United States Payroll Employment for the Machinery 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 machinery industry was 1,127,500 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 4,600 jobs to the machinery 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 Machinery Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Machinery Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Machinery Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1272200
February 2002 1262200 -10000
March 2002 1254900 -7300
April 2002 1248800 -6100
May 2002 1245000 -3800
June 2002 1243100 -1900
July 2002 1227700 -15400
August 2002 1219700 -8000
September 2002 1210200 -9500
October 2002 1203200 -7000
November 2002 1197600 -5600
December 2002 1196800 -800
January 2003 1185600 -11200
February 2003 1180300 -5300
March 2003 1173400 -6900
April 2003 1163500 -9900
May 2003 1158100 -5400
June 2003 1155000 -3100
July 2003 1139700 -15300
August 2003 1134600 -5100
September 2003 1131400 -3200
October 2003 1127400 -4000
November 2003 1135300 7900
December 2003 1135200 -100
January 2004 1128500 -6700
February 2004 1131400 2900
March 2004 1135600 4200
April 2004 1142300 6700
May 2004 1144400 2100
June 2004 1152900 8500
July 2004 1149900 -3000
August 2004 1152200 2300
September 2004 1149200 -3000
October 2004 1147800 -1400
November 2004 1152300 4500
December 2004 1155700 3400
January 2005 1151600 -4100
February 2005 1153400 1800
March 2005 1159500 6100
April 2005 1163000 3500
May 2005 1166400 3400
June 2005 1171300 4900
July 2005 1168600 -2700
August 2005 1164700 -3900
September 2005 1165300 600
October 2005 1175900 10600
November 2005 1168900 -7000
December 2005 1177600 8700
January 2006 1168100 -9500
February 2006 1174800 6700
March 2006 1179000 4200
April 2006 1180600 1600
May 2006 1182300 1700
June 2006 1188400 6100
July 2006 1190900 2500
August 2006 1187900 -3000
September 2006 1185300 -2600
October 2006 1187300 2000
November 2006 1186200 -1100
December 2006 1187100 900
January 2007 1184100 -3000
February 2007 1186300 2200
March 2007 1186800 500
April 2007 1184200 -2600
May 2007 1186700 2500
June 2007 1195600 8900
July 2007 1196000 400
August 2007 1186600 -9400
September 2007 1181800 -4800
October 2007 1184600 2800
November 2007 1184400 -200
December 2007 1188600 4200
January 2008 1187900 -700
February 2008 1186900 -1000
March 2008 1192800 5900
April 2008 1191100 -1700
May 2008 1193800 2700
June 2008 1198800 5000
July 2008 1202000 3200
August 2008 1193900 -8100
September 2008 1185700 -8200
October 2008 1182400 -3300
November 2008 1171600 -10800
December 2008 1164000 -7600
January 2009 1129000 -35000
February 2009 1102400 -26600
March 2009 1074700 -27700
April 2009 1046500 -28200
May 2009 1026400 -20100
June 2009 1015900 -10500
July 2009 1004300 -11600
August 2009 1000600 -3700
September 2009 992900 -7700
October 2009 988100 -4800
November 2009 982500 -5600
December 2009 980400 -2100
January 2010 971700 -8700
February 2010 973800 2100
March 2010 977900 4100
April 2010 982700 4800
May 2010 988300 5600
June 2010 999500 11200
July 2010 1002900 3400
August 2010 1003200 300
September 2010 1003200 0
October 2010 1010700 7500
November 2010 1017500 6800
December 2010 1021400 3900
January 2011 1025200 3800
February 2011 1032800 7600
March 2011 1037100 4300
April 2011 1042400 5300
May 2011 1047700 5300
June 2011 1060600 12900
July 2011 1063000 2400
August 2011 1066800 3800
September 2011 1065300 -1500
October 2011 1071000 5700
November 2011 1074000 3000
