United States Payroll Employment for the General merchandise stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on January 9, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in December 2022, the number of US payroll employment for the general merchandise stores industry was 3,355,000 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 41,300 jobs to the general merchandise stores industry in December 2022.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to December 2022.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the General merchandise stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the General merchandise stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the General merchandise stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 2794200
February 2002 2733000 -61200
March 2002 2745000 12000
April 2002 2770500 25500
May 2002 2767900 -2600
June 2002 2777000 9100
July 2002 2762200 -14800
August 2002 2741600 -20600
September 2002 2749300 7700
October 2002 2808200 58900
November 2002 3008800 200600
December 2002 3085700 76900
January 2003 2798800 -286900
February 2003 2729200 -69600
March 2003 2733700 4500
April 2003 2736400 2700
May 2003 2751500 15100
June 2003 2759100 7600
July 2003 2761400 2300
August 2003 2792900 31500
September 2003 2806800 13900
October 2003 2872500 65700
November 2003 3028000 155500
December 2003 3098100 70100
January 2004 2823300 -274800
February 2004 2750200 -73100
March 2004 2766000 15800
April 2004 2785400 19400
May 2004 2797900 12500
June 2004 2828200 30300
July 2004 2816600 -11600
August 2004 2822000 5400
September 2004 2819400 -2600
October 2004 2894000 74600
November 2004 3088100 194100
December 2004 3165100 77000
January 2005 2905800 -259300
February 2005 2835600 -70200
March 2005 2846700 11100
April 2005 2870100 23400
May 2005 2877400 7300
June 2005 2887700 10300
July 2005 2895200 7500
August 2005 2904300 9100
September 2005 2897000 -7300
October 2005 2949100 52100
November 2005 3144000 194900
December 2005 3198600 54600
January 2006 2945700 -252900
February 2006 2867500 -78200
March 2006 2915000 47500
April 2006 2878000 -37000
May 2006 2886800 8800
June 2006 2879700 -7100
July 2006 2874200 -5500
August 2006 2880600 6400
September 2006 2870100 -10500
October 2006 2935700 65600
November 2006 3112900 177200
December 2006 3173600 60700
January 2007 2973200 -200400
February 2007 2911500 -61700
March 2007 2986700 75200
April 2007 2931300 -55400
May 2007 2977200 45900
June 2007 2973500 -3700
July 2007 2977900 4400
August 2007 2976700 -1200
September 2007 2980600 3900
October 2007 3034700 54100
November 2007 3214400 179700
December 2007 3309900 95500
January 2008 3071800 -238100
February 2008 2984400 -87400
March 2008 3022800 38400
April 2008 2976600 -46200
May 2008 2967500 -9100
June 2008 2991800 24300
July 2008 2999900 8100
August 2008 2989200 -10700
September 2008 2959600 -29600
October 2008 2982800 23200
November 2008 3140200 157400
December 2008 3220100 79900
January 2009 2976000 -244100
February 2009 2901200 -74800
March 2009 2945000 43800
April 2009 2920300 -24700
May 2009 2939400 19100
June 2009 2946800 7400
July 2009 2934100 -12700
August 2009 2939700 5600
September 2009 2909300 -30400
October 2009 2931300 22000
November 2009 3101900 170600
December 2009 3149500 47600
January 2010 2945400 -204100
February 2010 2891600 -53800
March 2010 2935100 43500
April 2010 2909400 -25700
May 2010 2936700 27300
June 2010 2966400 29700
July 2010 2986500 20100
August 2010 2995100 8600
September 2010 2970700 -24400
October 2010 3017900 47200
November 2010 3170600 152700
December 2010 3246700 76100
January 2011 3055100 -191600
February 2011 2997300 -57800
March 2011 3004900 7600
April 2011 3019400 14500
