Massachusetts Payrolls for the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Massachusetts's not seasonally adjusted retail trade payroll employment was 328,900; this means that Massachusetts lost 5,400 jobs in the retail trade 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 Massachusetts's not seasonally adjusted historical retail trade payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Massachusetts's industries and links for many more of Massachusetts's industries at this link.

Massachusetts Payrolls for the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Massachusetts Number of Jobs Added to the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Massachusetts Payrolls for the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 347300
February 2007 338100 -9200
March 2007 338800 700
April 2007 340300 1500
May 2007 346200 5900
June 2007 352000 5800
July 2007 350200 -1800
August 2007 349300 -900
September 2007 344800 -4500
October 2007 349500 4700
November 2007 361700 12200
December 2007 366800 5100
January 2008 349800 -17000
February 2008 339500 -10300
March 2008 340000 500
April 2008 341800 1800
May 2008 345800 4000
June 2008 351100 5300
July 2008 350400 -700
August 2008 351100 700
September 2008 344700 -6400
October 2008 348000 3300
November 2008 353000 5000
December 2008 357300 4300
January 2009 335800 -21500
February 2009 327300 -8500
March 2009 324600 -2700
April 2009 325100 500
May 2009 330400 5300
June 2009 337000 6600
July 2009 334800 -2200
August 2009 335400 600
September 2009 332100 -3300
October 2009 336600 4500
November 2009 344200 7600
December 2009 349000 4800
January 2010 334600 -14400
February 2010 326700 -7900
March 2010 327100 400
April 2010 331800 4700
May 2010 335900 4100
June 2010 340900 5000
July 2010 341800 900
August 2010 342800 1000
September 2010 336200 -6600
October 2010 341800 5600
November 2010 349200 7400
December 2010 356200 7000
January 2011 338800 -17400
February 2011 332000 -6800
March 2011 331900 -100
April 2011 336100 4200
May 2011 339000 2900
June 2011 344000 5000
July 2011 345000 1000
August 2011 346500 1500
September 2011 341700 -4800
October 2011 346200 4500
November 2011 354400 8200
December 2011 360400 6000
January 2012 343300 -17100
February 2012 333800 -9500
March 2012 335100 1300
April 2012 336400 1300
May 2012 342300 5900
June 2012 349300 7000
July 2012 348100 -1200
August 2012 348600 500
September 2012 343100 -5500
October 2012 347000 3900
November 2012 357600 10600
December 2012 360800 3200
January 2013 343600 -17200
February 2013 334900 -8700
March 2013 336100 1200
April 2013 339800 3700
May 2013 345400 5600
June 2013 351800 6400
July 2013 349900 -1900
August 2013 351600 1700
September 2013 345300 -6300
October 2013 347600 2300
November 2013 356600 9000
December 2013 362700 6100
January 2014 347200 -15500
February 2014 339600 -7600
March 2014 339900 300
April 2014 343200 3300
May 2014 347100 3900
June 2014 352700 5600
July 2014 351300 -1400
August 2014 342100 -9200
September 2014 347500 5400
October 2014 352800 5300
November 2014 361800 9000
December 2014 367300 5500
January 2015 351300 -16000
February 2015 340400 -10900
March 2015 342200 1800
April 2015 345700 3500
May 2015 351300 5600
June 2015 357700 6400
July 2015 357100 -600
August 2015 357500 400
September 2015 349800 -7700
October 2015 354300 4500
November 2015 362900 8600
December 2015 368000 5100
January 2016 352500 -15500
February 2016 345300 -7200
March 2016 346300 1000
April 2016 349300 3000
May 2016 353300 4000
June 2016 359300 6000
July 2016 360100 800
August 2016 360700 600
September 2016 351700 -9000
October 2016 353900 2200
November 2016 362200 8300
December 2016 367600 5400
January 2017 353500 -14100
February 2017 344300 -9200
March 2017 344200 -100
April 2017 348500 4300
May 2017 352000 3500
June 2017 359300 7300
July 2017 359900 600
August 2017 360300 400
September 2017 351900 -8400
October 2017 355000 3100
November 2017 364200 9200
December 2017 368000 3800
January 2018 354800 -13200
February 2018 346500 -8300
March 2018 344100 -2400
April 2018 346700 2600
May 2018 351700 5000
June 2018 358500 6800
July 2018 358700 200
August 2018 357800 -900
September 2018 349300 -8500
October 2018 350600 1300
November 2018 362000 11400
December 2018 366600 4600
January 2019 353600 -13000
February 2019 344600 -9000
March 2019 343300 -1300
April 2019 343900 600
May 2019 348500 4600
June 2019 354800 6300
July 2019 355800 1000
August 2019 355500 -300
September 2019 347400 -8100
October 2019 349200 1800
November 2019 360500 11300
December 2019 364500 4000
January 2020 350100 -14400
February 2020 342300 -7800
March 2020 339600 -2700
April 2020 261000 -78600
May 2020 267400 6400
June 2020 298600 31200
July 2020 315700 17100
August 2020 319900 4200
September 2020 319900 0
October 2020 327800 7900
November 2020 335700 7900
December 2020 341300 5600
January 2021 328600 -12700
February 2021 322100 -6500
March 2021 323200 1100
April 2021 324500 1300
May 2021 328400 3900
June 2021 334100 5700
July 2021 333200 -900
August 2021 332000 -1200
September 2021 320800 -11200
October 2021 327600 6800
November 2021 335300 7700
December 2021 340100 4800
January 2022 329800 -10300
February 2022 326600 -3200
March 2022 326700 100
April 2022 328700 2000
May 2022 329500 800
June 2022 336000 6500
July 2022 337500 1500
August 2022 337100 -400
September 2022 328000 -9100
October 2022 331100 3100
November 2022 336700 5600
December 2022 341100 4400
January 2023 334300 -6800
February 2023 328900 -5400

Massachusetts's 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 Massachusetts industries. You can also see the not seasonally adjusted Massachusetts payroll employment for many more industries at this link.