United States Payroll Employment for the Real estate 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 real estate industry was 1,825,400 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 4,300 jobs in the real estate 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 Real estate Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Real estate Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Real estate Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1325500
February 2002 1326100 600
March 2002 1335000 8900
April 2002 1338600 3600
May 2002 1349700 11100
June 2002 1375200 25500
July 2002 1376800 1600
August 2002 1380700 3900
September 2002 1367500 -13200
October 2002 1368300 800
November 2002 1367500 -800
December 2002 1368300 800
January 2003 1345100 -23200
February 2003 1353900 8800
March 2003 1364300 10400
April 2003 1378100 13800
May 2003 1386600 8500
June 2003 1405700 19100
July 2003 1415600 9900
August 2003 1419200 3600
September 2003 1397000 -22200
October 2003 1394400 -2600
November 2003 1389600 -4800
December 2003 1395800 6200
January 2004 1373600 -22200
February 2004 1378200 4600
March 2004 1385700 7500
April 2004 1399100 13400
May 2004 1419700 20600
June 2004 1442700 23000
July 2004 1445400 2700
August 2004 1446900 1500
September 2004 1437700 -9200
October 2004 1430900 -6800
November 2004 1432100 1200
December 2004 1432400 300
January 2005 1411000 -21400
February 2005 1418100 7100
March 2005 1423300 5200
April 2005 1433500 10200
May 2005 1446500 13000
June 2005 1477500 31000
July 2005 1491800 14300
August 2005 1496800 5000
September 2005 1482000 -14800
October 2005 1483900 1900
November 2005 1481800 -2100
December 2005 1483600 1800
January 2006 1472500 -11100
February 2006 1474100 1600
March 2006 1474900 800
April 2006 1493700 18800
May 2006 1497900 4200
June 2006 1524800 26900
July 2006 1527900 3100
August 2006 1524900 -3000
September 2006 1505400 -19500
October 2006 1493500 -11900
November 2006 1496900 3400
December 2006 1501000 4100
January 2007 1473400 -27600
February 2007 1471700 -1700
March 2007 1481000 9300
April 2007 1492100 11100
May 2007 1500200 8100
June 2007 1524100 23900
July 2007 1530400 6300
August 2007 1533600 3200
September 2007 1507400 -26200
October 2007 1502800 -4600
November 2007 1491300 -11500
December 2007 1496900 5600
January 2008 1468200 -28700
February 2008 1463700 -4500
March 2008 1468700 5000
April 2008 1478100 9400
May 2008 1489200 11100
June 2008 1516100 26900
July 2008 1515100 -1000
August 2008 1519200 4100
September 2008 1486600 -32600
October 2008 1481800 -4800
November 2008 1463600 -18200
December 2008 1469800 6200
January 2009 1429200 -40600
February 2009 1418500 -10700
March 2009 1411500 -7000
April 2009 1408600 -2900
May 2009 1410400 1800
June 2009 1429700 19300
July 2009 1435000 5300
August 2009 1431600 -3400
September 2009 1420400 -11200
October 2009 1416900 -3500
November 2009 1413400 -3500
December 2009 1416800 3400
January 2010 1385500 -31300
February 2010 1385500 0
March 2010 1378900 -6600
April 2010 1393400 14500
May 2010 1397000 3600
June 2010 1410400 13400
July 2010 1408400 -2000
August 2010 1410300 1900
September 2010 1398200 -12100
October 2010 1396900 -1300
November 2010 1386400 -10500
December 2010 1396900 10500
January 2011 1369100 -27800
February 2011 1373500 4400
March 2011 1375000 1500
April 2011 1392100 17100
May 2011 1408500 16400
June 2011 1419400 10900
July 2011 1427100 7700
August 2011 1423500 -3600
September 2011 1402800 -20700
October 2011 1407900 5100
November 2011 1403400 -4500
