United States Payroll Employment for the Plastics and rubber products 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 plastics and rubber products industry was 748,000 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 100 jobs in the plastics and rubber products 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 Plastics and rubber products Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Plastics and rubber products Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Plastics and rubber products Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 852500
February 2002 847500 -5000
March 2002 850400 2900
April 2002 850800 400
May 2002 851600 800
June 2002 856800 5200
July 2002 849200 -7600
August 2002 849800 600
September 2002 844900 -4900
October 2002 841900 -3000
November 2002 836700 -5200
December 2002 829500 -7200
January 2003 826900 -2600
February 2003 826000 -900
March 2003 824400 -1600
April 2003 818800 -5600
May 2003 818500 -300
June 2003 816900 -1600
July 2003 807400 -9500
August 2003 810800 3400
September 2003 809100 -1700
October 2003 806300 -2800
November 2003 803600 -2700
December 2003 803400 -200
January 2004 798900 -4500
February 2004 799100 200
March 2004 801600 2500
April 2004 804700 3100
May 2004 809100 4400
June 2004 810600 1500
July 2004 805000 -5600
August 2004 806400 1400
September 2004 806900 500
October 2004 805700 -1200
November 2004 806000 300
December 2004 802000 -4000
January 2005 795500 -6500
February 2005 795500 0
March 2005 801100 5600
April 2005 802000 900
May 2005 802400 400
June 2005 805100 2700
July 2005 801200 -3900
August 2005 803800 2600
September 2005 805500 1700
October 2005 805000 -500
November 2005 806300 1300
December 2005 804100 -2200
January 2006 798200 -5900
February 2006 799800 1600
March 2006 800100 300
April 2006 797200 -2900
May 2006 795200 -2000
June 2006 798600 3400
July 2006 789600 -9000
August 2006 786300 -3300
September 2006 780600 -5700
October 2006 764000 -16600
November 2006 760700 -3300
December 2006 755800 -4900
January 2007 762100 6300
February 2007 760000 -2100
March 2007 758000 -2000
April 2007 759500 1500
May 2007 762500 3000
June 2007 762000 -500
July 2007 755700 -6300
August 2007 757500 1800
September 2007 756000 -1500
October 2007 752300 -3700
November 2007 749500 -2800
December 2007 750800 1300
January 2008 743200 -7600
February 2008 744700 1500
March 2008 742900 -1800
April 2008 741600 -1300
May 2008 741800 200
June 2008 744400 2600
July 2008 736300 -8100
August 2008 734000 -2300
September 2008 727200 -6800
October 2008 716200 -11000
November 2008 697100 -19100
December 2008 683200 -13900
January 2009 659900 -23300
February 2009 649600 -10300
March 2009 638200 -11400
April 2009 632200 -6000
May 2009 623300 -8900
June 2009 622400 -900
July 2009 610600 -11800
August 2009 614000 3400
September 2009 614300 300
October 2009 612600 -1700
November 2009 611100 -1500
December 2009 610700 -400
January 2010 611000 300
February 2010 610300 -700
March 2010 613800 3500
April 2010 622200 8400
May 2010 625600 3400
June 2010 631800 6200
July 2010 629700 -2100
August 2010 634500 4800
September 2010 630800 -3700
October 2010 629900 -900
November 2010 629700 -200
December 2010 628100 -1600
January 2011 628800 700
February 2011 628800 0
March 2011 632000 3200
April 2011 632900 900
May 2011 635100 2200
June 2011 635800 700
July 2011 636900 1100
August 2011 641100 4200
September 2011 640100 -1000
October 2011 635500 -4600
November 2011 637600 2100
December 2011 637200 -400
January 2012 631800 -5400
February 2012 635700 3900
March 2012 641200 5500
April 2012 640800 -400
May 2012 643500 2700
June 2012 648700 5200
July 2012 649800 1100
August 2012 653500 3700
September 2012 651900 -1600
October 2012 648200 -3700
November 2012 647900 -300
December 2012 648700 800
January 2013 644800 -3900
February 2013 650100 5300
March 2013 654100 4000
April 2013 655500 1400
May 2013 660400 4900
June 2013 663400 3000
July 2013 664200 800
August 2013 663700 -500
September 2013 664200 500
October 2013 661500 -2700
November 2013 662900 1400
December 2013 665300 2400
January 2014 664800 -500
February 2014 668200 3400
March 2014 668600 400
April 2014 670500 1900
May 2014 673400 2900
June 2014 677900 4500
July 2014 676000 -1900
August 2014 676900 900
September 2014 675100 -1800
October 2014 677100 2000
November 2014 682700 5600
December 2014 680600 -2100
January 2015 678700 -1900
February 2015 680900 2200
March 2015 683300 2400
April 2015 686000 2700
May 2015 689200 3200
June 2015 693300 4100
July 2015 695500 2200
August 2015 693600 -1900
September 2015 691400 -2200
October 2015 692700 1300
November 2015 691900 -800
December 2015 695700 3800
January 2016 693600 -2100
February 2016 695600 2000
March 2016 698400 2800
April 2016 700300 1900
May 2016 706200 5900
June 2016 707000 800
July 2016 708400 1400
August 2016 707000 -1400
September 2016 705100 -1900
October 2016 701700 -3400
November 2016 701100 -600
December 2016 704500 3400
January 2017 702700 -1800
February 2017 709400 6700
March 2017 713100 3700
April 2017 712800 -300
May 2017 714300 1500
June 2017 716600 2300
July 2017 719300 2700
August 2017 722200 2900
September 2017 721100 -1100
October 2017 719900 -1200
November 2017 724500 4600
December 2017 726300 1800
January 2018 722700 -3600
February 2018 725600 2900
March 2018 727500 1900
April 2018 728900 1400
May 2018 731900 3000
June 2018 733000 1100
July 2018 733900 900
August 2018 730500 -3400
September 2018 729100 -1400
October 2018 729200 100
November 2018 734700 5500
December 2018 736900 2200
January 2019 729800 -7100
February 2019 733000 3200
March 2019 733400 400
April 2019 731300 -2100
May 2019 733000 1700
June 2019 737700 4700
July 2019 733400 -4300
August 2019 734100 700
September 2019 727800 -6300
October 2019 725900 -1900
November 2019 729300 3400
December 2019 730900 1600
January 2020 729500 -1400
February 2020 730200 700
March 2020 727100 -3100
April 2020 658900 -68200
May 2020 680100 21200
June 2020 708200 28100
July 2020 704900 -3300
August 2020 706000 1100
September 2020 701800 -4200
October 2020 707900 6100
November 2020 709800 1900
December 2020 718400 8600
January 2021 713500 -4900
February 2021 719700 6200
March 2021 718600 -1100
April 2021 715400 -3200
May 2021 721500 6100
June 2021 721200 -300
July 2021 726300 5100
August 2021 734100 7800
September 2021 728400 -5700
October 2021 730400 2000
November 2021 737400 7000
December 2021 744200 6800
January 2022 737100 -7100
February 2022 747500 10400
March 2022 750800 3300
April 2022 754200 3400
May 2022 756000 1800
June 2022 761300 5300
July 2022 761200 -100
August 2022 762900 1700
September 2022 760400 -2500
October 2022 762100 1700
November 2022 757000 -5100
December 2022 755400 -1600
January 2023 749900 -5500
February 2023 748100 -1800
March 2023 748000 -100