United States Payroll Employment for the Food manufacturing 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 food manufacturing payroll employment was 1,714,700; this means that the United States lost 1,000 jobs in the food manufacturing 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 food manufacturing 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 Food manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Food manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Food manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1517600
February 2002 1511300 -6300
March 2002 1509600 -1700
April 2002 1503600 -6000
May 2002 1506900 3300
June 2002 1524700 17800
July 2002 1532500 7800
August 2002 1549500 17000
September 2002 1551800 2300
October 2002 1542500 -9300
November 2002 1535400 -7100
December 2002 1523400 -12000
January 2003 1503500 -19900
February 2003 1495300 -8200
March 2003 1493200 -2100
April 2003 1486500 -6700
May 2003 1495800 9300
June 2003 1512900 17100
July 2003 1532000 19100
August 2003 1556700 24700
September 2003 1558800 2100
October 2003 1544300 -14500
November 2003 1520400 -23900
December 2003 1510000 -10400
January 2004 1476600 -33400
February 2004 1471200 -5400
March 2004 1470300 -900
April 2004 1466800 -3500
May 2004 1478900 12100
June 2004 1492300 13400
July 2004 1519100 26800
August 2004 1527000 7900
September 2004 1520500 -6500
October 2004 1515700 -4800
November 2004 1496800 -18900
December 2004 1488700 -8100
January 2005 1459800 -28900
February 2005 1454000 -5800
March 2005 1457500 3500
April 2005 1444600 -12900
May 2005 1458800 14200
June 2005 1480600 21800
July 2005 1503500 22900
August 2005 1512700 9200
September 2005 1497800 -14900
October 2005 1492200 -5600
November 2005 1485600 -6600
December 2005 1484100 -1500
January 2006 1456100 -28000
February 2006 1450000 -6100
March 2006 1451400 1400
April 2006 1449500 -1900
May 2006 1458200 8700
June 2006 1485000 26800
July 2006 1501900 16900
August 2006 1514000 12100
September 2006 1515600 1600
October 2006 1502400 -13200
November 2006 1495200 -7200
December 2006 1473400 -21800
January 2007 1457500 -15900
February 2007 1449400 -8100
March 2007 1452300 2900
April 2007 1444700 -7600
May 2007 1461600 16900
June 2007 1492800 31200
July 2007 1517400 24600
August 2007 1520400 3000
September 2007 1514600 -5800
October 2007 1506600 -8000
November 2007 1496100 -10500
December 2007 1495300 -800
January 2008 1469400 -25900
February 2008 1462600 -6800
March 2008 1458600 -4000
April 2008 1449000 -9600
May 2008 1461700 12700
June 2008 1481700 20000
July 2008 1495000 13300
August 2008 1511700 16700
September 2008 1512600 900
October 2008 1500600 -12000
November 2008 1494400 -6200
December 2008 1473200 -21200
January 2009 1436900 -36300
February 2009 1426500 -10400
March 2009 1422500 -4000
April 2009 1426400 3900
May 2009 1436100 9700
June 2009 1459200 23100
July 2009 1474700 15500
August 2009 1495000 20300
September 2009 1497300 2300
October 2009 1482800 -14500
November 2009 1465800 -17000
December 2009 1453700 -12100
January 2010 1416800 -36900
February 2010 1413800 -3000
March 2010 1418000 4200
April 2010 1418300 300
May 2010 1433000 14700
June 2010 1459600 26600
July 2010 1477700 18100
August 2010 1491600 13900
September 2010 1483700 -7900
October 2010 1469900 -13800
November 2010 1461700 -8200
December 2010 1462600 900
January 2011 1434700 -27900
February 2011 1430000 -4700
March 2011 1431500 1500
April 2011 1436900 5400
May 2011 1442500 5600
June 2011 1461300 18800
July 2011 1485900 24600
August 2011 1495600 9700
September 2011 1489500 -6100
October 2011 1483200 -6300