December 2011 1407300 3900
January 2012 1384700 -22600
February 2012 1385600 900
March 2012 1392300 6700
April 2012 1407800 15500
May 2012 1420100 12300
June 2012 1439400 19300
July 2012 1446200 6800
August 2012 1443900 -2300
September 2012 1432600 -11300
October 2012 1429300 -3300
November 2012 1423000 -6300
December 2012 1434800 11800
January 2013 1411800 -23000
February 2013 1419400 7600
March 2013 1427800 8400
April 2013 1439500 11700
May 2013 1456600 17100
June 2013 1479300 22700
July 2013 1493100 13800
August 2013 1491500 -1600
September 2013 1472100 -19400
October 2013 1474800 2700
November 2013 1465800 -9000
December 2013 1472900 7100
January 2014 1449700 -23200
February 2014 1451600 1900
March 2014 1459400 7800
April 2014 1472200 12800
May 2014 1481700 9500
June 2014 1509000 27300
July 2014 1516200 7200
August 2014 1515600 -600
September 2014 1497200 -18400
October 2014 1495400 -1800
November 2014 1494100 -1300
December 2014 1502600 8500
January 2015 1478500 -24100
February 2015 1480600 2100
March 2015 1490700 10100
April 2015 1501400 10700
May 2015 1508800 7400
June 2015 1532200 23400
July 2015 1543700 11500
August 2015 1546200 2500
September 2015 1527100 -19100
October 2015 1531200 4100
November 2015 1526800 -4400
December 2015 1537900 11100
January 2016 1514000 -23900
February 2016 1515200 1200
March 2016 1523700 8500
April 2016 1532300 8600
May 2016 1546800 14500
June 2016 1570800 24000
July 2016 1585400 14600
August 2016 1588200 2800
September 2016 1572800 -15400
October 2016 1576900 4100
November 2016 1575700 -1200
December 2016 1579700 4000
January 2017 1564200 -15500
February 2017 1566600 2400
March 2017 1568800 2200
April 2017 1581900 13100
May 2017 1592100 10200
June 2017 1621700 29600
July 2017 1629600 7900
August 2017 1632000 2400
September 2017 1616100 -15900
October 2017 1626700 10600
November 2017 1629800 3100
December 2017 1636300 6500
January 2018 1614900 -21400
February 2018 1620200 5300
March 2018 1633300 13100
April 2018 1638500 5200
May 2018 1651000 12500
June 2018 1678100 27100
July 2018 1690600 12500
August 2018 1691100 500
September 2018 1678100 -13000
October 2018 1687500 9400
November 2018 1679400 -8100
December 2018 1691700 12300
January 2019 1670300 -21400
February 2019 1675600 5300
March 2019 1682800 7200
April 2019 1696000 13200
May 2019 1707200 11200
June 2019 1731500 24300
July 2019 1744300 12800
August 2019 1748700 4400
September 2019 1727200 -21500
October 2019 1742700 15500
November 2019 1739300 -3400
December 2019 1746900 7600
January 2020 1720600 -26300
February 2020 1730900 10300
March 2020 1721300 -9600
April 2020 1624800 -96500
May 2020 1646000 21200
June 2020 1681700 35700
July 2020 1692600 10900
August 2020 1701300 8700
September 2020 1694900 -6400
October 2020 1710600 15700
November 2020 1710100 -500
December 2020 1721800 11700
January 2021 1690400 -31400
February 2021 1691700 1300
March 2021 1697100 5400
April 2021 1717200 20100
May 2021 1731300 14100
June 2021 1760400 29100
July 2021 1779500 19100
August 2021 1783400 3900
September 2021 1774300 -9100
October 2021 1793800 19500
November 2021 1794300 500
December 2021 1803700 9400
January 2022 1761300 -42400
February 2022 1776200 14900
March 2022 1782900 6700
April 2022 1796000 13100
May 2022 1808400 12400
June 2022 1832400 24000
July 2022 1838300 5900
August 2022 1837900 -400
September 2022 1835600 -2300
October 2022 1852600 17000
November 2022 1850600 -2000
December 2022 1855600 5000
January 2023 1824500 -31100
February 2023 1829700 5200
March 2023 1825400 -4300