United States Payroll Employment for the 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 manufacturing payroll employment was 12,936,000; this means that the United States added 10,000 jobs to the 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 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 Manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Manufacturing Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 15475000
February 2002 15414000 -61000
March 2002 15375000 -39000
April 2002 15341000 -34000
May 2002 15335000 -6000
June 2002 15399000 64000
July 2002 15274000 -125000
August 2002 15272000 -2000
September 2002 15194000 -78000
October 2002 15096000 -98000
November 2002 15009000 -87000
December 2002 14919000 -90000
January 2003 14744000 -175000
February 2003 14674000 -70000
March 2003 14654000 -20000
April 2003 14563000 -91000
May 2003 14556000 -7000
June 2003 14593000 37000
July 2003 14432000 -161000
August 2003 14467000 35000
September 2003 14419000 -48000
October 2003 14368000 -51000
November 2003 14339000 -29000
December 2003 14304000 -35000
January 2004 14171000 -133000
February 2004 14172000 1000
March 2004 14220000 48000
April 2004 14267000 47000
May 2004 14337000 70000
June 2004 14434000 97000
July 2004 14370000 -64000
August 2004 14431000 61000
September 2004 14385000 -46000
October 2004 14360000 -25000
November 2004 14331000 -29000
December 2004 14306000 -25000
January 2005 14142000 -164000
February 2005 14168000 26000
March 2005 14200000 32000
April 2005 14203000 3000
May 2005 14246000 43000
June 2005 14323000 77000
July 2005 14250000 -73000
August 2005 14288000 38000
September 2005 14234000 -54000
October 2005 14224000 -10000
November 2005 14218000 -6000
December 2005 14222000 4000
January 2006 14093000 -129000
February 2006 14104000 11000
March 2006 14141000 37000
April 2006 14172000 31000
May 2006 14187000 15000
June 2006 14303000 116000
July 2006 14215000 -88000
August 2006 14246000 31000
September 2006 14192000 -54000
October 2006 14114000 -78000
November 2006 14060000 -54000
December 2006 14036000 -24000
January 2007 13898000 -138000
February 2007 13886000 -12000
March 2007 13887000 1000
April 2007 13875000 -12000
May 2007 13901000 26000
June 2007 13987000 86000
July 2007 13919000 -68000
August 2007 13927000 8000
September 2007 13886000 -41000
October 2007 13812000 -74000
November 2007 13795000 -17000
December 2007 13776000 -19000
January 2008 13619000 -157000
February 2008 13578000 -41000
March 2008 13559000 -19000
April 2008 13516000 -43000
May 2008 13530000 14000
June 2008 13580000 50000
July 2008 13472000 -108000
August 2008 13459000 -13000
September 2008 13376000 -83000
October 2008 13214000 -162000
November 2008 13085000 -129000
December 2008 12883000 -202000
January 2009 12450000 -433000
February 2009 12266000 -184000
March 2009 12112000 -154000
April 2009 11957000 -155000
May 2009 11829000 -128000
June 2009 11791000 -38000
July 2009 11704000 -87000
August 2009 11722000 18000
September 2009 11685000 -37000
October 2009 11607000 -78000
November 2009 11550000 -57000
December 2009 11494000 -56000
January 2010 11357000 -137000
February 2010 11340000 -17000
March 2010 11367000 27000
April 2010 11425000 58000
May 2010 11499000 74000
June 2010 11613000 114000
July 2010 11614000 1000
August 2010 11651000 37000
September 2010 11638000 -13000
October 2010 11619000 -19000
November 2010 11610000 -9000
December 2010 11604000 -6000
January 2011 11524000 -80000
February 2011 11542000 18000
March 2011 11588000 46000
April 2011 11640000 52000
May 2011 11690000 50000
June 2011 11801000 111000
July 2011 11813000 12000
August 2011 11863000 50000
September 2011 11840000 -23000
October 2011 11826000 -14000
November 2011 11790000 -36000
December 2011 11800000 10000
