United States Payroll Employment for the Water transportation 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 water transportation industry was 63,900 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 900 jobs to the water transportation 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 Water transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Water transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Water transportation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 51300
February 2002 51400 100
March 2002 51800 400
April 2002 52600 800
May 2002 53500 900
June 2002 53700 200
July 2002 53900 200
August 2002 54400 500
September 2002 53400 -1000
October 2002 52200 -1200
November 2002 51300 -900
December 2002 51500 200
January 2003 51100 -400
February 2003 51500 400
March 2003 52000 500
April 2003 52700 700
May 2003 55300 2600
June 2003 56400 1100
July 2003 57300 900
August 2003 58300 1000
September 2003 56000 -2300
October 2003 55800 -200
November 2003 53700 -2100
December 2003 53600 -100
January 2004 54000 400
February 2004 52000 -2000
March 2004 53700 1700
April 2004 56300 2600
May 2004 57900 1600
June 2004 60000 2100
July 2004 60900 900
August 2004 58600 -2300
September 2004 57200 -1400
October 2004 56300 -900
November 2004 54600 -1700
December 2004 55400 800
January 2005 55500 100
February 2005 55100 -400
March 2005 56700 1600
April 2005 59400 2700
May 2005 61100 1700
June 2005 62600 1500
July 2005 62800 200
August 2005 63800 1000
September 2005 62600 -1200
October 2005 62500 -100
November 2005 62000 -500
December 2005 62600 600
January 2006 61200 -1400
February 2006 59600 -1600
March 2006 60100 500
April 2006 62100 2000
May 2006 62800 700
June 2006 63800 1000
July 2006 64600 800
August 2006 65200 600
September 2006 64700 -500
October 2006 63400 -1300
November 2006 62000 -1400
December 2006 63300 1300
January 2007 61600 -1700
February 2007 61400 -200
March 2007 61100 -300
April 2007 62300 1200
May 2007 64600 2300
June 2007 67700 3100
July 2007 68900 1200
August 2007 70200 1300
September 2007 68600 -1600
October 2007 67300 -1300
November 2007 66000 -1300
December 2007 66400 400
January 2008 65100 -1300
February 2008 63200 -1900
March 2008 62800 -400
April 2008 65500 2700
May 2008 67200 1700
June 2008 69900 2700
July 2008 71400 1500
August 2008 71100 -300
September 2008 69800 -1300
October 2008 69200 -600
November 2008 65900 -3300
December 2008 63700 -2200
January 2009 63100 -600
February 2009 63200 100
March 2009 63000 -200
April 2009 63300 300
May 2009 63400 100
June 2009 64000 600
July 2009 64200 200
August 2009 64800 600
September 2009 64400 -400
October 2009 64000 -400
November 2009 61700 -2300
December 2009 62200 500
January 2010 60700 -1500
February 2010 58100 -2600
March 2010 60300 2200
April 2010 60500 200
May 2010 62500 2000
June 2010 64700 2200
July 2010 64600 -100
August 2010 64500 -100
September 2010 63100 -1400
October 2010 63000 -100
November 2010 62500 -500
December 2010 63100 600
January 2011 61600 -1500
February 2011 61200 -400
March 2011 60700 -500
April 2011 60700 0
May 2011 61900 1200
June 2011 62300 400
July 2011 62100 -200
August 2011 62500 400
September 2011 61500 -1000
October 2011 61500 0
November 2011 59700 -1800
December 2011 60200 500
January 2012 60900 700
February 2012 62000 1100
March 2012 62000 0
April 2012 61600 -400
May 2012 62800 1200
June 2012 64600 1800
July 2012 66400 1800
August 2012 66700 300
September 2012 65800 -900
October 2012 65800 0
November 2012 64400 -1400
December 2012 64100 -300
January 2013 62600 -1500
February 2013 62700 100
March 2013 64200 1500
April 2013 65000 800
May 2013 65500 500
June 2013 66400 900
July 2013 67800 1400
August 2013 67300 -500
September 2013 66300 -1000
October 2013 65700 -600
November 2013 65200 -500
December 2013 65200 0
January 2014 64600 -600
February 2014 65200 600
March 2014 64900 -300
April 2014 66300 1400
May 2014 67800 1500
June 2014 69300 1500
July 2014 70200 900
August 2014 70400 200
September 2014 68300 -2100
October 2014 67400 -900
November 2014 66700 -700
December 2014 67000 300
January 2015 65300 -1700
February 2015 65000 -300
March 2015 65100 100
April 2015 65900 800
May 2015 66400 500
June 2015 68100 1700
July 2015 68200 100
August 2015 67300 -900
September 2015 66300 -1000
October 2015 65200 -1100
November 2015 63600 -1600
December 2015 63600 0
January 2016 62700 -900
February 2016 62500 -200
March 2016 63900 1400
April 2016 65200 1300
May 2016 66700 1500
June 2016 68900 2200
July 2016 69300 400
August 2016 68900 -400
September 2016 66400 -2500
October 2016 65500 -900
November 2016 63500 -2000
December 2016 63400 -100
January 2017 62800 -600
February 2017 61900 -900
March 2017 62700 800
April 2017 64200 1500
May 2017 66000 1800
June 2017 67300 1300
July 2017 67500 200
August 2017 67200 -300
September 2017 66600 -600
October 2017 65400 -1200
November 2017 64400 -1000
December 2017 64300 -100
January 2018 62900 -1400
February 2018 61100 -1800
March 2018 61800 700
April 2018 63900 2100
May 2018 65700 1800
June 2018 68000 2300
July 2018 68000 0
August 2018 68200 200
September 2018 66400 -1800
October 2018 65900 -500
November 2018 64700 -1200
December 2018 64700 0
January 2019 63800 -900
February 2019 63300 -500
March 2019 63500 200
April 2019 64900 1400
May 2019 67500 2600
June 2019 67900 400
July 2019 69200 1300
August 2019 69400 200
September 2019 67900 -1500
October 2019 68200 300
November 2019 67200 -1000
December 2019 66300 -900
January 2020 65300 -1000
February 2020 65200 -100
March 2020 64600 -600
April 2020 60700 -3900
May 2020 59700 -1000
June 2020 59300 -400
July 2020 59200 -100
August 2020 58600 -600
September 2020 58300 -300
October 2020 57400 -900
November 2020 56200 -1200
December 2020 55700 -500
January 2021 53600 -2100
February 2021 54600 1000
March 2021 55800 1200
April 2021 57000 1200
May 2021 57600 600
June 2021 58600 1000
July 2021 60300 1700
August 2021 59400 -900
September 2021 58800 -600
October 2021 57800 -1000
November 2021 57700 -100
December 2021 59100 1400
January 2022 57800 -1300
February 2022 59500 1700
March 2022 60300 800
April 2022 61600 1300
May 2022 63500 1900
June 2022 67100 3600
July 2022 70600 3500
August 2022 67700 -2900
September 2022 67200 -500
October 2022 65900 -1300
November 2022 63300 -2600
December 2022 64500 1200
January 2023 63000 -1500
February 2023 63000 0
March 2023 63900 900