United States Payroll Employment for the Wholesale 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 wholesale trade industry was 6,027,500 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 16,300 jobs to the wholesale 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 Wholesale trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Wholesale trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Wholesale trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 5598300
February 2002 5582600 -15700
March 2002 5589600 7000
April 2002 5595000 5400
May 2002 5613600 18600
June 2002 5638800 25200
July 2002 5637000 -1800
August 2002 5618400 -18600
September 2002 5606200 -12200
October 2002 5606900 700
November 2002 5588800 -18100
December 2002 5591100 2300
January 2003 5532800 -58300
February 2003 5536400 3600
March 2003 5548500 12100
April 2003 5561100 12600
May 2003 5575800 14700
June 2003 5586700 10900
July 2003 5576900 -9800
August 2003 5560000 -16900
September 2003 5543400 -16600
October 2003 5548800 5400
November 2003 5550500 1700
December 2003 5556300 5800
January 2004 5520500 -35800
February 2004 5521500 1000
March 2004 5547500 26000
April 2004 5588500 41000
May 2004 5609500 21000
June 2004 5635600 26100
July 2004 5641800 6200
August 2004 5640700 -1100
September 2004 5637300 -3400
October 2004 5643200 5900
November 2004 5649900 6700
December 2004 5657700 7800
January 2005 5599100 -58600
February 2005 5609900 10800
March 2005 5641200 31300
April 2005 5672800 31600
May 2005 5704800 32000
June 2005 5741800 37000
July 2005 5744100 2300
August 2005 5744100 0
September 2005 5733600 -10500
October 2005 5744700 11100
November 2005 5762700 18000
December 2005 5769900 7200
January 2006 5733100 -36800
February 2006 5745600 12500
March 2006 5783000 37400
April 2006 5810900 27900
May 2006 5846700 35800
June 2006 5879600 32900
July 2006 5880200 600
August 2006 5878300 -1900
September 2006 5871500 -6800
October 2006 5874200 2700
November 2006 5887700 13500
December 2006 5912600 24900
January 2007 5853900 -58700
February 2007 5865000 11100
March 2007 5889700 24700
April 2007 5920500 30800
May 2007 5953800 33300
June 2007 5995800 42000
July 2007 5993800 -2000
August 2007 5982300 -11500
September 2007 5968700 -13600
October 2007 5985200 16500
November 2007 5987200 2000
December 2007 5985700 -1500
January 2008 5915200 -70500
February 2008 5901500 -13700
March 2008 5913000 11500
April 2008 5905400 -7600
May 2008 5918300 12900
June 2008 5933800 15500
July 2008 5910200 -23600
August 2008 5879100 -31100
September 2008 5853100 -26000
October 2008 5829800 -23300
November 2008 5793900 -35900
December 2008 5745600 -48300
January 2009 5647700 -97900
February 2009 5596300 -51400
March 2009 5573400 -22900
April 2009 5544500 -28900
May 2009 5542000 -2500
June 2009 5545500 3500
July 2009 5519100 -26400
August 2009 5495000 -24100
September 2009 5461000 -34000
October 2009 5456100 -4900
November 2009 5446400 -9700
December 2009 5423800 -22600
January 2010 5339600 -84200
February 2010 5327000 -12600
March 2010 5345300 18300
April 2010 5362700 17400
May 2010 5382100 19400
June 2010 5411300 29200
July 2010 5412100 800
August 2010 5407100 -5000
September 2010 5393900 -13200
October 2010 5414200 20300
November 2010 5423200 9000
December 2010 5419700 -3500
January 2011 5363400 -56300
February 2011 5375900 12500
March 2011 5410700 34800
April 2011 5441600 30900
May 2011 5472900 31300
June 2011 5509800 36900
July 2011 5510300 500
August 2011 5512900 2600
September 2011 5495700 -17200
October 2011 5523000 27300
November 2011 5534700 11700
