United States Payroll Employment for the Amusements, gambling, and recreation Industry (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 amusements, gambling, and recreation industry was 1,749,900 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 10,900 jobs to the amusements, gambling, and recreation 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 Amusements, gambling, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Amusements, gambling, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Amusements, gambling, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1316600
February 2002 1314600 -2000
March 2002 1316100 1500
April 2002 1300200 -15900
May 2002 1296200 -4000
June 2002 1293600 -2600
July 2002 1287500 -6100
August 2002 1277000 -10500
September 2002 1298700 21700
October 2002 1310700 12000
November 2002 1319900 9200
December 2002 1335000 15100
January 2003 1350900 15900
February 2003 1335300 -15600
March 2003 1319800 -15500
April 2003 1303000 -16800
May 2003 1314300 11300
June 2003 1319700 5400
July 2003 1328600 8900
August 2003 1329000 400
September 2003 1319600 -9400
October 2003 1328400 8800
November 2003 1332900 4500
December 2003 1341200 8300
January 2004 1346700 5500
February 2004 1350600 3900
March 2004 1358300 7700
April 2004 1348800 -9500
May 2004 1363800 15000
June 2004 1366300 2500
July 2004 1363900 -2400
August 2004 1360600 -3300
September 2004 1374900 14300
October 2004 1374000 -900
November 2004 1370500 -3500
December 2004 1366900 -3600
January 2005 1372900 6000
February 2005 1371800 -1100
March 2005 1370000 -1800
April 2005 1389600 19600
May 2005 1395500 5900
June 2005 1399200 3700
July 2005 1406800 7600
August 2005 1413900 7100
September 2005 1402100 -11800
October 2005 1402900 800
November 2005 1406400 3500
December 2005 1400200 -6200
January 2006 1398400 -1800
February 2006 1394500 -3900
March 2006 1393700 -800
April 2006 1402500 8800
May 2006 1399300 -3200
June 2006 1404000 4700
July 2006 1411800 7800
August 2006 1414100 2300
September 2006 1402800 -11300
October 2006 1414100 11300
November 2006 1423400 9300
December 2006 1428100 4700
January 2007 1431400 3300
February 2007 1436100 4700
March 2007 1429400 -6700
April 2007 1427700 -1700
May 2007 1434300 6600
June 2007 1433000 -1300
July 2007 1431600 -1400
August 2007 1432200 600
September 2007 1437400 5200
October 2007 1443600 6200
November 2007 1445000 1400
December 2007 1445300 300
January 2008 1448500 3200
February 2008 1451700 3200
March 2008 1450500 -1200
April 2008 1445700 -4800
May 2008 1440100 -5600
June 2008 1434700 -5400
July 2008 1427900 -6800
August 2008 1426000 -1900
September 2008 1422300 -3700
October 2008 1422600 300
November 2008 1419400 -3200
December 2008 1417500 -1900
January 2009 1415400 -2100
February 2009 1418600 3200
March 2009 1403700 -14900
April 2009 1383700 -20000
May 2009 1390600 6900
June 2009 1366600 -24000
July 2009 1374700 8100
August 2009 1377400 2700
September 2009 1408200 30800
October 2009 1377900 -30300
November 2009 1380000 2100
December 2009 1371400 -8600
January 2010 1367600 -3800
February 2010 1363800 -3800
March 2010 1366600 2800
April 2010 1375000 8400
May 2010 1378700 3700
June 2010 1384900 6200
July 2010 1380900 -4000
August 2010 1381400 500
September 2010 1392300 10900
October 2010 1382700 -9600
November 2010 1372800 -9900
December 2010 1373800 1000
January 2011 1365500 -8300
February 2011 1369500 4000
March 2011 1378600 9100
April 2011 1389600 11000
May 2011 1390000 400
June 2011 1393300 3300
July 2011 1399500 6200
August 2011 1401100 1600
September 2011 1399800 -1300
