United States Payroll Employment for the Primary metals 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 primary metals payroll employment was 368,700; this means that the United States added 2,900 jobs to the primary metals 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 primary metals 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 Primary metals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Primary metals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Primary metals Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 522700
February 2002 518400 -4300
March 2002 514300 -4100
April 2002 513100 -1200
May 2002 511400 -1700
June 2002 511400 0
July 2002 505600 -5800
August 2002 509000 3400
September 2002 507700 -1300
October 2002 501900 -5800
November 2002 500400 -1500
December 2002 496800 -3600
January 2003 495200 -1600
February 2003 490100 -5100
March 2003 488800 -1300
April 2003 485900 -2900
May 2003 480900 -5000
June 2003 476900 -4000
July 2003 469000 -7900
August 2003 473300 4300
September 2003 470000 -3300
October 2003 465800 -4200
November 2003 465600 -200
December 2003 467500 1900
January 2004 464100 -3400
February 2004 463500 -600
March 2004 463600 100
April 2004 464100 500
May 2004 465900 1800
June 2004 470200 4300
July 2004 468500 -1700
August 2004 468800 300
September 2004 468600 -200
October 2004 467300 -1300
November 2004 466700 -600
December 2004 469800 3100
January 2005 467000 -2800
February 2005 468200 1200
March 2005 468800 600
April 2005 467000 -1800
May 2005 467300 300
June 2005 467400 100
July 2005 462200 -5200
August 2005 464000 1800
September 2005 465600 1600
October 2005 465100 -500
November 2005 464800 -300
December 2005 465100 300
January 2006 465400 300
February 2006 463500 -1900
March 2006 464100 600
April 2006 464700 600
May 2006 465700 1000
June 2006 469800 4100
July 2006 465500 -4300
August 2006 466700 1200
September 2006 463300 -3400
October 2006 462000 -1300
November 2006 458300 -3700
December 2006 458800 500
January 2007 459100 300
February 2007 460200 1100
March 2007 459500 -700
April 2007 460600 1100
May 2007 458300 -2300
June 2007 456600 -1700
July 2007 455000 -1600
August 2007 454800 -200
September 2007 452500 -2300
October 2007 450500 -2000
November 2007 451000 500
December 2007 451200 200
January 2008 451300 100
February 2008 451000 -300
March 2008 450700 -300
April 2008 450300 -400
May 2008 447500 -2800
June 2008 447100 -400
July 2008 442200 -4900
August 2008 440600 -1600
September 2008 440800 200
October 2008 436500 -4300
November 2008 427400 -9100
December 2008 418100 -9300
January 2009 406500 -11600
February 2009 389600 -16900
March 2009 381100 -8500
April 2009 367700 -13400
May 2009 358300 -9400
June 2009 350500 -7800
July 2009 347700 -2800
August 2009 350700 3000
September 2009 349600 -1100
October 2009 348900 -700
November 2009 347600 -1300
December 2009 347000 -600
January 2010 347200 200
February 2010 349400 2200
March 2010 353400 4000
April 2010 356200 2800
May 2010 360100 3900
June 2010 364700 4600
July 2010 366300 1600
August 2010 367300 1000
September 2010 369500 2200
October 2010 369900 400
November 2010 370800 900
December 2010 372600 1800
January 2011 372800 200
February 2011 377000 4200
March 2011 380200 3200
April 2011 383700 3500
May 2011 387800 4100
June 2011 390600 2800
July 2011 390200 -400
August 2011 391700 1500
September 2011 394300 2600
October 2011 395900 1600
November 2011 397300 1400
December 2011 397800 500
January 2012 399000 1200
February 2012 398900 -100
March 2012 399900 1000
April 2012 401700 1800
May 2012 404500 2800
June 2012 406000 1500
July 2012 406900 900
August 2012 405200 -1700
September 2012 402200 -3000
October 2012 402500 300
November 2012 399000 -3500
December 2012 397600 -1400
January 2013 397900 300
February 2013 395300 -2600
March 2013 397700 2400
April 2013 397500 -200
May 2013 397200 -300
June 2013 395600 -1600
July 2013 391600 -4000
August 2013 394800 3200
September 2013 394700 -100
October 2013 392600 -2100
November 2013 393000 400
December 2013 396100 3100
January 2014 394900 -1200
February 2014 395100 200
March 2014 396300 1200
April 2014 396100 -200
May 2014 397800 1700
June 2014 399300 1500
July 2014 399200 -100
August 2014 399200 0
September 2014 400800 1600
October 2014 400600 -200
November 2014 401100 500
December 2014 403700 2600
January 2015 402600 -1100
February 2015 399600 -3000
March 2015 399700 100
April 2015 396400 -3300
May 2015 395200 -1200
June 2015 397200 2000
July 2015 394400 -2800
August 2015 392500 -1900
September 2015 388800 -3700
October 2015 387900 -900
November 2015 387100 -800
December 2015 386600 -500
January 2016 384800 -1800
February 2016 381700 -3100
March 2016 379800 -1900
April 2016 376700 -3100
May 2016 376200 -500
June 2016 375200 -1000
July 2016 372900 -2300
August 2016 370800 -2100
September 2016 369800 -1000
October 2016 369700 -100
November 2016 367000 -2700
December 2016 369000 2000
January 2017 368600 -400
February 2017 368200 -400
March 2017 368000 -200
April 2017 368600 600
May 2017 370300 1700
June 2017 372800 2500
July 2017 372600 -200
August 2017 373200 600
September 2017 371600 -1600
October 2017 372100 500
November 2017 372100 0
December 2017 377100 5000
January 2018 375200 -1900
February 2018 377100 1900
March 2018 376200 -900
April 2018 377000 800
May 2018 377000 0
June 2018 381300 4300
July 2018 379700 -1600
August 2018 381200 1500
September 2018 381300 100
October 2018 381900 600
November 2018 384700 2800
December 2018 389200 4500
January 2019 388300 -900
February 2019 389900 1600
March 2019 390100 200
April 2019 388400 -1700
May 2019 389100 700
June 2019 390600 1500
July 2019 388000 -2600
August 2019 388300 300
September 2019 387200 -1100
October 2019 381700 -5500
November 2019 382700 1000
December 2019 383000 300
January 2020 379700 -3300
February 2020 380100 400
March 2020 379600 -500
April 2020 348200 -31400
May 2020 339000 -9200
June 2020 347400 8400
July 2020 344700 -2700
August 2020 344000 -700
September 2020 342300 -1700
October 2020 344300 2000
November 2020 346400 2100
December 2020 346700 300
January 2021 344300 -2400
February 2021 343600 -700
March 2021 346500 2900
April 2021 347000 500
May 2021 347400 400
June 2021 352700 5300
July 2021 354600 1900
August 2021 352800 -1800
September 2021 351300 -1500
October 2021 352400 1100
November 2021 355500 3100
December 2021 358300 2800
January 2022 357000 -1300
February 2022 360700 3700
March 2022 360400 -300
April 2022 359300 -1100
May 2022 359700 400
June 2022 361600 1900
July 2022 362700 1100
August 2022 363700 1000
September 2022 364700 1000
October 2022 366000 1300
November 2022 366400 400
December 2022 368600 2200
January 2023 364500 -4100
February 2023 365800 1300
March 2023 368700 2900

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.