 1162100 21000
April 2011 1182400 20300
May 2011 1208300 25900
June 2011 1252200 43900
July 2011 1261600 9400
August 2011 1274200 12600
September 2011 1272400 -1800
October 2011 1273700 1300
November 2011 1253800 -19900
December 2011 1230000 -23800
January 2012 1180400 -49600
February 2012 1177100 -3300
March 2012 1181500 4400
April 2012 1198300 16800
May 2012 1230700 32400
June 2012 1265100 34400
July 2012 1279500 14400
August 2012 1284100 4600
September 2012 1273800 -10300
October 2012 1280500 6700
November 2012 1272300 -8200
December 2012 1258900 -13400
January 2013 1208700 -50200
February 2013 1212600 3900
March 2013 1226100 13500
April 2013 1246800 20700
May 2013 1275900 29100
June 2013 1307700 31800
July 2013 1325600 17900
August 2013 1325400 -200
September 2013 1323600 -1800
October 2013 1338400 14800
November 2013 1329600 -8800
December 2013 1310800 -18800
January 2014 1272300 -38500
February 2014 1267900 -4400
March 2014 1283400 15500
April 2014 1314900 31500
May 2014 1340800 25900
June 2014 1381100 40300
July 2014 1408600 27500
August 2014 1415000 6400
September 2014 1412500 -2500
October 2014 1413800 1300
November 2014 1400700 -13100
December 2014 1384400 -16300
January 2015 1351800 -32600
February 2015 1346300 -5500
March 2015 1362600 16300
April 2015 1380400 17800
May 2015 1415100 34700
June 2015 1447300 32200
July 2015 1470500 23200
August 2015 1472300 1800
September 2015 1458200 -14100
October 2015 1464800 6600
November 2015 1463100 -1700
December 2015 1452500 -10600
January 2016 1415000 -37500
February 2016 1415300 300
March 2016 1440400 25100
April 2016 1467500 27100
May 2016 1488100 20600
June 2016 1522300 34200
July 2016 1539300 17000
August 2016 1538300 -1000
September 2016 1533000 -5300
October 2016 1539500 6500
November 2016 1520300 -19200
December 2016 1498800 -21500
January 2017 1467700 -31100
February 2017 1474500 6800
March 2017 1487300 12800
April 2017 1508500 21200
May 2017 1538500 30000
June 2017 1573500 35000
July 2017 1584700 11200
August 2017 1590800 6100
September 2017 1580700 -10100
October 2017 1587200 6500
November 2017 1579900 -7300
December 2017 1569400 -10500
January 2018 1526400 -43000
February 2018 1546900 20500
March 2018 1565000 18100
April 2018 1596000 31000
May 2018 1621100 25100
June 2018 1661400 40300
July 2018 1675700 14300
August 2018 1678500 2800
September 2018 1663900 -14600
October 2018 1668600 4700
November 2018 1657600 -11000
December 2018 1642800 -14800
January 2019 1602800 -40000
February 2019 1602000 -800
March 2019 1615700 13700
April 2019 1629600 13900
May 2019 1647600 18000
June 2019 1686400 38800
July 2019 1701600 15200
August 2019 1709100 7500
September 2019 1687900 -21200
October 2019 1698200 10300
November 2019 1682500 -15700
December 2019 1668900 -13600
January 2020 1634400 -34500
February 2020 1638700 4300
March 2020 1639100 400
April 2020 1430600 -208500
May 2020 1550500 119900
June 2020 1608100 57600
July 2020 1625700 17600
August 2020 1634000 8300
September 2020 1622500 -11500
October 2020 1645400 22900
November 2020 1627300 -18100
December 2020 1618300 -9000
January 2021 1585600 -32700
February 2021 1579400 -6200
March 2021 1606500 27100
April 2021 1620100 13600
May 2021 1643700 23600
June 2021 1679300 35600
July 2021 1700000 20700
August 2021 1700200 200
September 2021 1698300 -1900
October 2021 1707200 8900
November 2021 1706200 -1000
December 2021 1695300 -10900
January 2022 1668300 -27000
February 2022 1682900 14600
March 2022 1702100 19200
April 2022 1723400 21300
May 2022 1751400 28000
June 2022 1780500 29100
July 2022 1793900 13400
August 2022 1789300 -4600
September 2022 1773800 -15500
October 2022 1788800 15000
November 2022 1782300 -6500
December 2022 1773200 -9100
January 2023 1751100 -22100
February 2023 1754500 3400
March 2023 1757800 3300