United States Payroll Employment for the Rail transportation 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 rail transportation industry was 149,400 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added no jobs to the rail transportation 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 Rail transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Rail transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Rail transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 193100
February 2002 192200 -900
March 2002 189800 -2400
April 2002 187800 -2000
May 2002 187900 100
June 2002 182900 -5000
July 2002 184900 2000
August 2002 185500 600
September 2002 183200 -2300
October 2002 182900 -300
November 2002 185700 2800
December 2002 184500 -1200
January 2003 181400 -3100
February 2003 180700 -700
March 2003 180400 -300
April 2003 182600 2200
May 2003 183900 1300
June 2003 184700 800
July 2003 185400 700
August 2003 184300 -1100
September 2003 185800 1500
October 2003 186500 700
November 2003 187300 800
December 2003 187700 400
January 2004 186100 -1600
February 2004 186500 400
March 2004 187600 1100
April 2004 189600 2000
May 2004 190000 400
June 2004 192000 2000
July 2004 193000 1000
August 2004 192100 -900
September 2004 193600 1500
October 2004 193600 0
November 2004 193500 -100
December 2004 193100 -400
January 2005 191000 -2100
February 2005 191400 400
March 2005 191900 500
April 2005 193300 1400
May 2005 193900 600
June 2005 193900 0
July 2005 194000 100
August 2005 192600 -1400
September 2005 193200 600
October 2005 192700 -500
November 2005 192300 -400
December 2005 191400 -900
January 2006 189100 -2300
February 2006 189000 -100
March 2006 189200 200
April 2006 191100 1900
May 2006 192400 1300
June 2006 193000 600
July 2006 193600 600
August 2006 192700 -900
September 2006 193600 900
October 2006 193900 300
November 2006 194700 800
December 2006 196300 1600
January 2007 195600 -700
February 2007 197300 1700
March 2007 198400 1100
April 2007 198600 200
May 2007 199200 600
June 2007 197700 -1500
July 2007 198300 600
August 2007 199200 900
September 2007 198000 -1200
October 2007 196700 -1300
November 2007 197100 400
December 2007 195100 -2000
January 2008 194200 -900
February 2008 194300 100
March 2008 194600 300
April 2008 195900 1300
May 2008 196600 700
June 2008 194700 -1900
July 2008 196500 1800
August 2008 196400 -100
September 2008 194400 -2000
October 2008 196800 2400
November 2008 195900 -900
December 2008 194100 -1800
January 2009 194400 300
February 2009 191700 -2700
March 2009 189600 -2100
April 2009 188400 -1200
May 2009 184800 -3600
June 2009 182200 -2600
July 2009 182900 700
August 2009 182200 -700
September 2009 181100 -1100
October 2009 180300 -800
November 2009 179000 -1300
December 2009 178300 -700
January 2010 177200 -1100
February 2010 177300 100
March 2010 178300 1000
April 2010 179700 1400
May 2010 180300 600
June 2010 182700 2400
July 2010 184900 2200
August 2010 185000 100
September 2010 186800 1800
October 2010 187400 600
November 2010 188700 1300
December 2010 188100 -600
January 2011 187100 -1000
February 2011 188900 1800
March 2011 190900 2000
April 2011 191800 900
May 2011 192600 800
June 2011 194700 2100
July 2011 194000 -700
August 2011 195300 1300
September 2011 195300 0
October 2011 195200 -100
November 2011 194900 -300
December 2011 194200 -700
January 2012 193500 -700
February 2012 193200 -300
March 2012 194600 1400
April 2012 196400 1800
May 2012 195700 -700
June 2012 196500 800
July 2012 195200 -1300
August 2012 196200 1000
September 2012 193500 -2700
October 2012 195000 1500
November 2012 195400 400
December 2012 195400 0
January 2013 194700 -700
February 2013 195000 300
March 2013 196100 1100
April 2013 196700 600
May 2013 196600 -100
June 2013 196700 100
July 2013 195900 -800
August 2013 195100 -800
September 2013 194600 -500
October 2013 194300 -300
November 2013 195800 1500
December 2013 195100 -700
January 2014 194400 -700
February 2014 194200 -200
March 2014 194800 600
April 2014 196600 1800
May 2014 198900 2300
June 2014 199200 300
July 2014 200500 1300
August 2014 201700 1200
September 2014 202700 1000
October 2014 203500 800
November 2014 204400 900
December 2014 205800 1400
January 2015 206800 1000
February 2015 207800 1000
March 2015 208900 1100
April 2015 210100 1200
May 2015 208400 -1700
June 2015 207400 -1000
July 2015 205700 -1700
August 2015 203000 -2700
September 2015 200400 -2600
October 2015 198500 -1900
November 2015 196100 -2400
December 2015 191700 -4400
January 2016 186400 -5300
February 2016 183300 -3100
March 2016 182500 -800
April 2016 182400 -100
May 2016 182500 100
June 2016 182700 200
July 2016 183600 900
August 2016 184100 500
September 2016 184300 200
October 2016 184200 -100
November 2016 184300 100
December 2016 183300 -1000
January 2017 181800 -1500
February 2017 182800 1000
March 2017 184000 1200
April 2017 183700 -300
May 2017 183600 -100
June 2017 183100 -500
July 2017 181800 -1300
August 2017 181600 -200
September 2017 180800 -800
October 2017 180400 -400
November 2017 179900 -500
December 2017 179200 -700
January 2018 177900 -1300
February 2018 178500 600
March 2018 178900 400
April 2018 180100 1200
May 2018 181500 1400
June 2018 182000 500
July 2018 182300 300
August 2018 183300 1000
September 2018 183500 200
October 2018 184300 800
November 2018 184800 500
December 2018 183200 -1600
January 2019 182200 -1000
February 2019 181300 -900
March 2019 180500 -800
April 2019 179500 -1000
May 2019 177900 -1600
June 2019 175900 -2000
July 2019 175000 -900
August 2019 173300 -1700
September 2019 170200 -3100
October 2019 167300 -2900
November 2019 165500 -1800
December 2019 163300 -2200
January 2020 159200 -4100
February 2020 158400 -800
March 2020 158600 200
April 2020 154600 -4000
May 2020 148000 -6600
June 2020 144900 -3100
July 2020 146100 1200
August 2020 146900 800
September 2020 147500 600
October 2020 146700 -800
November 2020 145400 -1300
December 2020 148100 2700
January 2021 144700 -3400
February 2021 145500 800
March 2021 146600 1100
April 2021 147000 400
May 2021 147000 0
June 2021 147400 400
July 2021 147200 -200
August 2021 146000 -1200
September 2021 145800 -200
October 2021 145800 0
November 2021 145700 -100
December 2021 145700 0
January 2022 143300 -2400
February 2022 145200 1900
March 2022 145900 700
April 2022 146200 300
May 2022 146400 200
June 2022 146800 400
July 2022 146300 -500
August 2022 146800 500
September 2022 147300 500
October 2022 147800 500
November 2022 148400 600
December 2022 148700 300
January 2023 148600 -100
February 2023 149400 800
March 2023 149400 0