United States Payroll Employment for the Food and beverage stores 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 food and beverage stores industry was 3,220,400 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 15,600 jobs in the food and beverage stores 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 Food and beverage stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Food and beverage stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Food and beverage stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 2991200
February 2002 2953200 -38000
March 2002 2941200 -12000
April 2002 2938300 -2900
May 2002 2946900 8600
June 2002 2968400 21500
July 2002 2962100 -6300
August 2002 2958200 -3900
September 2002 2943700 -14500
October 2002 2955700 12000
November 2002 2975500 19800
December 2002 2983600 8100
January 2003 2917800 -65800
February 2003 2897400 -20400
March 2003 2891100 -6300
April 2003 2893700 2600
May 2003 2916600 22900
June 2003 2930300 13700
July 2003 2919500 -10800
August 2003 2913000 -6500
September 2003 2897000 -16000
October 2003 2909400 12400
November 2003 2917400 8000
December 2003 2923900 6500
January 2004 2876100 -47800
February 2004 2870100 -6000
March 2004 2866500 -3600
April 2004 2864700 -1800
May 2004 2893700 29000
June 2004 2910700 17000
July 2004 2902700 -8000
August 2004 2894100 -8600
September 2004 2880100 -14000
October 2004 2892400 12300
November 2004 2912700 20300
December 2004 2915700 3000
January 2005 2868300 -47400
February 2005 2855900 -12400
March 2005 2847000 -8900
April 2005 2857800 10800
May 2005 2887800 30000
June 2005 2914900 27100
July 2005 2910500 -4400
August 2005 2893000 -17500
September 2005 2871800 -21200
October 2005 2888600 16800
November 2005 2910700 22100
December 2005 2923400 12700
January 2006 2870200 -53200
February 2006 2857500 -12700
March 2006 2856600 -900
April 2006 2867000 10400
May 2006 2879100 12100
June 2006 2898100 19000
July 2006 2901400 3300
August 2006 2898300 -3100
September 2006 2881900 -16400
October 2006 2894100 12200
November 2006 2925600 31500
December 2006 2932400 6800
January 2007 2875600 -56800
February 2007 2869400 -6200
March 2007 2872700 3300
April 2007 2875400 2700
May 2007 2899800 24400
June 2007 2925000 25200
July 2007 2924000 -1000
August 2007 2924300 300
September 2007 2913800 -10500
October 2007 2921600 7800
November 2007 2961300 39700
December 2007 2965000 3700
January 2008 2921000 -44000
February 2008 2912700 -8300
March 2008 2915500 2800
April 2008 2908800 -6700
May 2008 2928200 19400
June 2008 2948700 20500
July 2008 2948200 -500
August 2008 2930800 -17400
September 2008 2910200 -20600
October 2008 2917800 7600
November 2008 2941600 23800
December 2008 2940800 -800
January 2009 2892800 -48000
February 2009 2872500 -20300
March 2009 2872900 400
April 2009 2867000 -5900
May 2009 2893800 26800
June 2009 2920800 27000
July 2009 2910000 -10800
August 2009 2903500 -6500
September 2009 2878100 -25400
October 2009 2877700 -400
November 2009 2892900 15200
December 2009 2889200 -3700
January 2010 2861300 -27900
February 2010 2835200 -26100
March 2010 2834900 -300
April 2010 2840500 5600
May 2010 2864900 24400
June 2010 2882900 18000
July 2010 2880200 -2700
August 2010 2879300 -900
September 2010 2856900 -22400
October 2010 2868700 11800
November 2010 2887700 19000
December 2010 2892900 5200
January 2011 2850200 -42700
February 2011 2836300 -13900
March 2011 2838900 2600
April 2011 2855000 16100
May 2011 2877000 22000
June 2011 2901000 24000
July 2011 2901700 700
August 2011 2896900 -4800
September 2011 2879700 -17200
October 2011 2890600 10900
