United States Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on January 9, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in December 2022, the number of US payroll employment for the sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores industry was 579,600 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 8,600 jobs to the sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores industry in December 2022.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to December 2022.

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US Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 591900
February 2002 573700 -18200
March 2002 578900 5200
April 2002 579400 500
May 2002 579300 -100
June 2002 581700 2400
July 2002 581500 -200
August 2002 588900 7400
September 2002 591700 2800
October 2002 597100 5400
November 2002 619100 22000
December 2002 638600 19500
January 2003 593800 -44800
February 2003 576000 -17800
March 2003 573200 -2800
April 2003 569300 -3900
May 2003 570700 1400
June 2003 569200 -1500
July 2003 570600 1400
August 2003 577200 6600
September 2003 585100 7900
October 2003 587900 2800
November 2003 607900 20000
December 2003 636000 28100
January 2004 588200 -47800
February 2004 571400 -16800
March 2004 571400 0
April 2004 565700 -5700
May 2004 571800 6100
June 2004 569600 -2200
July 2004 566200 -3400
August 2004 577900 11700
September 2004 592600 14700
October 2004 595000 2400
November 2004 619000 24000
December 2004 641900 22900
January 2005 599200 -42700
February 2005 577800 -21400
March 2005 577700 -100
April 2005 577600 -100
May 2005 582600 5000
June 2005 583600 1000
July 2005 584300 700
August 2005 594300 10000
September 2005 596100 1800
October 2005 607100 11000
November 2005 635100 28000
December 2005 659100 24000
January 2006 614800 -44300
February 2006 596300 -18500
March 2006 592800 -3500
April 2006 589600 -3200
May 2006 590700 1100
June 2006 590100 -600
July 2006 583200 -6900
August 2006 597500 14300
September 2006 595300 -2200
October 2006 602800 7500
November 2006 647600 44800
December 2006 671000 23400
January 2007 631800 -39200
February 2007 608900 -22900
March 2007 603900 -5000
April 2007 603100 -800
May 2007 607300 4200
June 2007 604000 -3300
July 2007 606000 2000
August 2007 617600 11600
September 2007 626100 8500
October 2007 626200 100
November 2007 664800 38600
December 2007 679600 14800
January 2008 648800 -30800
February 2008 619800 -29000
March 2008 606700 -13100
April 2008 595700 -11000
May 2008 603400 7700
June 2008 602600 -800
July 2008 597400 -5200
August 2008 620500 23100
September 2008 623300 2800
October 2008 630500 7200
November 2008 650300 19800
December 2008 663800 13500
January 2009 619200 -44600
February 2009 586900 -32300
March 2009 579300 -7600
April 2009 573400 -5900
May 2009 575700 2300
June 2009 572000 -3700
July 2009 567800 -4200
August 2009 585100 17300
September 2009 595900 10800
October 2009 578800 -17100
November 2009 608200 29400
December 2009 628300 20100
January 2010 591700 -36600
February 2010 574400 -17300
March 2010 562700 -11700
April 2010 561100 -1600
May 2010 560900 -200
June 2010 562200 1300
July 2010 557800 -4400
August 2010 574400 16600
September 2010 574800 400
October 2010 578000 3200
November 2010 614100 36100
December 2010 636500 22400
January 2011 591300 -45200
February 2011 568000 -23300
March 2011 562600 -5400
April 2011 559800 -2800
May 2011 561100 1300
June 2011 561400 300
July 2011 568000 6600
August 2011 583700 15700
September 2011 582900 -800
October 2011 575700 -7200
November 2011 607900 32200
December 2011 611800 3900
January 2012 569100 -42700
February 2012 562100 -7000
March 2012 559900 -2200
April 2012 563300 3400
May 2012 572400 9100
June 2012 576800 4400
July 2012 574800 -2000
August 2012 588600 13800
September 2012 585600 -3000
October 2012 583400 -2200
November 2012 623200 39800
December 2012 626600 3400
January 2013 596100 -30500
February 2013 580100 -16000
March 2013 570800 -9300
April 2013 570700 -100
May 2013 576300 5600
June 2013 581700 5400
July 2013 585400 3700
August 2013 600600 15200
September 2013 603100 2500
October 2013 615700 12600
November 2013 665300 49600
December 2013 684400 19100
January 2014 613100 -71300
February 2014 588800 -24300
March 2014 591900 3100
April 2014 593600 1700
May 2014 598200 4600
June 2014 598500 300
July 2014 596300 -2200
August 2014 607900 11600
September 2014 616200 8300
October 2014 632200 16000
November 2014 686400 54200
December 2014 702500 16100
January 2015 629800 -72700
February 2015 610900 -18900
March 2015 609300 -1600
April 2015 608600 -700
May 2015 606200 -2400
June 2015 603500 -2700
July 2015 607600 4100
August 2015 608000 400
September 2015 610100 2100
October 2015 617900 7800
November 2015 679700 61800
December 2015 687200 7500
January 2016 627600 -59600
February 2016 610200 -17400
March 2016 610100 -100
April 2016 603800 -6300
May 2016 603600 -200
June 2016 601200 -2400
July 2016 603600 2400
August 2016 608900 5300
September 2016 605100 -3800
October 2016 612500 7400
November 2016 669400 56900
December 2016 688200 18800
January 2017 621100 -67100
February 2017 592600 -28500
March 2017 582100 -10500
April 2017 581300 -800
May 2017 581900 600
June 2017 583900 2000
July 2017 588200 4300
August 2017 593900 5700
September 2017 594100 200
October 2017 607100 13000
November 2017 673500 66400
December 2017 676900 3400
January 2018 599900 -77000
February 2018 579100 -20800
March 2018 573200 -5900
April 2018 576900 3700
May 2018 581600 4700
June 2018 580600 -1000
July 2018 549600 -31000
August 2018 555600 6000
September 2018 551900 -3700
October 2018 554400 2500
November 2018 586000 31600
December 2018 590500 4500
January 2019 561400 -29100
February 2019 539500 -21900
March 2019 538300 -1200
April 2019 535100 -3200
May 2019 531900 -3200
June 2019 537600 5700
July 2019 540700 3100
August 2019 553800 13100
September 2019 550600 -3200
October 2019 553500 2900
November 2019 586100 32600
December 2019 595300 9200
January 2020 557800 -37500
February 2020 544100 -13700
March 2020 524600 -19500
April 2020 334900 -189700
May 2020 369100 34200
June 2020 423900 54800
July 2020 448400 24500
August 2020 462200 13800
September 2020 474600 12400
October 2020 487100 12500
November 2020 509700 22600
December 2020 528300 18600
January 2021 508900 -19400
February 2021 504500 -4400
March 2021 502700 -1800
April 2021 508700 6000
May 2021 510600 1900
June 2021 520700 10100
July 2021 526400 5700
August 2021 538200 11800
September 2021 532300 -5900
October 2021 540800 8500
November 2021 570900 30100
December 2021 559400 -11500
January 2022 540000 -19400
February 2022 532200 -7800
March 2022 522000 -10200
April 2022 522700 700
May 2022 526800 4100
June 2022 531200 4400
July 2022 533100 1900
August 2022 529100 -4000
September 2022 519600 -9500
October 2022 534500 14900
November 2022 571000 36500
December 2022 579600 8600