United States Payroll Employment for the Telecommunications Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted telecommunications payroll employment was 650,600; this means that the United States lost 4,200 jobs in the telecommunications industry in the month of March 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 telecommunications payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 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 Telecommunications Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Telecommunications Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Telecommunications Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1342100
February 2002 1331600 -10500
March 2002 1320700 -10900
April 2002 1306800 -13900
May 2002 1298200 -8600
June 2002 1289000 -9200
July 2002 1275500 -13500
August 2002 1264100 -11400
September 2002 1246200 -17900
October 2002 1244600 -1600
November 2002 1238100 -6500
December 2002 1214400 -23700
January 2003 1202000 -12400
February 2003 1192000 -10000
March 2003 1182100 -9900
April 2003 1177900 -4200
May 2003 1171300 -6600
June 2003 1168900 -2400
July 2003 1161600 -7300
August 2003 1158400 -3200
September 2003 1151700 -6700
October 2003 1149600 -2100
November 2003 1144000 -5600
December 2003 1141900 -2100
January 2004 1139700 -2200
February 2004 1136900 -2800
March 2004 1133900 -3000
April 2004 1128600 -5300
May 2004 1123800 -4800
June 2004 1121900 -1900
July 2004 1117900 -4000
August 2004 1110300 -7600
September 2004 1095200 -15100
October 2004 1091400 -3800
November 2004 1090500 -900
December 2004 1091600 1100
January 2005 1085300 -6300
February 2005 1085100 -200
March 2005 1081500 -3600
April 2005 1079100 -2400
May 2005 1077700 -1400
June 2005 1074700 -3000
July 2005 1071000 -3700
August 2005 1065600 -5400
September 2005 1059700 -5900
October 2005 1057800 -1900
November 2005 1059900 2100
December 2005 1058400 -1500
January 2006 1051500 -6900
February 2006 1055700 4200
March 2006 1053500 -2200
April 2006 1053700 200
May 2006 1053200 -500
June 2006 1046200 -7000
July 2006 1044300 -1900
August 2006 1045300 1000
September 2006 1042900 -2400
October 2006 1041400 -1500
November 2006 1040600 -800
December 2006 1042600 2000
January 2007 1036200 -6400
February 2007 1039200 3000
March 2007 1031500 -7700
April 2007 1029500 -2000
May 2007 1029800 300
June 2007 1029200 -600
July 2007 1029200 0
August 2007 1026000 -3200
September 2007 1023500 -2500
October 2007 1026800 3300
November 2007 1031700 4900
December 2007 1035100 3400
January 2008 1030700 -4400
February 2008 1030200 -500
March 2008 1027200 -3000
April 2008 1024000 -3200
May 2008 1024000 0
June 2008 1026300 2300
July 2008 1020700 -5600
August 2008 1019300 -1400
September 2008 1014700 -4600
October 2008 1007600 -7100
November 2008 1006200 -1400
December 2008 1002900 -3300
January 2009 996600 -6300
February 2009 996300 -300
March 2009 990200 -6100
April 2009 975200 -15000
May 2009 972100 -3100
June 2009 965900 -6200
July 2009 959400 -6500
August 2009 954900 -4500
September 2009 948900 -6000
October 2009 948000 -900
November 2009 943200 -4800
December 2009 938300 -4900
January 2010 929100 -9200
February 2010 921300 -7800
March 2010 913400 -7900
April 2010 902400 -11000
May 2010 899600 -2800
June 2010 900500 900
July 2010 895400 -5100
August 2010 896400 1000
September 2010 891000 -5400
October 2010 893300 2300
November 2010 896700 3400
December 2010 896100 -600
January 2011 885600 -10500
February 2011 888200 2600
March 2011 883100 -5100
April 2011 880700 -2400
May 2011 880600 -100
