United States Payroll Employment for the Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology payroll employment was 533,300; this means that the United States added 3,700 jobs to the research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology industry in the month of February 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 research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 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 Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, except nanotechnology and biotechnology Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 330600
February 2002 331800 1200
March 2002 332200 400
April 2002 332200 0
May 2002 335700 3500
June 2002 342700 7000
July 2002 343900 1200
August 2002 343500 -400
September 2002 339600 -3900
October 2002 340700 1100
November 2002 340200 -500
December 2002 338700 -1500
January 2003 337800 -900
February 2003 337000 -800
March 2003 338000 1000
April 2003 339000 1000
May 2003 340000 1000
June 2003 345800 5800
July 2003 347000 1200
August 2003 344400 -2600
September 2003 339700 -4700
October 2003 342300 2600
November 2003 344400 2100
December 2003 344500 100
January 2004 343400 -1100
February 2004 343100 -300
March 2004 343800 700
April 2004 346700 2900
May 2004 347700 1000
June 2004 352300 4600
July 2004 353900 1600
August 2004 353700 -200
September 2004 351900 -1800
October 2004 355500 3600
November 2004 356600 1100
December 2004 357900 1300
January 2005 361000 3100
February 2005 363300 2300
March 2005 364300 1000
April 2005 365500 1200
May 2005 368000 2500
June 2005 372200 4200
July 2005 374900 2700
August 2005 373700 -1200
September 2005 373600 -100
October 2005 374900 1300
November 2005 375300 400
December 2005 377200 1900
January 2006 377700 500
February 2006 375700 -2000
March 2006 378200 2500
April 2006 379100 900
May 2006 379700 600
June 2006 384500 4800
July 2006 387900 3400
August 2006 383000 -4900
September 2006 378500 -4500
October 2006 380800 2300
November 2006 380600 -200
December 2006 379200 -1400
January 2007 381600 2400
February 2007 380600 -1000
March 2007 380600 0
April 2007 382600 2000
May 2007 385200 2600
June 2007 392500 7300
July 2007 395400 2900
August 2007 391800 -3600
September 2007 392200 400
October 2007 392300 100
November 2007 393200 900
December 2007 395700 2500
January 2008 394700 -1000
February 2008 399400 4700
March 2008 402100 2700
April 2008 401800 -300
May 2008 401200 -600
June 2008 406900 5700
July 2008 408400 1500
August 2008 406100 -2300
September 2008 400900 -5200
October 2008 404400 3500
November 2008 404100 -300
December 2008 403100 -1000
January 2009 401300 -1800
February 2009 401800 500
March 2009 401900 100
April 2009 401700 -200
May 2009 401900 200
June 2009 407100 5200
July 2009 407000 -100
August 2009 406300 -700
September 2009 402800 -3500
October 2009 402700 -100
November 2009 404700 2000
December 2009 405300 600
January 2010 403800 -1500
February 2010 406100 2300
March 2010 406800 700
April 2010 410000 3200
May 2010 412200 2200
June 2010 418700 6500
July 2010 420300 1600
August 2010 418800 -1500
September 2010 413500 -5300
October 2010 414400 900
November 2010 413300 -1100
December 2010 413300 0
January 2011 410900 -2400
February 2011 411300 400
March 2011 414400 3100
April 2011 415300 900
May 2011 416300 1000
June 2011 422300 6000
July 2011 422900 600
August 2011 419700 -3200
September 2011 417200 -2500
October 2011 418100 900
November 2011 417000 -1100
December 2011 417300 300
January 2012 416800 -500
February 2012 418100 1300
March 2012 419500 1400
April 2012 419500 0
May 2012 422400 2900
June 2012 427200 4800
July 2012 429500 2300
August 2012 426600 -2900
September 2012 422800 -3800
October 2012 422300 -500
November 2012 423400 1100
December 2012 422600 -800
January 2013 418300 -4300
February 2013 419300 1000
March 2013 418400 -900
April 2013 418500 100
May 2013 418100 -400
June 2013 422700 4600
July 2013 421900 -800
August 2013 418200 -3700
September 2013 414000 -4200
October 2013 413200 -800
November 2013 412900 -300
December 2013 414200 1300
January 2014 409700 -4500
February 2014 409900 200
March 2014 411400 1500
April 2014 413200 1800
May 2014 414700 1500
June 2014 418800 4100
July 2014 422000 3200
August 2014 418800 -3200
September 2014 414200 -4600
October 2014 415200 1000
November 2014 416800 1600
December 2014 419700 2900
January 2015 417500 -2200
February 2015 418200 700
March 2015 421300 3100
April 2015 424100 2800
May 2015 425200 1100
June 2015 433200 8000
July 2015 434800 1600
August 2015 433100 -1700
September 2015 428700 -4400
October 2015 429300 600
November 2015 430100 800
December 2015 430600 500
January 2016 429900 -700
February 2016 428500 -1400
March 2016 429800 1300
April 2016 426800 -3000
May 2016 426500 -300
June 2016 430300 3800
July 2016 427100 -3200
August 2016 420900 -6200
September 2016 411100 -9800
October 2016 408000 -3100
November 2016 407200 -800
December 2016 403500 -3700
January 2017 398300 -5200
February 2017 395800 -2500
March 2017 391100 -4700
April 2017 391900 800
May 2017 395200 3300
June 2017 403600 8400
July 2017 408500 4900
August 2017 409300 800
September 2017 402200 -7100
October 2017 403900 1700
November 2017 403900 0
December 2017 404700 800
January 2018 405200 500
February 2018 408200 3000
March 2018 408600 400
April 2018 409100 500
May 2018 411400 2300
June 2018 420200 8800
July 2018 426400 6200
August 2018 422500 -3900
September 2018 417200 -5300
October 2018 419100 1900
November 2018 421600 2500
December 2018 423200 1600
January 2019 420600 -2600
February 2019 423300 2700
March 2019 424000 700
April 2019 425700 1700
May 2019 428800 3100
June 2019 438700 9900
July 2019 445900 7200
August 2019 444900 -1000
September 2019 441600 -3300
October 2019 443600 2000
November 2019 447800 4200
December 2019 450200 2400
January 2020 443800 -6400
February 2020 447500 3700
March 2020 450900 3400
April 2020 437700 -13200
May 2020 439900 2200
June 2020 450900 11000
July 2020 456200 5300
August 2020 459200 3000
September 2020 455900 -3300
October 2020 462200 6300
November 2020 461400 -800
December 2020 465500 4100
January 2021 465400 -100
February 2021 469200 3800
March 2021 472900 3700
April 2021 478500 5600
May 2021 483300 4800
June 2021 494200 10900
July 2021 499300 5100
August 2021 499900 600
September 2021 494600 -5300
October 2021 499600 5000
November 2021 504200 4600
December 2021 505500 1300
January 2022 500500 -5000
February 2022 504400 3900
March 2022 504800 400
April 2022 509500 4700
May 2022 515200 5700
June 2022 530000 14800
July 2022 538400 8400
August 2022 532100 -6300
September 2022 526200 -5900
October 2022 531300 5100
November 2022 530300 -1000
December 2022 530100 -200
January 2023 529600 -500
February 2023 533300 3700

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.