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

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted federal payroll employment was 2,889,000; this means that the United States added 3,000 jobs to the federal industry in the month of March 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 federal payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 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 Federal Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Federal Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Federal Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 2742000
February 2002 2738000 -4000
March 2002 2738000 0
April 2002 2745000 7000
May 2002 2772000 27000
June 2002 2784000 12000
July 2002 2776000 -8000
August 2002 2776000 0
September 2002 2772000 -4000
October 2002 2779000 7000
November 2002 2778000 -1000
December 2002 2797000 19000
January 2003 2767000 -30000
February 2003 2771000 4000
March 2003 2774000 3000
April 2003 2759000 -15000
May 2003 2767000 8000
June 2003 2776000 9000
July 2003 2780000 4000
August 2003 2768000 -12000
September 2003 2755000 -13000
October 2003 2742000 -13000
November 2003 2723000 -19000
December 2003 2751000 28000
January 2004 2707000 -44000
February 2004 2713000 6000
March 2004 2713000 0
April 2004 2743000 30000
May 2004 2727000 -16000
June 2004 2743000 16000
July 2004 2750000 7000
August 2004 2744000 -6000
September 2004 2737000 -7000
October 2004 2726000 -11000
November 2004 2725000 -1000
December 2004 2728000 3000
January 2005 2706000 -22000
February 2005 2710000 4000
March 2005 2716000 6000
April 2005 2724000 8000
May 2005 2731000 7000
June 2005 2750000 19000
July 2005 2751000 1000
August 2005 2747000 -4000
September 2005 2741000 -6000
October 2005 2735000 -6000
November 2005 2737000 2000
December 2005 2732000 -5000
January 2006 2705000 -27000
February 2006 2711000 6000
March 2006 2715000 4000
April 2006 2722000 7000
May 2006 2730000 8000
June 2006 2755000 25000
July 2006 2765000 10000
August 2006 2751000 -14000
September 2006 2743000 -8000
October 2006 2731000 -12000
November 2006 2728000 -3000
December 2006 2732000 4000
January 2007 2707000 -25000
February 2007 2709000 2000
March 2007 2713000 4000
April 2007 2721000 8000
May 2007 2730000 9000
June 2007 2744000 14000
July 2007 2756000 12000
August 2007 2754000 -2000
September 2007 2740000 -14000
October 2007 2735000 -5000
November 2007 2742000 7000
December 2007 2757000 15000
January 2008 2713000 -44000
February 2008 2723000 10000
March 2008 2732000 9000
April 2008 2746000 14000
May 2008 2763000 17000
June 2008 2777000 14000
July 2008 2795000 18000
August 2008 2785000 -10000
September 2008 2774000 -11000
October 2008 2784000 10000
November 2008 2774000 -10000
December 2008 2776000 2000
January 2009 2772000 -4000
February 2009 2772000 0
March 2009 2779000 7000
April 2009 2919000 140000
May 2009 2858000 -61000
June 2009 2832000 -26000
July 2009 2860000 28000
August 2009 2841000 -19000
September 2009 2831000 -10000
October 2009 2856000 25000
November 2009 2835000 -21000
December 2009 2828000 -7000
January 2010 2845000 17000
February 2010 2848000 3000
March 2010 2905000 57000
April 2010 2985000 80000
May 2010 3414000 429000
June 2010 3211000 -203000
July 2010 3086000 -125000
August 2010 2960000 -126000
September 2010 2877000 -83000
October 2010 2865000 -12000
November 2010 2857000 -8000
December 2010 2867000 10000
January 2011 2851000 -16000
February 2011 2853000 2000
March 2011 2861000 8000
April 2011 2874000 13000
May 2011 2871000 -3000
June 2011 2875000 4000
July 2011 2882000 7000
August 2011 2865000 -17000
September 2011 2854000 -11000
