United States Payroll Employment for the Food services and drinking places 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 services and drinking places payroll employment was 12,034,300; this means that the United States added 171,800 jobs to the food services and drinking places 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 services and drinking places 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 services and drinking places Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Food services and drinking places Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Food services and drinking places Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 8122300
February 2002 8149800 27500
March 2002 8253500 103700
April 2002 8355000 101500
May 2002 8507300 152300
June 2002 8603400 96100
July 2002 8602700 -700
August 2002 8631100 28400
September 2002 8530800 -100300
October 2002 8480400 -50400
November 2002 8437500 -42900
December 2002 8421000 -16500
January 2003 8233500 -187500
February 2003 8254800 21300
March 2003 8378600 123800
April 2003 8513700 135100
May 2003 8656500 142800
June 2003 8776200 119700
July 2003 8748700 -27500
August 2003 8787400 38700
September 2003 8722600 -64800
October 2003 8663300 -59300
November 2003 8634700 -28600
December 2003 8642600 7900
January 2004 8445100 -197500
February 2004 8491200 46100
March 2004 8656000 164800
April 2004 8807900 151900
May 2004 8973000 165100
June 2004 9077300 104300
July 2004 9051500 -25800
August 2004 9055000 3500
September 2004 8975500 -79500
October 2004 8929100 -46400
November 2004 8888600 -40500
December 2004 8894100 5500
January 2005 8704200 -189900
February 2005 8759800 55600
March 2005 8909300 149500
April 2005 9087700 178400
May 2005 9225900 138200
June 2005 9351500 125600
July 2005 9342700 -8800
August 2005 9354700 12000
September 2005 9204600 -150100
October 2005 9119400 -85200
November 2005 9091900 -27500
December 2005 9101400 9500
January 2006 8925700 -175700
February 2006 8995300 69600
March 2006 9159600 164300
April 2006 9312100 152500
May 2006 9451200 139100
June 2006 9559400 108200
July 2006 9573600 14200
August 2006 9591700 18100
September 2006 9440900 -150800
October 2006 9395300 -45600
November 2006 9389700 -5600
December 2006 9392900 3200
January 2007 9198600 -194300
February 2007 9254700 56100
March 2007 9380900 126200
April 2007 9541000 160100
May 2007 9722100 181100
June 2007 9836500 114400
July 2007 9818800 -17700
August 2007 9829000 10200
September 2007 9696800 -132200
October 2007 9634900 -61900
November 2007 9596900 -38000
December 2007 9575100 -21800
January 2008 9339100 -236000
February 2008 9377200 38100
March 2008 9493500 116300
April 2008 9619900 126400
May 2008 9762400 142500
June 2008 9859100 96700
July 2008 9847200 -11900
August 2008 9832900 -14300
September 2008 9655200 -177700
October 2008 9542000 -113200
November 2008 9451100 -90900
December 2008 9390800 -60300
January 2009 9156400 -234400
February 2009 9155500 -900
March 2009 9260400 104900
April 2009 9394200 133800
May 2009 9584100 189900
June 2009 9675600 91500
July 2009 9649800 -25800
August 2009 9629600 -20200
September 2009 9454600 -175000
October 2009 9348000 -106600
November 2009 9279400 -68600
December 2009 9198600 -80800
January 2010 8987900 -210700
February 2010 9003300 15400
March 2010 9159400 156100
April 2010 9343000 183600
May 2010 9506100 163100
June 2010 9589900 83800
July 2010 9566200 -23700
August 2010 9603500 37300
September 2010 9519400 -84100
October 2010 9458900 -60500
November 2010 9403300 -55600
December 2010 9368600 -34700
January 2011 9132100 -236500
February 2011 9218600 86500
March 2011 9396300 177700
April 2011 9605800 209500
May 2011 9768700 162900
June 2011 9873100 104400
July 2011 9835500 -37600
August 2011 9876500 41000
September 2011 9770600 -105900
October 2011 9723400 -47200
November 2011 9714200 -9200