May 2011 3023500 4100
June 2011 3050300 26800
July 2011 3065100 14800
August 2011 3061400 -3700
September 2011 3036400 -25000
October 2011 3087500 51100
November 2011 3271700 184200
December 2011 3349200 77500
January 2012 3172800 -176400
February 2012 3036900 -135900
March 2012 3031500 -5400
April 2012 3031300 -200
May 2012 3027700 -3600
June 2012 3014600 -13100
July 2012 3011800 -2800
August 2012 2999600 -12200
September 2012 2981300 -18300
October 2012 3023400 42100
November 2012 3194600 171200
December 2012 3259700 65100
January 2013 3041800 -217900
February 2013 2961600 -80200
March 2013 2987900 26300
April 2013 2996200 8300
May 2013 3000900 4700
June 2013 3018800 17900
July 2013 3031900 13100
August 2013 3030400 -1500
September 2013 3020700 -9700
October 2013 3066800 46100
November 2013 3246000 179200
December 2013 3321200 75200
January 2014 3107400 -213800
February 2014 3025700 -81700
March 2014 3043700 18000
April 2014 3042100 -1600
May 2014 3044400 2300
June 2014 3060400 16000
July 2014 3074400 14000
August 2014 3074100 -300
September 2014 3051000 -23100
October 2014 3098700 47700
November 2014 3261500 162800
December 2014 3340800 79300
January 2015 3126500 -214300
February 2015 3042800 -83700
March 2015 3071800 29000
April 2015 3071100 -700
May 2015 3080700 9600
June 2015 3094100 13400
July 2015 3099800 5700
August 2015 3100400 600
September 2015 3086300 -14100
October 2015 3136600 50300
November 2015 3301100 164500
December 2015 3365600 64500
January 2016 3155200 -210400
February 2016 3085900 -69300
March 2016 3119200 33300
April 2016 3108700 -10500
May 2016 3113000 4300
June 2016 3125900 12900
July 2016 3136700 10800
August 2016 3141800 5100
September 2016 3124600 -17200
October 2016 3191900 67300
November 2016 3341700 149800
December 2016 3388300 46600
January 2017 3190800 -197500
February 2017 3077800 -113000
March 2017 3053400 -24400
April 2017 3060600 7200
May 2017 3051300 -9300
June 2017 3072300 21000
July 2017 3089800 17500
August 2017 3098000 8200
September 2017 3080600 -17400
October 2017 3130000 49400
November 2017 3299900 169900
December 2017 3306000 6100
January 2018 3112600 -193400
February 2018 3037800 -74800
March 2018 3021100 -16700
April 2018 3034000 12900
May 2018 3039200 5200
June 2018 3023400 -15800
July 2018 3052600 29200
August 2018 3082700 30100
September 2018 3052900 -29800
October 2018 3095900 43000
November 2018 3318100 222200
December 2018 3301700 -16400
January 2019 3093100 -208600
February 2019 2984600 -108500
March 2019 2958600 -26000
April 2019 2954200 -4400
May 2019 2966500 12300
June 2019 2963100 -3400
July 2019 2971300 8200
August 2019 2966100 -5200
September 2019 2970200 4100
October 2019 3020500 50300
November 2019 3240700 220200
December 2019 3257200 16500
January 2020 3010900 -246300
February 2020 2927100 -83800
March 2020 2932200 5100
April 2020 2770000 -162200
May 2020 2861700 91700
June 2020 3020200 158500
July 2020 3009800 -10400
August 2020 3127200 117400
September 2020 3035100 -92100
October 2020 3097100 62000
November 2020 3303700 206600
December 2020 3282600 -21100
January 2021 3101900 -180700
February 2021 3024500 -77400
March 2021 3002000 -22500
April 2021 2983200 -18800
May 2021 2982100 -1100
June 2021 3019100 37000
July 2021 3021500 2400
August 2021 3017800 -3700
September 2021 3056800 39000
October 2021 3160800 104000
November 2021 3333200 172400
December 2021 3409500 76300
January 2022 3242400 -167100
February 2022 3242900 500
March 2022 3227200 -15700
April 2022 3211400 -15800
May 2022 3145500 -65900
June 2022 3141500 -4000
July 2022 3154400 12900
August 2022 3147500 -6900
September 2022 3136100 -11400
October 2022 3200400 64300
November 2022 3313700 113300
December 2022 3355000 41300