June 2011 882800 2200
July 2011 875100 -7700
August 2011 829200 -45900
September 2011 868900 39700
October 2011 868000 -900
November 2011 869800 1800
December 2011 872100 2300
January 2012 869400 -2700
February 2012 869100 -300
March 2012 865700 -3400
April 2012 859900 -5800
May 2012 852700 -7200
June 2012 854600 1900
July 2012 855300 700
August 2012 852100 -3200
September 2012 848500 -3600
October 2012 851500 3000
November 2012 852200 700
December 2012 851200 -1000
January 2013 853500 2300
February 2013 853500 0
March 2013 852000 -1500
April 2013 850500 -1500
May 2013 849800 -700
June 2013 851800 2000
July 2013 853200 1400
August 2013 856900 3700
September 2013 851600 -5300
October 2013 852700 1100
November 2013 854900 2200
December 2013 858500 3600
January 2014 847300 -11200
February 2014 849000 1700
March 2014 849400 400
April 2014 842800 -6600
May 2014 840300 -2500
June 2014 839800 -500
July 2014 836600 -3200
August 2014 837400 800
September 2014 836200 -1200
October 2014 829500 -6700
November 2014 829300 -200
December 2014 824000 -5300
January 2015 814400 -9600
February 2015 811200 -3200
March 2015 807600 -3600
April 2015 810900 3300
May 2015 812600 1700
June 2015 806300 -6300
July 2015 810000 3700
August 2015 809700 -300
September 2015 809900 200
October 2015 815800 5900
November 2015 812400 -3400
December 2015 809800 -2600
January 2016 803900 -5900
February 2016 802800 -1100
March 2016 803300 500
April 2016 804800 1500
May 2016 774400 -30400
June 2016 805200 30800
July 2016 806300 1100
August 2016 800000 -6300
September 2016 804200 4200
October 2016 797300 -6900
November 2016 802000 4700
December 2016 808700 6700
January 2017 792700 -16000
February 2017 794800 2100
March 2017 789800 -5000
April 2017 780300 -9500
May 2017 778400 -1900
June 2017 784900 6500
July 2017 779400 -5500
August 2017 777000 -2400
September 2017 778600 1600
October 2017 767700 -10900
November 2017 771700 4000
December 2017 773600 1900
January 2018 758700 -14900
February 2018 765900 7200
March 2018 760200 -5700
April 2018 752500 -7700
May 2018 751300 -1200
June 2018 755800 4500
July 2018 751300 -4500
August 2018 746700 -4600
September 2018 738200 -8500
October 2018 738600 400
November 2018 740200 1600
December 2018 737100 -3100
January 2019 726100 -11000
February 2019 728200 2100
March 2019 725300 -2900
April 2019 711500 -13800
May 2019 713200 1700
June 2019 714000 800
July 2019 709500 -4500
August 2019 711800 2300
September 2019 703200 -8600
October 2019 709500 6300
November 2019 711500 2000
December 2019 712000 500
January 2020 710200 -1800
February 2020 706000 -4200
March 2020 703700 -2300
April 2020 697100 -6600
May 2020 688500 -8600
June 2020 684200 -4300
July 2020 686100 1900
August 2020 678500 -7600
September 2020 675700 -2800
October 2020 676200 500
November 2020 674100 -2100
December 2020 675300 1200
January 2021 682100 6800
February 2021 680400 -1700
March 2021 674500 -5900
April 2021 671700 -2800
May 2021 662700 -9000
June 2021 662900 200
July 2021 667000 4100
August 2021 662900 -4100
September 2021 659400 -3500
October 2021 661400 2000
November 2021 660200 -1200
December 2021 662300 2100
January 2022 655300 -7000
February 2022 655400 100
March 2022 660300 4900
April 2022 666100 5800
May 2022 661400 -4700
June 2022 666500 5100
July 2022 671700 5200
August 2022 666600 -5100
September 2022 665300 -1300
October 2022 663200 -2100
November 2022 662300 -900
December 2022 662700 400
January 2023 652200 -10500
February 2023 654800 2600
March 2023 650600 -4200

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.