October 2011 2848000 -6000
November 2011 2832000 -16000
December 2011 2836000 4000
January 2012 2810000 -26000
February 2012 2806000 -4000
March 2012 2815000 9000
April 2012 2828000 13000
May 2012 2824000 -4000
June 2012 2838000 14000
July 2012 2832000 -6000
August 2012 2833000 1000
September 2012 2826000 -7000
October 2012 2819000 -7000
November 2012 2801000 -18000
December 2012 2812000 11000
January 2013 2786000 -26000
February 2013 2792000 6000
March 2013 2781000 -11000
April 2013 2796000 15000
May 2013 2778000 -18000
June 2013 2783000 5000
July 2013 2775000 -8000
August 2013 2765000 -10000
September 2013 2756000 -9000
October 2013 2735000 -21000
November 2013 2737000 2000
December 2013 2749000 12000
January 2014 2719000 -30000
February 2014 2712000 -7000
March 2014 2716000 4000
April 2014 2729000 13000
May 2014 2728000 -1000
June 2014 2742000 14000
July 2014 2743000 1000
August 2014 2746000 3000
September 2014 2739000 -7000
October 2014 2735000 -4000
November 2014 2736000 1000
December 2014 2756000 20000
January 2015 2729000 -27000
February 2015 2730000 1000
March 2015 2734000 4000
April 2015 2758000 24000
May 2015 2751000 -7000
June 2015 2766000 15000
July 2015 2774000 8000
August 2015 2770000 -4000
September 2015 2763000 -7000
October 2015 2755000 -8000
November 2015 2761000 6000
December 2015 2792000 31000
January 2016 2755000 -37000
February 2016 2761000 6000
March 2016 2767000 6000
April 2016 2777000 10000
May 2016 2790000 13000
June 2016 2813000 23000
July 2016 2813000 0
August 2016 2813000 0
September 2016 2814000 1000
October 2016 2801000 -13000
November 2016 2796000 -5000
December 2016 2836000 40000
January 2017 2800000 -36000
February 2017 2798000 -2000
March 2017 2793000 -5000
April 2017 2794000 1000
May 2017 2806000 12000
June 2017 2822000 16000
July 2017 2820000 -2000
August 2017 2811000 -9000
September 2017 2809000 -2000
October 2017 2802000 -7000
November 2017 2795000 -7000
December 2017 2810000 15000
January 2018 2786000 -24000
February 2018 2776000 -10000
March 2018 2774000 -2000
April 2018 2787000 13000
May 2018 2790000 3000
June 2018 2813000 23000
July 2018 2814000 1000
August 2018 2810000 -4000
September 2018 2808000 -2000
October 2018 2806000 -2000
November 2018 2815000 9000
December 2018 2825000 10000
January 2019 2796000 -29000
February 2019 2796000 0
March 2019 2794000 -2000
April 2019 2814000 20000
May 2019 2825000 11000
June 2019 2842000 17000
July 2019 2845000 3000
August 2019 2864000 19000
September 2019 2855000 -9000
October 2019 2840000 -15000
November 2019 2852000 12000
December 2019 2852000 0
January 2020 2835000 -17000
February 2020 2840000 5000
March 2020 2857000 17000
April 2020 2868000 11000
May 2020 2876000 8000
June 2020 2890000 14000
July 2020 2921000 31000
August 2020 3163000 242000
September 2020 3124000 -39000
October 2020 2982000 -142000
November 2020 2899000 -83000
December 2020 2909000 10000
January 2021 2866000 -43000
February 2021 2867000 1000
March 2021 2867000 0
April 2021 2888000 21000
May 2021 2888000 0
June 2021 2892000 4000
July 2021 2901000 9000
August 2021 2894000 -7000
September 2021 2895000 1000
October 2021 2882000 -13000
November 2021 2895000 13000
December 2021 2894000 -1000
January 2022 2864000 -30000
February 2022 2860000 -4000
March 2022 2853000 -7000
April 2022 2861000 8000
May 2022 2865000 4000
June 2022 2858000 -7000
July 2022 2878000 20000
August 2022 2867000 -11000
September 2022 2875000 8000
October 2022 2877000 2000
November 2022 2884000 7000
December 2022 2890000 6000
January 2023 2873000 -17000
February 2023 2886000 13000
March 2023 2889000 3000

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.