United States Payroll Employment for the Motion picture and sound recording industries 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 motion picture and sound recording industries payroll employment was 448,200; this means that the United States added 15,100 jobs to the motion picture and sound recording industries 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 motion picture and sound recording industries 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 Motion picture and sound recording industries Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Motion picture and sound recording industries Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Motion picture and sound recording industries Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 375200
February 2002 374700 -500
March 2002 383500 8800
April 2002 383600 100
May 2002 389300 5700
June 2002 399700 10400
July 2002 396900 -2800
August 2002 402900 6000
September 2002 377200 -25700
October 2002 389300 12100
November 2002 395800 6500
December 2002 386700 -9100
January 2003 378600 -8100
February 2003 363800 -14800
March 2003 367000 3200
April 2003 364700 -2300
May 2003 374700 10000
June 2003 383400 8700
July 2003 388100 4700
August 2003 382300 -5800
September 2003 369600 -12700
October 2003 366200 -3400
November 2003 383000 16800
December 2003 392600 9600
January 2004 377100 -15500
February 2004 377100 0
March 2004 374000 -3100
April 2004 375300 1300
May 2004 394000 18700
June 2004 405600 11600
July 2004 407600 2000
August 2004 390200 -17400
September 2004 373100 -17100
October 2004 382100 9000
November 2004 382900 800
December 2004 380600 -2300
January 2005 359800 -20800
February 2005 355900 -3900
March 2005 363600 7700
April 2005 377300 13700
May 2005 385500 8200
June 2005 385700 200
July 2005 386900 1200
August 2005 389000 2100
September 2005 382900 -6100
October 2005 373100 -9800
November 2005 382100 9000
December 2005 388000 5900
January 2006 376900 -11100
February 2006 373300 -3600
March 2006 376800 3500
April 2006 370100 -6700
May 2006 377200 7100
June 2006 386400 9200
July 2006 382300 -4100
August 2006 383600 1300
September 2006 366100 -17500
October 2006 364300 -1800
November 2006 369500 5200
December 2006 381600 12100
January 2007 364700 -16900
February 2007 370500 5800
March 2007 374800 4300
April 2007 381300 6500
May 2007 392600 11300
June 2007 398400 5800
July 2007 386900 -11500
August 2007 383800 -3100
September 2007 379600 -4200
October 2007 373500 -6100
November 2007 378500 5000
December 2007 383100 4600
January 2008 362400 -20700
February 2008 372800 10400
March 2008 380800 8000
April 2008 378900 -1900
May 2008 383900 5000
June 2008 391800 7900
July 2008 375600 -16200
August 2008 371200 -4400
September 2008 360000 -11200
October 2008 359300 -700
November 2008 362800 3500
December 2008 355600 -7200
January 2009 333000 -22600
February 2009 351100 18100
March 2009 360200 9100
April 2009 358600 -1600
May 2009 356600 -2000
June 2009 363300 6700
July 2009 360600 -2700
August 2009 360500 -100
September 2009 356400 -4100
October 2009 361500 5100
November 2009 367800 6300
December 2009 362000 -5800
January 2010 343300 -18700
February 2010 366300 23000
March 2010 365400 -900
April 2010 374300 8900
May 2010 383400 9100
June 2010 376300 -7100
July 2010 380500 4200
August 2010 382000 1500
September 2010 367500 -14500
October 2010 364800 -2700
November 2010 370100 5300
December 2010 368500 -1600
January 2011 347200 -21300
February 2011 352100 4900
March 2011 360400 8300
April 2011 361600 1200
May 2011 372300 10700
June 2011 370900 -1400
July 2011 364000 -6900
August 2011 372800 8800
September 2011 354700 -18100
October 2011 354500 -200
November 2011 365900 11400
December 2011 369300 3400
January 2012 333300 -36000
February 2012 370000 36700
March 2012 359100 -10900
April 2012 364600 5500
May 2012 386100 21500
June 2012 373600 -12500
July 2012 373300 -300
August 2012 376400 3100
September 2012 348700 -27700
October 2012 341900 -6800
November 2012 367800 25900
December 2012 353300 -14500
January 2013 315700 -37600
February 2013 377600 61900
March 2013 369500 -8100
April 2013 363400 -6100
May 2013 386800 23400
June 2013 376200 -10600
July 2013 390500 14300
August 2013 363900 -26600
September 2013 361000 -2900
October 2013 368800 7800
November 2013 395800 27000
December 2013 376400 -19400
January 2014 355000 -21400
February 2014 371500 16500
March 2014 380100 8600
April 2014 379300 -800
May 2014 384600 5300
June 2014 381200 -3400
July 2014 386600 5400
August 2014 392900 6300
September 2014 368400 -24500
October 2014 376200 7800
November 2014 390700 14500
December 2014 385000 -5700
January 2015 359800 -25200
February 2015 390700 30900
March 2015 391100 400
April 2015 398800 7700
May 2015 403500 4700
June 2015 404300 800
July 2015 408400 4100
August 2015 411600 3200
September 2015 397400 -14200
October 2015 406500 9100
November 2015 400600 -5900
December 2015 402300 1700
January 2016 375800 -26500
February 2016 409200 33400
March 2016 422300 13100
April 2016 430600 8300
May 2016 421900 -8700
June 2016 439000 17100
July 2016 435800 -3200
August 2016 438100 2300
September 2016 426000 -12100
October 2016 439100 13100
November 2016 445200 6100
December 2016 430700 -14500
January 2017 404500 -26200
February 2017 431700 27200
March 2017 425900 -5800
April 2017 434000 8100
May 2017 434200 200
June 2017 437800 3600
July 2017 439600 1800
August 2017 443500 3900
September 2017 423000 -20500
October 2017 436100 13100
November 2017 448500 12400
December 2017 431800 -16700
January 2018 400300 -31500
February 2018 418800 18500
March 2018 424600 5800
April 2018 443900 19300
May 2018 448300 4400
June 2018 446400 -1900
July 2018 452600 6200
August 2018 457900 5300
September 2018 435500 -22400
October 2018 455000 19500
November 2018 459800 4800
December 2018 452600 -7200
January 2019 407600 -45000
February 2019 424900 17300
March 2019 433100 8200
April 2019 435700 2600
May 2019 440900 5200
June 2019 452700 11800
July 2019 452700 0
August 2019 447400 -5300
September 2019 430000 -17400
October 2019 434600 4600
November 2019 449000 14400
December 2019 444600 -4400
January 2020 408100 -36500
February 2020 426500 18400
March 2020 421900 -4600
April 2020 220400 -201500
May 2020 214900 -5500
June 2020 227900 13000
July 2020 235200 7300
August 2020 262300 27100
September 2020 293700 31400
October 2020 295600 1900
November 2020 299100 3500
December 2020 305800 6700
January 2021 286400 -19400
February 2021 306300 19900
March 2021 321100 14800
April 2021 340600 19500
May 2021 358700 18100
June 2021 371200 12500
July 2021 398500 27300
August 2021 414400 15900
September 2021 417400 3000
October 2021 438600 21200
November 2021 444800 6200
December 2021 448800 4000
January 2022 412500 -36300
February 2022 430000 17500
March 2022 438100 8100
April 2022 441000 2900
May 2022 463200 22200
June 2022 475200 12000
July 2022 480800 5600
August 2022 475500 -5300
September 2022 457200 -18300
October 2022 473300 16100
November 2022 487700 14400
December 2022 470100 -17600
January 2023 418900 -51200
February 2023 433100 14200
March 2023 448200 15100

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.