November 2011 1460000 -23200
December 2011 1454000 -6000
January 2012 1428500 -25500
February 2012 1426100 -2400
March 2012 1433500 7400
April 2012 1436100 2600
May 2012 1450100 14000
June 2012 1478800 28700
July 2012 1498500 19700
August 2012 1517400 18900
September 2012 1517000 -400
October 2012 1501500 -15500
November 2012 1474400 -27100
December 2012 1463400 -11000
January 2013 1442000 -21400
February 2013 1442600 600
March 2013 1445100 2500
April 2013 1446300 1200
May 2013 1455600 9300
June 2013 1479600 24000
July 2013 1491700 12100
August 2013 1507700 16000
September 2013 1507000 -700
October 2013 1495300 -11700
November 2013 1485200 -10100
December 2013 1485900 700
January 2014 1460700 -25200
February 2014 1463000 2300
March 2014 1460800 -2200
April 2014 1460700 -100
May 2014 1463800 3100
June 2014 1484800 21000
July 2014 1499900 15100
August 2014 1516900 17000
September 2014 1515000 -1900
October 2014 1501100 -13900
November 2014 1492800 -8300
December 2014 1492800 0
January 2015 1475100 -17700
February 2015 1478400 3300
March 2015 1482000 3600
April 2015 1479700 -2300
May 2015 1487900 8200
June 2015 1521900 34000
July 2015 1541900 20000
August 2015 1545200 3300
September 2015 1541900 -3300
October 2015 1530600 -11300
November 2015 1528200 -2400
December 2015 1528800 600
January 2016 1516200 -12600
February 2016 1517500 1300
March 2016 1517600 100
April 2016 1518100 500
May 2016 1525100 7000
June 2016 1573600 48500
July 2016 1594800 21200
August 2016 1605900 11100
September 2016 1589700 -16200
October 2016 1579500 -10200
November 2016 1568400 -11100
December 2016 1571700 3300
January 2017 1555900 -15800
February 2017 1571600 15700
March 2017 1567800 -3800
April 2017 1573700 5900
May 2017 1577100 3400
June 2017 1605400 28300
July 2017 1625200 19800
August 2017 1644600 19400
September 2017 1630600 -14000
October 2017 1613700 -16900
November 2017 1603100 -10600
December 2017 1607200 4100
January 2018 1586200 -21000
February 2018 1592900 6700
March 2018 1589800 -3100
April 2018 1588300 -1500
May 2018 1597800 9500
June 2018 1632300 34500
July 2018 1651400 19100
August 2018 1656600 5200
September 2018 1651200 -5400
October 2018 1640400 -10800
November 2018 1630900 -9500
December 2018 1631400 500
January 2019 1609600 -21800
February 2019 1614800 5200
March 2019 1614600 -200
April 2019 1614700 100
May 2019 1620500 5800
June 2019 1648200 27700
July 2019 1666800 18600
August 2019 1674100 7300
September 2019 1672600 -1500
October 2019 1670000 -2600
November 2019 1666500 -3500
December 2019 1667000 500
January 2020 1636700 -30300
February 2020 1641000 4300
March 2020 1630200 -10800
April 2020 1530100 -100100
May 2020 1559200 29100
June 2020 1595000 35800
July 2020 1622000 27000
August 2020 1635800 13800
September 2020 1630800 -5000
October 2020 1629900 -900
November 2020 1630100 200
December 2020 1639100 9000
January 2021 1614500 -24600
February 2021 1618500 4000
March 2021 1620400 1900
April 2021 1608400 -12000
May 2021 1609900 1500
June 2021 1629600 19700
July 2021 1657200 27600
August 2021 1654300 -2900
September 2021 1649600 -4700
October 2021 1655800 6200
November 2021 1661600 5800
December 2021 1669100 7500
January 2022 1648900 -20200
February 2022 1664600 15700
March 2022 1665600 1000
April 2022 1663700 -1900
May 2022 1677600 13900
June 2022 1702900 25300
July 2022 1721300 18400
August 2022 1724100 2800
September 2022 1719400 -4700
October 2022 1716700 -2700
November 2022 1719700 3000
December 2022 1725400 5700
January 2023 1708000 -17400
February 2023 1715700 7700
March 2023 1714700 -1000

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.