United States Payroll Employment for the Retail trade 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 retail trade industry was 15,358,100 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 37,600 jobs in the retail trade 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 Retail trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Retail trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Retail trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 14960900
February 2002 14761200 -199700
March 2002 14789200 28000
April 2002 14849200 60000
May 2002 14935500 86300
June 2002 15007500 72000
July 2002 14986700 -20800
August 2002 14955800 -30900
September 2002 14880400 -75400
October 2002 15007200 126800
November 2002 15357800 350600
December 2002 15549800 192000
January 2003 14831900 -717900
February 2003 14625500 -206400
March 2003 14625600 100
April 2003 14698600 73000
May 2003 14799100 100500
June 2003 14861600 62500
July 2003 14833200 -28400
August 2003 14870100 36900
September 2003 14836400 -33700
October 2003 14982400 146000
November 2003 15287500 305100
December 2003 15476700 189200
January 2004 14832500 -644200
February 2004 14664500 -168000
March 2004 14747300 82800
April 2004 14833500 86200
May 2004 14956900 123400
June 2004 15052400 95500
July 2004 15021600 -30800
August 2004 15024800 3200
September 2004 14965400 -59400
October 2004 15124200 158800
November 2004 15495400 371200
December 2004 15676200 180800
January 2005 15019700 -656500
February 2005 14880400 -139300
March 2005 14924400 44000
April 2005 15037500 113100
May 2005 15162800 125300
June 2005 15268400 105600
July 2005 15296200 27800
August 2005 15317000 20800
September 2005 15193900 -123100
October 2005 15316700 122800
November 2005 15709500 392800
December 2005 15905700 196200
January 2006 15212400 -693300
February 2006 15035100 -177300
March 2006 15117300 82200
April 2006 15138200 20900
May 2006 15219800 81600
June 2006 15299000 79200
July 2006 15293400 -5600
August 2006 15303500 10100
September 2006 15200600 -102900
October 2006 15352000 151400
November 2006 15778900 426900
December 2006 15948100 169200
January 2007 15308200 -639900
February 2007 15147000 -161200
March 2007 15266200 119200
April 2007 15292700 26500
May 2007 15427300 134600
June 2007 15475400 48100
July 2007 15478700 3300
August 2007 15502100 23400
September 2007 15403800 -98300
October 2007 15493000 89200
November 2007 15958300 465300
December 2007 16125600 167300
January 2008 15427700 -697900
February 2008 15194600 -233100
March 2008 15247800 53200
April 2008 15210200 -37600
May 2008 15264800 54600
June 2008 15305200 40400
July 2008 15270300 -34900
August 2008 15232500 -37800
September 2008 15061000 -171500
October 2008 15099700 38700
November 2008 15313600 213900
December 2008 15385200 71600
January 2009 14649500 -735700
February 2009 14400400 -249100
March 2009 14371600 -28800
April 2009 14360500 -11100
May 2009 14455700 95200
June 2009 14503600 47900
July 2009 14449800 -53800
August 2009 14455200 5400
September 2009 14326600 -128600
October 2009 14373100 46500
November 2009 14689300 316200
December 2009 14822500 133200
January 2010 14250100 -572400
February 2010 14082300 -167800
March 2010 14168600 86300
April 2010 14227600 59000
May 2010 14338800 111200
June 2010 14399500 60700
July 2010 14403800 4300
August 2010 14421800 18000
September 2010 14318300 -103500
October 2010 14468600 150300
November 2010 14807900 339300
December 2010 14965600 157700
January 2011 14405900 -559700
February 2011 14240100 -165800
March 2011 14306900 66800
April 2011 14445900 139000
May 2011 14544900 99000
June 2011 14638300 93400
July 2011 14674600 36300
August 2011 14673000 -1600
September 2011 14572400 -100600
October 2011 14707200 134800
November 2011 15097400 390200
December 2011 15251800 154400