December 2011 1083800 9800
January 2012 1083500 -300
February 2012 1088000 4500
March 2012 1093700 5700
April 2012 1095900 2200
May 2012 1100900 5000
June 2012 1110600 9700
July 2012 1106200 -4400
August 2012 1105400 -800
September 2012 1098700 -6700
October 2012 1097900 -800
November 2012 1097200 -700
December 2012 1103600 6400
January 2013 1100900 -2700
February 2013 1100100 -800
March 2013 1105000 4900
April 2013 1104900 -100
May 2013 1102700 -2200
June 2013 1104700 2000
July 2013 1107000 2300
August 2013 1104800 -2200
September 2013 1104700 -100
October 2013 1105700 1000
November 2013 1106200 500
December 2013 1107600 1400
January 2014 1108000 400
February 2014 1111700 3700
March 2014 1116100 4400
April 2014 1120100 4000
May 2014 1124500 4400
June 2014 1133500 9000
July 2014 1135100 1600
August 2014 1135600 500
September 2014 1130100 -5500
October 2014 1135800 5700
November 2014 1136500 700
December 2014 1140300 3800
January 2015 1137200 -3100
February 2015 1135800 -1400
March 2015 1134000 -1800
April 2015 1126400 -7600
May 2015 1125100 -1300
June 2015 1130400 5300
July 2015 1123900 -6500
August 2015 1117800 -6100
September 2015 1110400 -7400
October 2015 1105500 -4900
November 2015 1102500 -3000
December 2015 1100900 -1600
January 2016 1095400 -5500
February 2016 1092200 -3200
March 2016 1086800 -5400
April 2016 1081800 -5000
May 2016 1071000 -10800
June 2016 1079800 8800
July 2016 1077400 -2400
August 2016 1073700 -3700
September 2016 1067600 -6100
October 2016 1063400 -4200
November 2016 1062500 -900
December 2016 1066800 4300
January 2017 1064900 -1900
February 2017 1071000 6100
March 2017 1067500 -3500
April 2017 1068900 1400
May 2017 1073000 4100
June 2017 1084500 11500
July 2017 1085700 1200
August 2017 1086400 700
September 2017 1081900 -4500
October 2017 1081100 -800
November 2017 1088100 7000
December 2017 1095600 7500
January 2018 1097200 1600
February 2018 1102200 5000
March 2018 1102700 500
April 2018 1108500 5800
May 2018 1114900 6400
June 2018 1127000 12100
July 2018 1129600 2600
August 2018 1125100 -4500
September 2018 1120400 -4700
October 2018 1120700 300
November 2018 1125200 4500
December 2018 1129600 4400
January 2019 1129400 -200
February 2019 1132400 3000
March 2019 1130600 -1800
April 2019 1126100 -4500
May 2019 1128200 2100
June 2019 1137900 9700
July 2019 1134500 -3400
August 2019 1129600 -4900
September 2019 1118600 -11000
October 2019 1116300 -2300
November 2019 1116500 200
December 2019 1118500 2000
January 2020 1115100 -3400
February 2020 1111800 -3300
March 2020 1105200 -6600
April 2020 1015500 -89700
May 2020 1034800 19300
June 2020 1045900 11100
July 2020 1040900 -5000
August 2020 1034300 -6600
September 2020 1036600 2300
October 2020 1038200 1600
November 2020 1039200 1000
December 2020 1042300 3100
January 2021 1037600 -4700
February 2021 1040800 3200
March 2021 1041400 600
April 2021 1042400 1000
May 2021 1051900 9500
June 2021 1059000 7100
July 2021 1065800 6800
August 2021 1067100 1300
September 2021 1066700 -400
October 2021 1066600 -100
November 2021 1061200 -5400
December 2021 1075700 14500
January 2022 1076700 1000
February 2022 1087900 11200
March 2022 1094200 6300
April 2022 1097700 3500
May 2022 1100900 3200
June 2022 1114100 13200
July 2022 1116500 2400
August 2022 1112800 -3700
September 2022 1106900 -5900
October 2022 1107900 1000
November 2022 1115900 8000
December 2022 1124600 8700
January 2023 1121100 -3500
February 2023 1122900 1800
March 2023 1127500 4600