December 2011 5544900 10200
January 2012 5499400 -45500
February 2012 5511700 12300
March 2012 5535900 24200
April 2012 5565500 29600
May 2012 5605100 39600
June 2012 5639400 34300
July 2012 5642500 3100
August 2012 5632500 -10000
September 2012 5608100 -24400
October 2012 5630600 22500
November 2012 5635100 4500
December 2012 5636800 1700
January 2013 5591400 -45400
February 2013 5593600 2200
March 2013 5612500 18900
April 2013 5628700 16200
May 2013 5661500 32800
June 2013 5690400 28900
July 2013 5695900 5500
August 2013 5690900 -5000
September 2013 5684000 -6900
October 2013 5682600 -1400
November 2013 5694700 12100
December 2013 5697800 3100
January 2014 5658200 -39600
February 2014 5665800 7600
March 2014 5685800 20000
April 2014 5714700 28900
May 2014 5746200 31500
June 2014 5783400 37200
July 2014 5784300 900
August 2014 5769600 -14700
September 2014 5754300 -15300
October 2014 5764800 10500
November 2014 5770300 5500
December 2014 5776300 6000
January 2015 5728400 -47900
February 2015 5741200 12800
March 2015 5756900 15700
April 2015 5767100 10200
May 2015 5795800 28700
June 2015 5819900 24100
July 2015 5817000 -2900
August 2015 5806500 -10500
September 2015 5774000 -32500
October 2015 5783700 9700
November 2015 5789300 5600
December 2015 5784900 -4400
January 2016 5738300 -46600
February 2016 5738100 -200
March 2016 5754800 16700
April 2016 5772400 17600
May 2016 5789900 17500
June 2016 5815900 26000
July 2016 5812800 -3100
August 2016 5805800 -7000
September 2016 5796200 -9600
October 2016 5803400 7200
November 2016 5812000 8600
December 2016 5803300 -8700
January 2017 5757600 -45700
February 2017 5770500 12900
March 2017 5782700 12200
April 2017 5797200 14500
May 2017 5811500 14300
June 2017 5847700 36200
July 2017 5843700 -4000
August 2017 5834600 -9100
September 2017 5817000 -17600
October 2017 5828000 11000
November 2017 5833200 5200
December 2017 5837800 4600
January 2018 5778600 -59200
February 2018 5791400 12800
March 2018 5812300 20900
April 2018 5802000 -10300
May 2018 5822600 20600
June 2018 5858500 35900
July 2018 5866800 8300
August 2018 5877800 11000
September 2018 5853300 -24500
October 2018 5864100 10800
November 2018 5877000 12900
December 2018 5885600 8600
January 2019 5837100 -48500
February 2019 5853600 16500
March 2019 5857000 3400
April 2019 5874700 17700
May 2019 5892900 18200
June 2019 5914500 21600
July 2019 5918000 3500
August 2019 5907300 -10700
September 2019 5888100 -19200
October 2019 5902900 14800
November 2019 5904700 1800
December 2019 5912200 7500
January 2020 5865300 -46900
February 2020 5858700 -6600
March 2020 5847900 -10800
April 2020 5468200 -379700
May 2020 5503700 35500
June 2020 5575500 71800
July 2020 5555300 -20200
August 2020 5555300 0
September 2020 5565000 9700
October 2020 5582800 17800
November 2020 5599600 16800
December 2020 5614900 15300
January 2021 5581800 -33100
February 2021 5589500 7700
March 2021 5609400 19900
April 2021 5635100 25700
May 2021 5674100 39000
June 2021 5731600 57500
July 2021 5755300 23700
August 2021 5756500 1200
September 2021 5753300 -3200
October 2021 5784100 30800
November 2021 5808700 24600
December 2021 5837300 28600
January 2022 5809300 -28000
February 2022 5847200 37900
March 2022 5890400 43200
April 2022 5925100 34700
May 2022 5965300 40200
June 2022 6003300 38000
July 2022 6018200 14900
August 2022 6014600 -3600
September 2022 5998300 -16300
October 2022 6024100 25800
November 2022 6023100 -1000
December 2022 6032500 9400
January 2023 5990000 -42500
February 2023 6011200 21200
March 2023 6027500 16300