United States Payroll Employment for the Electric power generation 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 electric power generation payroll employment was 138,200; this means that the United States lost 500 jobs in the electric power generation 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 electric power generation 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 Electric power generation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Electric power generation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Electric power generation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 274600
February 2002 274000 -600
March 2002 275100 1100
April 2002 274000 -1100
May 2002 275300 1300
June 2002 276200 900
July 2002 273500 -2700
August 2002 271400 -2100
September 2002 269400 -2000
October 2002 268900 -500
November 2002 265600 -3300
December 2002 263400 -2200
January 2003 259400 -4000
February 2003 259100 -300
March 2003 258600 -500
April 2003 256800 -1800
May 2003 255100 -1700
June 2003 256200 1100
July 2003 255300 -900
August 2003 253700 -1600
September 2003 252400 -1300
October 2003 251500 -900
November 2003 249600 -1900
December 2003 249400 -200
January 2004 249100 -300
February 2004 248900 -200
March 2004 249500 600
April 2004 249500 0
May 2004 249900 400
June 2004 251000 1100
July 2004 249300 -1700
August 2004 248200 -1100
September 2004 246900 -1300
October 2004 245300 -1600
November 2004 243800 -1500
December 2004 243000 -800
January 2005 242600 -400
February 2005 242600 0
March 2005 241600 -1000
April 2005 239900 -1700
May 2005 240500 600
June 2005 240300 -200
July 2005 241300 1000
August 2005 241700 400
September 2005 240400 -1300
October 2005 240200 -200
November 2005 239000 -1200
December 2005 237800 -1200
January 2006 236600 -1200
February 2006 237700 1100
March 2006 237100 -600
April 2006 238300 1200
May 2006 237300 -1000
June 2006 237300 0
July 2006 238400 1100
August 2006 238000 -400
September 2006 236800 -1200
October 2006 234800 -2000
November 2006 234000 -800
December 2006 234100 100
January 2007 233800 -300
February 2007 233600 -200
March 2007 234100 500
April 2007 235300 1200
May 2007 235200 -100
June 2007 236300 1100
July 2007 237600 1300
August 2007 237200 -400
September 2007 235600 -1600
October 2007 236100 500
November 2007 235300 -800
December 2007 236000 700
January 2008 235100 -900
February 2008 235200 100
March 2008 236400 1200
April 2008 236000 -400
May 2008 236600 600
June 2008 238600 2000
July 2008 239300 700
August 2008 238500 -800
September 2008 238100 -400
October 2008 238300 200
November 2008 239100 800
December 2008 239100 0
January 2009 238900 -200
February 2009 238900 0
March 2009 239000 100
April 2009 231600 -7400
May 2009 226500 -5100
June 2009 223100 -3400
July 2009 217400 -5700
August 2009 211700 -5700
September 2009 205100 -6600
October 2009 199800 -5300
November 2009 193400 -6400
December 2009 187100 -6300
January 2010 180800 -6300
February 2010 175300 -5500
March 2010 169900 -5400
April 2010 170000 100
May 2010 170900 900
June 2010 171000 100
July 2010 169700 -1300
August 2010 169300 -400
September 2010 168300 -1000
October 2010 168800 500
November 2010 167900 -900
December 2010 168100 200
January 2011 167400 -700
February 2011 169300 1900
March 2011 168600 -700
April 2011 168400 -200
May 2011 168700 300
June 2011 168400 -300
July 2011 168300 -100
August 2011 167900 -400
September 2011 166800 -1100
October 2011 167100 300
November 2011 166400 -700
December 2011 166300 -100
January 2012 164800 -1500
February 2012 165000 200
March 2012 165100 100
April 2012 165400 300
May 2012 165700 300
June 2012 165600 -100
July 2012 165900 300
August 2012 165700 -200
September 2012 165400 -300
October 2012 165800 400
November 2012 164500 -1300
December 2012 165000 500
January 2013 164000 -1000
February 2013 164200 200
March 2013 163900 -300
April 2013 165300 1400
May 2013 165400 100
June 2013 166100 700
July 2013 165900 -200
August 2013 164400 -1500
September 2013 162900 -1500
October 2013 162800 -100
November 2013 162000 -800
December 2013 161300 -700
January 2014 160600 -700
February 2014 160800 200
March 2014 162000 1200
April 2014 161300 -700
May 2014 161000 -300
June 2014 162200 1200
July 2014 160700 -1500
August 2014 159700 -1000
September 2014 158200 -1500
October 2014 158000 -200
November 2014 158000 0
December 2014 157700 -300
January 2015 158000 300
February 2015 158100 100
March 2015 159300 1200
April 2015 159200 -100
May 2015 160700 1500
June 2015 160500 -200
July 2015 160400 -100
August 2015 159600 -800
September 2015 159100 -500
October 2015 159200 100
November 2015 159100 -100
December 2015 159800 700
January 2016 159400 -400
February 2016 159500 100
March 2016 159600 100
April 2016 159000 -600
May 2016 159000 0
June 2016 159600 600
July 2016 159600 0
August 2016 159000 -600
September 2016 157900 -1100
October 2016 158100 200
November 2016 158200 100
December 2016 158900 700
January 2017 157500 -1400
February 2017 158100 600
March 2017 159100 1000
April 2017 157400 -1700
May 2017 156000 -1400
June 2017 156000 0
July 2017 155800 -200
August 2017 154800 -1000
September 2017 154900 100
October 2017 154600 -300
November 2017 154300 -300
December 2017 155100 800
January 2018 154200 -900
February 2018 154200 0
March 2018 154900 700
April 2018 155100 200
May 2018 153100 -2000
June 2018 152400 -700
July 2018 151900 -500
August 2018 151300 -600
September 2018 150900 -400
October 2018 151400 500
November 2018 150700 -700
December 2018 150400 -300
January 2019 148900 -1500
February 2019 146700 -2200
March 2019 147300 600
April 2019 145800 -1500
May 2019 145900 100
June 2019 147400 1500
July 2019 147600 200
August 2019 146200 -1400
September 2019 145400 -800
October 2019 144500 -900
November 2019 144600 100
December 2019 144900 300
January 2020 143500 -1400
February 2020 143000 -500
March 2020 144000 1000
April 2020 141800 -2200
May 2020 141700 -100
June 2020 141600 -100
July 2020 142600 1000
August 2020 142500 -100
September 2020 142400 -100
October 2020 141900 -500
November 2020 142200 300
December 2020 141200 -1000
January 2021 140900 -300
February 2021 140600 -300
March 2021 141700 1100
April 2021 141300 -400
May 2021 142400 1100
June 2021 142300 -100
July 2021 143700 1400
August 2021 140300 -3400
September 2021 140200 -100
October 2021 140200 0
November 2021 141800 1600
December 2021 141800 0
January 2022 141800 0
February 2022 142100 300
March 2022 142800 700
April 2022 141500 -1300
May 2022 141400 -100
June 2022 142500 1100
July 2022 143200 700
August 2022 142000 -1200
September 2022 140400 -1600
October 2022 141000 600
November 2022 142200 1200
December 2022 141000 -1200
January 2023 138700 -2300
February 2023 138200 -500

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.