December 2011 9682300 -31900
January 2012 9467400 -214900
February 2012 9564400 97000
March 2012 9754800 190400
April 2012 9935300 180500
May 2012 10102100 166800
June 2012 10192200 90100
July 2012 10165700 -26500
August 2012 10224600 58900
September 2012 10145300 -79300
October 2012 10075300 -70000
November 2012 10030400 -44900
December 2012 10037800 7400
January 2013 9809500 -228300
February 2013 9912400 102900
March 2013 10076600 164200
April 2013 10290000 213400
May 2013 10490600 200600
June 2013 10611300 120700
July 2013 10619100 7800
August 2013 10653000 33900
September 2013 10521900 -131100
October 2013 10471200 -50700
November 2013 10448800 -22400
December 2013 10406200 -42600
January 2014 10187800 -218400
February 2014 10242200 54400
March 2014 10434200 192000
April 2014 10643700 209500
May 2014 10845100 201400
June 2014 10959400 114300
July 2014 10931400 -28000
August 2014 10959600 28200
September 2014 10845400 -114200
October 2014 10810100 -35300
November 2014 10765500 -44600
December 2014 10755300 -10200
January 2015 10526600 -228700
February 2015 10625700 99100
March 2015 10765400 139700
April 2015 10989400 224000
May 2015 11177000 187600
June 2015 11310800 133800
July 2015 11310900 100
August 2015 11340500 29600
September 2015 11228000 -112500
October 2015 11222400 -5600
November 2015 11178700 -43700
December 2015 11174100 -4600
January 2016 10953700 -220400
February 2016 11038800 85100
March 2016 11196800 158000
April 2016 11400900 204100
May 2016 11582900 182000
June 2016 11711100 128200
July 2016 11674800 -36300
August 2016 11717000 42200
September 2016 11594100 -122900
October 2016 11537900 -56200
November 2016 11494300 -43600
December 2016 11474300 -20000
January 2017 11212100 -262200
February 2017 11312700 100600
March 2017 11477400 164700
April 2017 11664700 187300
May 2017 11871200 206500
June 2017 11996600 125400
July 2017 12009500 12900
August 2017 12015600 6100
September 2017 11789400 -226200
October 2017 11784800 -4600
November 2017 11729400 -55400
December 2017 11716400 -13000
January 2018 11429300 -287100
February 2018 11531300 102000
March 2018 11670000 138700
April 2018 11832100 162100
May 2018 12038200 206100
June 2018 12174600 136400
July 2018 12153900 -20700
August 2018 12153300 -600
September 2018 11941000 -212300
October 2018 11900500 -40500
November 2018 11848700 -51800
December 2018 11865600 16900
January 2019 11618500 -247100
February 2019 11674200 55700
March 2019 11826600 152400
April 2019 12016300 189700
May 2019 12203300 187000
June 2019 12313400 110100
July 2019 12275400 -38000
August 2019 12316700 41300
September 2019 12163200 -153500
October 2019 12163700 500
November 2019 12115800 -47900
December 2019 12110100 -5700
January 2020 11863900 -246200
February 2020 12006400 142500
March 2020 11520400 -486000
April 2020 6315600 -5204800
May 2020 7888200 1572600
June 2020 9436800 1548600
July 2020 9919700 482900
August 2020 9987700 68000
September 2020 10034900 47200
October 2020 10185500 150600
November 2020 10055200 -130300
December 2020 9629200 -426000
January 2021 9391400 -237800
February 2021 9754800 363400
March 2021 9957000 202200
April 2021 10287400 330400
May 2021 10640500 353100
June 2021 10990500 350000
July 2021 11244900 254400
August 2021 11216600 -28300
September 2021 11059800 -156800
October 2021 11175600 115800
November 2021 11210500 34900
December 2021 11263600 53100
January 2022 11058500 -205100
February 2022 11237700 179200
March 2022 11367600 129900
April 2022 11582100 214500
May 2022 11815700 233600
June 2022 12030800 215100
July 2022 12111100 80300
August 2022 12111800 700
September 2022 11940300 -171500
October 2022 11975000 34700
November 2022 11976600 1600
December 2022 11935000 -41600
January 2023 11743400 -191600
February 2023 11862500 119100
March 2023 12034300 171800

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.