November 2011 2904900 14300
December 2011 2917200 12300
January 2012 2882000 -35200
February 2012 2866000 -16000
March 2012 2869500 3500
April 2012 2873900 4400
May 2012 2910600 36700
June 2012 2935100 24500
July 2012 2940000 4900
August 2012 2938700 -1300
September 2012 2922000 -16700
October 2012 2934100 12100
November 2012 2965900 31800
December 2012 2975700 9800
January 2013 2939800 -35900
February 2013 2928800 -11000
March 2013 2927700 -1100
April 2013 2936600 8900
May 2013 2968400 31800
June 2013 3000000 31600
July 2013 3009500 9500
August 2013 3018300 8800
September 2013 3002300 -16000
October 2013 3020700 18400
November 2013 3036300 15600
December 2013 3055500 19200
January 2014 3008300 -47200
February 2014 2998700 -9600
March 2014 3000500 1800
April 2014 3022900 22400
May 2014 3044000 21100
June 2014 3083000 39000
July 2014 3093100 10100
August 2014 3071800 -21300
September 2014 3075000 3200
October 2014 3098300 23300
November 2014 3120400 22100
December 2014 3134700 14300
January 2015 3097000 -37700
February 2015 3083300 -13700
March 2015 3081500 -1800
April 2015 3093800 12300
May 2015 3118100 24300
June 2015 3153900 35800
July 2015 3154300 400
August 2015 3146000 -8300
September 2015 3125400 -20600
October 2015 3130700 5300
November 2015 3139000 8300
December 2015 3143200 4200
January 2016 3101600 -41600
February 2016 3110300 8700
March 2016 3109400 -900
April 2016 3119500 10100
May 2016 3143100 23600
June 2016 3186300 43200
July 2016 3184500 -1800
August 2016 3178200 -6300
September 2016 3156800 -21400
October 2016 3165100 8300
November 2016 3179000 13900
December 2016 3183300 4300
January 2017 3141200 -42100
February 2017 3128900 -12300
March 2017 3127000 -1900
April 2017 3121900 -5100
May 2017 3139400 17500
June 2017 3176300 36900
July 2017 3169000 -7300
August 2017 3161400 -7600
September 2017 3126700 -34700
October 2017 3138500 11800
November 2017 3171200 32700
December 2017 3176300 5100
January 2018 3126600 -49700
February 2018 3117000 -9600
March 2018 3108900 -8100
April 2018 3113000 4100
May 2018 3132200 19200
June 2018 3153300 21100
July 2018 3155300 2000
August 2018 3147600 -7700
September 2018 3113600 -34000
October 2018 3128100 14500
November 2018 3154800 26700
December 2018 3167800 13000
January 2019 3118100 -49700
February 2019 3110300 -7800
March 2019 3104500 -5800
April 2019 3107600 3100
May 2019 3119000 11400
June 2019 3150800 31800
July 2019 3155600 4800
August 2019 3141800 -13800
September 2019 3124100 -17700
October 2019 3145400 21300
November 2019 3170700 25300
December 2019 3170100 -600
January 2020 3124000 -46100
February 2020 3115000 -9000
March 2020 3090500 -24500
April 2020 3059100 -31400
May 2020 3135200 76100
June 2020 3201600 66400
July 2020 3188000 -13600
August 2020 3192100 4100
September 2020 3175300 -16800
October 2020 3197600 22300
November 2020 3226100 28500
December 2020 3244300 18200
January 2021 3203800 -40500
February 2021 3208100 4300
March 2021 3196000 -12100
April 2021 3145700 -50300
May 2021 3152600 6900
June 2021 3178700 26100
July 2021 3176800 -1900
August 2021 3160000 -16800
September 2021 3121600 -38400
October 2021 3152100 30500
November 2021 3186200 34100
December 2021 3186600 400
January 2022 3137800 -48800
February 2022 3161800 24000
March 2022 3159900 -1900
April 2022 3154700 -5200
May 2022 3160100 5400
June 2022 3194900 34800
July 2022 3215800 20900
August 2022 3223100 7300
September 2022 3196300 -26800
October 2022 3212200 15900
November 2022 3244100 31900
December 2022 3259900 15800
January 2023 3232200 -27700
February 2023 3236000 3800
March 2023 3220400 -15600