United States Payroll Employment for the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted independent artists, writers, and performers payroll employment was 49,700; this means that the United States added 3,400 jobs to the independent artists, writers, and performers industry in the month of February 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 independent artists, writers, and performers payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 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 Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 37900
February 2002 38800 900
March 2002 39200 400
April 2002 40000 800
May 2002 39500 -500
June 2002 39300 -200
July 2002 38900 -400
August 2002 39500 600
September 2002 40700 1200
October 2002 41900 1200
November 2002 41700 -200
December 2002 43000 1300
January 2003 39400 -3600
February 2003 41200 1800
March 2003 40300 -900
April 2003 39900 -400
May 2003 42200 2300
June 2003 43700 1500
July 2003 42900 -800
August 2003 40800 -2100
September 2003 43900 3100
October 2003 44500 600
November 2003 45200 700
December 2003 45800 600
January 2004 41800 -4000
February 2004 41400 -400
March 2004 40800 -600
April 2004 40800 0
May 2004 41500 700
June 2004 40500 -1000
July 2004 41300 800
August 2004 39600 -1700
September 2004 40300 700
October 2004 43900 3600
November 2004 43000 -900
December 2004 42700 -300
January 2005 40400 -2300
February 2005 40300 -100
March 2005 41200 900
April 2005 41800 600
May 2005 44000 2200
June 2005 44400 400
July 2005 45100 700
August 2005 45000 -100
September 2005 45700 700
October 2005 47200 1500
November 2005 46500 -700
December 2005 48100 1600
January 2006 43300 -4800
February 2006 44400 1100
March 2006 45300 900
April 2006 46700 1400
May 2006 48100 1400
June 2006 49200 1100
July 2006 49200 0
August 2006 48600 -600
September 2006 46800 -1800
October 2006 48800 2000
November 2006 49900 1100
December 2006 51400 1500
January 2007 45900 -5500
February 2007 47600 1700
March 2007 47100 -500
April 2007 49800 2700
May 2007 50600 800
June 2007 50500 -100
July 2007 50000 -500
August 2007 50000 0
September 2007 49100 -900
October 2007 50900 1800
November 2007 50000 -900
December 2007 51500 1500
January 2008 46000 -5500
February 2008 48300 2300
March 2008 47800 -500
April 2008 47800 0
May 2008 49000 1200
June 2008 49400 400
July 2008 47700 -1700
August 2008 48900 1200
September 2008 47400 -1500
October 2008 51500 4100
November 2008 50800 -700
December 2008 49800 -1000
January 2009 46200 -3600
February 2009 46100 -100
March 2009 44900 -1200
April 2009 45800 900
May 2009 43200 -2600
June 2009 43200 0
July 2009 44000 800
August 2009 43000 -1000
September 2009 42800 -200
October 2009 45500 2700
November 2009 45000 -500
December 2009 46800 1800
January 2010 40000 -6800
February 2010 41200 1200
March 2010 42500 1300
April 2010 42300 -200
May 2010 44100 1800
June 2010 44300 200
July 2010 46000 1700
August 2010 46400 400
September 2010 43900 -2500
October 2010 44600 700
November 2010 45100 500
December 2010 47700 2600
January 2011 43000 -4700
February 2011 44000 1000
March 2011 44600 600
April 2011 44100 -500
May 2011 45900 1800
June 2011 45000 -900
July 2011 44600 -400
August 2011 47100 2500
September 2011 45700 -1400
October 2011 47400 1700
November 2011 45900 -1500
December 2011 46600 700
January 2012 42400 -4200
February 2012 44900 2500
March 2012 46800 1900
April 2012 46000 -800
May 2012 47100 1100
June 2012 45300 -1800
July 2012 44200 -1100
August 2012 49800 5600
September 2012 47000 -2800
October 2012 51000 4000
November 2012 50100 -900
December 2012 50400 300
January 2013 44700 -5700
February 2013 46000 1300
March 2013 48100 2100
April 2013 48700 600
May 2013 48100 -600
June 2013 46500 -1600
July 2013 44500 -2000
August 2013 46000 1500
September 2013 47900 1900
October 2013 52100 4200
November 2013 50300 -1800
December 2013 53400 3100
January 2014 46500 -6900
February 2014 46900 400
March 2014 48900 2000
April 2014 48100 -800
May 2014 49100 1000
June 2014 49300 200
July 2014 48100 -1200
August 2014 47100 -1000
September 2014 48400 1300
October 2014 53200 4800
November 2014 53600 400
December 2014 53900 300
January 2015 45400 -8500
February 2015 46900 1500
March 2015 48800 1900
April 2015 48300 -500
May 2015 51800 3500
June 2015 49800 -2000
July 2015 51100 1300
August 2015 52500 1400
September 2015 51900 -600
October 2015 55700 3800
November 2015 55300 -400
December 2015 56100 800
January 2016 48500 -7600
February 2016 49700 1200
March 2016 49700 0
April 2016 51800 2100
May 2016 53300 1500
June 2016 51700 -1600
July 2016 52300 600
August 2016 51900 -400
September 2016 50200 -1700
October 2016 53500 3300
November 2016 52200 -1300
December 2016 54500 2300
January 2017 48100 -6400
February 2017 48700 600
March 2017 47500 -1200
April 2017 48800 1300
May 2017 50800 2000
June 2017 51500 700
July 2017 50000 -1500
August 2017 49100 -900
September 2017 52600 3500
October 2017 54400 1800
November 2017 52800 -1600
December 2017 53800 1000
January 2018 46400 -7400
February 2018 46700 300
March 2018 46900 200
April 2018 48300 1400
May 2018 47400 -900
June 2018 48700 1300
July 2018 50200 1500
August 2018 52100 1900
September 2018 53500 1400
October 2018 56600 3100
November 2018 57100 500
December 2018 57800 700
January 2019 47900 -9900
February 2019 51400 3500
March 2019 49500 -1900
April 2019 53800 4300
May 2019 54000 200
June 2019 52300 -1700
July 2019 52300 0
August 2019 51700 -600
September 2019 53700 2000
October 2019 57600 3900
November 2019 56600 -1000
December 2019 58200 1600
January 2020 48900 -9300
February 2020 48300 -600
March 2020 48800 500
April 2020 31200 -17600
May 2020 32900 1700
June 2020 34600 1700
July 2020 34200 -400
August 2020 35300 1100
September 2020 37000 1700
October 2020 46300 9300
November 2020 45100 -1200
December 2020 48500 3400
January 2021 38500 -10000
February 2021 40300 1800
March 2021 42000 1700
April 2021 44700 2700
May 2021 46300 1600
June 2021 45900 -400
July 2021 48800 2900
August 2021 50100 1300
September 2021 52500 2400
October 2021 56700 4200
November 2021 58500 1800
December 2021 61400 2900
January 2022 45400 -16000
February 2022 51400 6000
March 2022 53900 2500
April 2022 56800 2900
May 2022 58700 1900
June 2022 57000 -1700
July 2022 55700 -1300
August 2022 54600 -1100
September 2022 58200 3600
October 2022 59600 1400
November 2022 56200 -3400
December 2022 58700 2500
January 2023 46300 -12400
February 2023 49700 3400

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.