January 2012 14689300 -562500
February 2012 14474700 -214600
March 2012 14534900 60200
April 2012 14625200 90300
May 2012 14729500 104300
June 2012 14770100 40600
July 2012 14761900 -8200
August 2012 14768800 6900
September 2012 14691900 -76900
October 2012 14831600 139700
November 2012 15317500 485900
December 2012 15415900 98400
January 2013 14811300 -604600
February 2013 14625100 -186200
March 2013 14665000 39900
April 2013 14761200 96200
May 2013 14884700 123500
June 2013 14997600 112900
July 2013 15050000 52400
August 2013 15083900 33900
September 2013 15003500 -80400
October 2013 15163900 160400
November 2013 15606600 442700
December 2013 15790600 184000
January 2014 15121800 -668800
February 2014 14902300 -219500
March 2014 14966100 63800
April 2014 15087800 121700
May 2014 15188900 101100
June 2014 15304200 115300
July 2014 15339500 35300
August 2014 15329500 -10000
September 2014 15248300 -81200
October 2014 15431800 183500
November 2014 15843600 411800
December 2014 15996700 153100
January 2015 15369800 -626900
February 2015 15193400 -176400
March 2015 15260200 66800
April 2015 15350700 90500
May 2015 15478400 127700
June 2015 15568500 90100
July 2015 15595000 26500
August 2015 15574400 -20600
September 2015 15460000 -114400
October 2015 15644200 184200
November 2015 16043700 399500
December 2015 16168200 124500
January 2016 15572200 -596000
February 2016 15433200 -139000
March 2016 15523500 90300
April 2016 15595100 71600
May 2016 15692200 97100
June 2016 15797100 104900
July 2016 15820900 23800
August 2016 15809900 -11000
September 2016 15694700 -115200
October 2016 15844700 150000
November 2016 16205200 360500
December 2016 16338300 133100
January 2017 15798700 -539600
February 2017 15572100 -226600
March 2017 15579200 7100
April 2017 15630800 51600
May 2017 15703600 72800
June 2017 15786300 82700
July 2017 15784800 -1500
August 2017 15753600 -31200
September 2017 15621700 -131900
October 2017 15762600 140900
November 2017 16229100 466500
December 2017 16248100 19000
January 2018 15660600 -587500
February 2018 15518800 -141800
March 2018 15553200 34400
April 2018 15611400 58200
May 2018 15714600 103200
June 2018 15749800 35200
July 2018 15745800 -4000
August 2018 15713500 -32300
September 2018 15546300 -167200
October 2018 15650100 103800
November 2018 16131900 481800
December 2018 16136800 4900
January 2019 15568300 -568500
February 2019 15368900 -199400
March 2019 15365900 -3000
April 2019 15408500 42600
May 2019 15468100 59600
June 2019 15543500 75400
July 2019 15548500 5000
August 2019 15504300 -44200
September 2019 15388200 -116100
October 2019 15542700 154500
November 2019 15967100 424400
December 2019 16040000 72900
January 2020 15446900 -593100
February 2020 15292200 -154700
March 2020 15225700 -66500
April 2020 13074800 -2150900
May 2020 13547800 473000
June 2020 14456200 908400
July 2020 14705900 249700
August 2020 14927000 221100
September 2020 14859000 -68000
October 2020 15102500 243500
November 2020 15464300 361800
December 2020 15608700 144400
January 2021 15096200 -512500
February 2021 14986000 -110200
March 2021 15035000 49000
April 2021 15022300 -12700
May 2021 15121600 99300
June 2021 15279700 158100
July 2021 15266600 -13100
August 2021 15206300 -60300
September 2021 15163800 -42500
October 2021 15367100 203300
November 2021 15693400 326300
December 2021 15801500 108100
January 2022 15361400 -440100
February 2022 15351800 -9600
March 2022 15352100 300
April 2022 15323700 -28400
May 2022 15344500 20800
June 2022 15483900 139400
July 2022 15503600 19700
August 2022 15487300 -16300
September 2022 15358800 -128500
October 2022 15502500 143700
November 2022 15765700 263200
December 2022 15868100 102400
January 2023 15453600 -414500
February 2023 15395700 -57900
March 2023 15358100 -37600