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

According to data from the US BLS, in February 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the department of defense industry was 550,000 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 400 jobs to the department of defense industry in February 2023.

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

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Department of Defense Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Department of Defense Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Department of Defense Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 500500
February 2002 496300 -4200
March 2002 495800 -500
April 2002 495800 0
May 2002 496100 300
June 2002 500700 4600
July 2002 503300 2600
August 2002 502400 -900
September 2002 499400 -3000
October 2002 498400 -1000
November 2002 495500 -2900
December 2002 502000 6500
January 2003 499600 -2400
February 2003 498600 -1000
March 2003 494000 -4600
April 2003 486600 -7400
May 2003 483200 -3400
June 2003 485200 2000
July 2003 486100 900
August 2003 486700 600
September 2003 480400 -6300
October 2003 477000 -3400
November 2003 475300 -1700
December 2003 474400 -900
January 2004 469700 -4700
February 2004 467100 -2600
March 2004 465500 -1600
April 2004 466700 1200
May 2004 468500 1800
June 2004 475300 6800
July 2004 477300 2000
August 2004 478000 700
September 2004 476000 -2000
October 2004 475400 -600
November 2004 478400 3000
December 2004 480400 2000
January 2005 479000 -1400
February 2005 480100 1100
March 2005 482100 2000
April 2005 482300 200
May 2005 484100 1800
June 2005 491100 7000
July 2005 492900 1800
August 2005 492500 -400
September 2005 490000 -2500
October 2005 491600 1600
November 2005 491700 100
December 2005 492200 500
January 2006 491500 -700
February 2006 489600 -1900
March 2006 489900 300
April 2006 489600 -300
May 2006 490000 400
June 2006 494800 4800
July 2006 495000 200
August 2006 494600 -400
September 2006 498800 4200
October 2006 493800 -5000
November 2006 494600 800
December 2006 495000 400
January 2007 491300 -3700
February 2007 490300 -1000
March 2007 490500 200
April 2007 489200 -1300
May 2007 489200 0
June 2007 492600 3400
July 2007 493100 500
August 2007 491900 -1200
September 2007 489500 -2400
October 2007 490100 600
November 2007 491900 1800
December 2007 491800 -100
January 2008 488000 -3800
February 2008 486500 -1500
March 2008 487000 500
April 2008 488300 1300
May 2008 491000 2700
June 2008 496300 5300
July 2008 500300 4000
August 2008 500800 500
September 2008 498300 -2500
October 2008 503000 4700
November 2008 503500 500
December 2008 504700 1200
January 2009 504000 -700
February 2009 504400 400
March 2009 504900 500
April 2009 507200 2300
May 2009 511500 4300
June 2009 519700 8200
July 2009 524600 4900
August 2009 526100 1500
September 2009 524000 -2100
October 2009 529700 5700
November 2009 532600 2900
December 2009 535100 2500
January 2010 533900 -1200
February 2010 534500 600
March 2010 535400 900
April 2010 537000 1600
May 2010 539200 2200
June 2010 545700 6500
July 2010 550300 4600
August 2010 550700 400
September 2010 549100 -1600
October 2010 552500 3400
November 2010 555200 2700
December 2010 557900 2700
January 2011 556900 -1000
February 2011 557200 300
March 2011 557700 500
April 2011 556500 -1200
May 2011 556400 -100
June 2011 558600 2200
July 2011 560200 1600
August 2011 558500 -1700
September 2011 557200 -1300
October 2011 561600 4400
November 2011 561400 -200
December 2011 560700 -700
January 2012 556300 -4400
February 2012 554600 -1700
March 2012 551000 -3600
April 2012 551900 900
May 2012 550900 -1000
June 2012 552600 1700
July 2012 553900 1300
August 2012 551300 -2600
September 2012 549200 -2100
October 2012 550300 1100
November 2012 547700 -2600
December 2012 549000 1300
January 2013 546800 -2200
February 2013 546300 -500
March 2013 544200 -2100
April 2013 541700 -2500
May 2013 539100 -2600
June 2013 537700 -1400
July 2013 536200 -1500
August 2013 532900 -3300
September 2013 530900 -2000
October 2013 529200 -1700
November 2013 529000 -200
December 2013 528400 -600
January 2014 525000 -3400
February 2014 523600 -1400
March 2014 523100 -500
April 2014 522400 -700
May 2014 522400 0
June 2014 523000 600
July 2014 524500 1500
August 2014 524600 100
September 2014 524900 300
October 2014 525800 900
November 2014 526400 600
December 2014 526500 100
January 2015 524300 -2200
February 2015 525400 1100
March 2015 525300 -100
April 2015 524400 -900
May 2015 523400 -1000
June 2015 525000 1600
July 2015 527000 2000
August 2015 526200 -800
September 2015 527200 1000
October 2015 527300 100
November 2015 528400 1100
December 2015 529600 1200
January 2016 527600 -2000
February 2016 527300 -300
March 2016 527800 500
April 2016 527200 -600
May 2016 526500 -700
June 2016 528900 2400
July 2016 530700 1800
August 2016 530000 -700
September 2016 530800 800
October 2016 530800 0
November 2016 529200 -1600
December 2016 534200 5000
January 2017 530800 -3400
February 2017 529400 -1400
March 2017 528000 -1400
April 2017 526300 -1700
May 2017 524100 -2200
June 2017 526200 2100
July 2017 526300 100
August 2017 527600 1300
September 2017 527300 -300
October 2017 524300 -3000
November 2017 527000 2700
December 2017 528100 1100
January 2018 524200 -3900
February 2018 523300 -900
March 2018 523600 300
April 2018 525900 2300
May 2018 527300 1400
June 2018 529700 2400
July 2018 531700 2000
August 2018 532500 800
September 2018 535400 2900
October 2018 534300 -1100
November 2018 538300 4000
December 2018 539400 1100
January 2019 536600 -2800
February 2019 537000 400
March 2019 538000 1000
April 2019 537800 -200
May 2019 540100 2300
June 2019 543700 3600
July 2019 545300 1600
August 2019 543600 -1700
September 2019 546700 3100
October 2019 546500 -200
November 2019 556000 9500
December 2019 554700 -1300
January 2020 551900 -2800
February 2020 556000 4100
March 2020 558300 2300
April 2020 555600 -2700
May 2020 557400 1800
June 2020 558100 700
July 2020 561300 3200
August 2020 564500 3200
September 2020 565000 500
October 2020 564100 -900
November 2020 565800 1700
December 2020 565300 -500
January 2021 564600 -700
February 2021 564300 -300
March 2021 565700 1400
April 2021 564100 -1600
May 2021 564600 500
June 2021 566100 1500
July 2021 564900 -1200
August 2021 565700 800
September 2021 564600 -1100
October 2021 563900 -700
November 2021 562100 -1800
December 2021 557900 -4200
January 2022 556300 -1600
February 2022 555300 -1000
March 2022 554100 -1200
April 2022 552800 -1300
May 2022 552600 -200
June 2022 553200 600
July 2022 551200 -2000
August 2022 550900 -300
September 2022 551300 400
October 2022 550700 -600
November 2022 551100 400
December 2022 550200 -900
January 2023 549600 -600
February 2023 550000 400