January 2012 11735000 -65000
February 2012 11751000 16000
March 2012 11822000 71000
April 2012 11852000 30000
May 2012 11913000 61000
June 2012 12024000 111000
July 2012 12037000 13000
August 2012 12058000 21000
September 2012 12023000 -35000
October 2012 11994000 -29000
November 2012 11954000 -40000
December 2012 11958000 4000
January 2013 11880000 -78000
February 2013 11901000 21000
March 2013 11935000 34000
April 2013 11945000 10000
May 2013 11995000 50000
June 2013 12086000 91000
July 2013 12054000 -32000
August 2013 12107000 53000
September 2013 12091000 -16000
October 2013 12080000 -11000
November 2013 12080000 0
December 2013 12084000 4000
January 2014 11987000 -97000
February 2014 12019000 32000
March 2014 12061000 42000
April 2014 12079000 18000
May 2014 12139000 60000
June 2014 12254000 115000
July 2014 12259000 5000
August 2014 12296000 37000
September 2014 12276000 -20000
October 2014 12274000 -2000
November 2014 12283000 9000
December 2014 12294000 11000
January 2015 12203000 -91000
February 2015 12219000 16000
March 2015 12254000 35000
April 2015 12267000 13000
May 2015 12319000 52000
June 2015 12423000 104000
July 2015 12426000 3000
August 2015 12434000 8000
September 2015 12395000 -39000
October 2015 12374000 -21000
November 2015 12355000 -19000
December 2015 12368000 13000
January 2016 12293000 -75000
February 2016 12290000 -3000
March 2016 12288000 -2000
April 2016 12300000 12000
May 2016 12316000 16000
June 2016 12440000 124000
July 2016 12444000 4000
August 2016 12438000 -6000
September 2016 12383000 -55000
October 2016 12358000 -25000
November 2016 12338000 -20000
December 2016 12354000 16000
January 2017 12277000 -77000
February 2017 12315000 38000
March 2017 12340000 25000
April 2017 12348000 8000
May 2017 12387000 39000
June 2017 12505000 118000
July 2017 12492000 -13000
August 2017 12547000 55000
September 2017 12504000 -43000
October 2017 12499000 -5000
November 2017 12509000 10000
December 2017 12548000 39000
January 2018 12468000 -80000
February 2018 12521000 53000
March 2018 12558000 37000
April 2018 12580000 22000
May 2018 12636000 56000
June 2018 12774000 138000
July 2018 12781000 7000
August 2018 12801000 20000
September 2018 12773000 -28000
October 2018 12771000 -2000
November 2018 12780000 9000
December 2018 12814000 34000
January 2019 12737000 -77000
February 2019 12762000 25000
March 2019 12774000 12000
April 2019 12769000 -5000
May 2019 12799000 30000
June 2019 12905000 106000
July 2019 12894000 -11000
August 2019 12899000 5000
September 2019 12847000 -52000
October 2019 12776000 -71000
November 2019 12822000 46000
December 2019 12822000 0
January 2020 12705000 -117000
February 2020 12727000 22000
March 2020 12672000 -55000
April 2020 11366000 -1306000
May 2020 11624000 258000
June 2020 12061000 437000
July 2020 12094000 33000
August 2020 12116000 22000
September 2020 12120000 4000
October 2020 12134000 14000
November 2020 12163000 29000
December 2020 12223000 60000
January 2021 12108000 -115000
February 2021 12169000 61000
March 2021 12225000 56000
April 2021 12181000 -44000
May 2021 12236000 55000
June 2021 12360000 124000
July 2021 12425000 65000
August 2021 12463000 38000
September 2021 12442000 -21000
October 2021 12499000 57000
November 2021 12545000 46000
December 2021 12596000 51000
January 2022 12513000 -83000
February 2022 12600000 87000
March 2022 12673000 73000
April 2022 12723000 50000
May 2022 12768000 45000
June 2022 12900000 132000
July 2022 12927000 27000
August 2022 12962000 35000
September 2022 12918000 -44000
October 2022 12955000 37000
November 2022 12974000 19000
December 2022 12988000 14000
January 2023 12889000 -99000
February 2023 12926000 37000
March 2023 12936000 10000

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.