October 2011 1399300 -500
November 2011 1399400 100
December 2011 1403500 4100
January 2012 1413000 9500
February 2012 1422700 9700
March 2012 1431700 9000
April 2012 1429400 -2300
May 2012 1419800 -9600
June 2012 1422200 2400
July 2012 1426900 4700
August 2012 1438200 11300
September 2012 1439500 1300
October 2012 1439500 0
November 2012 1447600 8100
December 2012 1444500 -3100
January 2013 1454200 9700
February 2013 1454600 400
March 2013 1462100 7500
April 2013 1456000 -6100
May 2013 1461400 5400
June 2013 1474200 12800
July 2013 1474400 200
August 2013 1473700 -700
September 2013 1471000 -2700
October 2013 1481500 10500
November 2013 1476000 -5500
December 2013 1493500 17500
January 2014 1497100 3600
February 2014 1501100 4000
March 2014 1493900 -7200
April 2014 1499200 5300
May 2014 1514100 14900
June 2014 1506900 -7200
July 2014 1513500 6600
August 2014 1508300 -5200
September 2014 1512800 4500
October 2014 1526600 13800
November 2014 1523700 -2900
December 2014 1531000 7300
January 2015 1529200 -1800
February 2015 1537900 8700
March 2015 1534400 -3500
April 2015 1545000 10600
May 2015 1571800 26800
June 2015 1559500 -12300
July 2015 1564100 4600
August 2015 1564400 300
September 2015 1583200 18800
October 2015 1573500 -9700
November 2015 1589900 16400
December 2015 1586200 -3700
January 2016 1584500 -1700
February 2016 1595200 10700
March 2016 1608700 13500
April 2016 1614100 5400
May 2016 1619400 5300
June 2016 1624900 5500
July 2016 1630000 5100
August 2016 1637400 7400
September 2016 1639100 1700
October 2016 1643200 4100
November 2016 1665000 21800
December 2016 1649600 -15400
January 2017 1646900 -2700
February 2017 1652900 6000
March 2017 1651200 -1700
April 2017 1664100 12900
May 2017 1670700 6600
June 2017 1678600 7900
July 2017 1682800 4200
August 2017 1694600 11800
September 2017 1682900 -11700
October 2017 1690900 8000
November 2017 1690700 -200
December 2017 1687500 -3200
January 2018 1697400 9900
February 2018 1696600 -800
March 2018 1701800 5200
April 2018 1686800 -15000
May 2018 1701900 15100
June 2018 1720300 18400
July 2018 1721800 1500
August 2018 1730900 9100
September 2018 1713500 -17400
October 2018 1707700 -5800
November 2018 1708700 1000
December 2018 1709000 300
January 2019 1743900 34900
February 2019 1740100 -3800
March 2019 1749100 9000
April 2019 1732600 -16500
May 2019 1732300 -300
June 2019 1738400 6100
July 2019 1741300 2900
August 2019 1748200 6900
September 2019 1750100 1900
October 2019 1758800 8700
November 2019 1763600 4800
December 2019 1776500 12900
January 2020 1783300 6800
February 2020 1795000 11700
March 2020 1752800 -42200
April 2020 797500 -955300
May 2020 814900 17400
June 2020 1032200 217300
July 2020 1139300 107100
August 2020 1157200 17900
September 2020 1301200 144000
October 2020 1319300 18100
November 2020 1361700 42400
December 2020 1286200 -75500
January 2021 1281800 -4400
February 2021 1325400 43600
March 2021 1365400 40000
April 2021 1392500 27100
May 2021 1433400 40900
June 2021 1450100 16700
July 2021 1480100 30000
August 2021 1502100 22000
September 2021 1531200 29100
October 2021 1542600 11400
November 2021 1570900 28300
December 2021 1580100 9200
January 2022 1597200 17100
February 2022 1611800 14600
March 2022 1627400 15600
April 2022 1600100 -27300
May 2022 1617300 17200
June 2022 1628500 11200
July 2022 1624800 -3700
August 2022 1642500 17700
September 2022 1663900 21400
October 2022 1678200 14300
November 2022 1704400 26200
December 2022 1719600 15200
January 2023 1727100 7500
February 2023 1739000 11900
March 2023 1749900 10900