United States Payroll Employment for the Animal slaughtering and processing Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted animal slaughtering and processing payroll employment was 536,200; this means that the United States added 400 jobs to the animal slaughtering and processing industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows the United State's seasonally adjusted historical animal slaughtering and processing payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 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 Animal slaughtering and processing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Animal slaughtering and processing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Animal slaughtering and processing Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 518800
February 2002 519700 900
March 2002 519700 0
April 2002 519300 -400
May 2002 517500 -1800
June 2002 515600 -1900
July 2002 515400 -200
August 2002 515300 -100
September 2002 514900 -400
October 2002 515600 700
November 2002 515500 -100
December 2002 515300 -200
January 2003 518800 3500
February 2003 517400 -1400
March 2003 513300 -4100
April 2003 515400 2100
May 2003 515700 300
June 2003 516900 1200
July 2003 515700 -1200
August 2003 516300 600
September 2003 516000 -300
October 2003 514500 -1500
November 2003 513300 -1200
December 2003 513100 -200
January 2004 509100 -4000
February 2004 508000 -1100
March 2004 507900 -100
April 2004 510600 2700
May 2004 507600 -3000
June 2004 504400 -3200
July 2004 503500 -900
August 2004 502000 -1500
September 2004 505800 3800
October 2004 503800 -2000
November 2004 502700 -1100
December 2004 501400 -1300
January 2005 502800 1400
February 2005 503600 800
March 2005 505600 2000
April 2005 502200 -3400
May 2005 502400 200
June 2005 502300 -100
July 2005 504200 1900
August 2005 506200 2000
September 2005 506000 -200
October 2005 502200 -3800
November 2005 504700 2500
December 2005 507500 2800
January 2006 506400 -1100
February 2006 505400 -1000
March 2006 507200 1800
April 2006 507800 600
May 2006 506500 -1300
June 2006 509200 2700
July 2006 507900 -1300
August 2006 506100 -1800
September 2006 502700 -3400
October 2006 504600 1900
November 2006 505800 1200
December 2006 502200 -3600
January 2007 504800 2600
February 2007 504800 0
March 2007 504400 -400
April 2007 505100 700
May 2007 505900 800
June 2007 506500 600
July 2007 508100 1600
August 2007 509500 1400
September 2007 508700 -800
October 2007 511500 2800
November 2007 510900 -600
December 2007 513600 2700
January 2008 513000 -600
February 2008 513000 0
March 2008 513900 900
April 2008 512500 -1400
May 2008 512400 -100
June 2008 513400 1000
July 2008 510200 -3200
August 2008 509200 -1000
September 2008 508500 -700
October 2008 504700 -3800
November 2008 505600 900
December 2008 505000 -600
January 2009 502100 -2900
February 2009 496800 -5300
March 2009 497000 200
April 2009 497700 700
May 2009 498400 700
June 2009 497100 -1300
July 2009 496700 -400
August 2009 498200 1500
September 2009 499400 1200
October 2009 497400 -2000
November 2009 495000 -2400
December 2009 492900 -2100
January 2010 492500 -400
February 2010 492100 -400
March 2010 490700 -1400
April 2010 491500 800
May 2010 490200 -1300
June 2010 489900 -300
July 2010 489500 -400
August 2010 487300 -2200
September 2010 487300 0
October 2010 485500 -1800
November 2010 488400 2900
December 2010 488200 -200
January 2011 489600 1400
February 2011 489200 -400
March 2011 489500 300
April 2011 490900 1400
May 2011 488100 -2800
June 2011 485600 -2500
July 2011 485000 -600
August 2011 484700 -300
September 2011 484500 -200
October 2011 483800 -700
November 2011 483000 -800
December 2011 482500 -500
January 2012 481700 -800
February 2012 481300 -400
March 2012 481300 0
April 2012 480600 -700
May 2012 480500 -100
June 2012 483000 2500
July 2012 486300 3300
August 2012 482900 -3400
September 2012 486100 3200
October 2012 486800 700
November 2012 486200 -600
December 2012 485600 -600
January 2013 484400 -1200
February 2013 483300 -1100
March 2013 483300 0
April 2013 483600 300
May 2013 482600 -1000
June 2013 482100 -500
July 2013 481500 -600
August 2013 481800 300
September 2013 481700 -100
October 2013 481000 -700
November 2013 481600 600
December 2013 481800 200
January 2014 481700 -100
February 2014 482700 1000
March 2014 482800 100
April 2014 483500 700
May 2014 480700 -2800
June 2014 478600 -2100
July 2014 480000 1400
August 2014 480600 600
September 2014 480200 -400
October 2014 480500 300
November 2014 480100 -400
December 2014 480100 0
January 2015 480600 500
February 2015 481100 500
March 2015 484200 3100
April 2015 483300 -900
May 2015 485700 2400
June 2015 486000 300
July 2015 486700 700
August 2015 486700 0
September 2015 487200 500
October 2015 488000 800
November 2015 489500 1500
December 2015 490300 800
January 2016 492100 1800
February 2016 493800 1700
March 2016 491100 -2700
April 2016 492800 1700
May 2016 492500 -300
June 2016 495000 2500
July 2016 496000 1000
August 2016 497100 1100
September 2016 498400 1300
October 2016 500100 1700
November 2016 499400 -700
December 2016 503500 4100
January 2017 505900 2400
February 2017 507500 1600
March 2017 508400 900
April 2017 510600 2200
May 2017 511800 1200
June 2017 512900 1100
July 2017 515900 3000
August 2017 514800 -1100
September 2017 515600 800
October 2017 514200 -1400
November 2017 512600 -1600
December 2017 515200 2600
January 2018 515900 700
February 2018 517300 1400
March 2018 518200 900
April 2018 518400 200
May 2018 520800 2400
June 2018 521000 200
July 2018 521700 700
August 2018 522200 500
September 2018 526200 4000
October 2018 525800 -400
November 2018 526300 500
December 2018 526000 -300
January 2019 525700 -300
February 2019 526200 500
March 2019 526900 700
April 2019 529000 2100
May 2019 530300 1300
June 2019 531700 1400
July 2019 531800 100
August 2019 533900 2100
September 2019 534500 600
October 2019 537000 2500
November 2019 539500 2500
December 2019 536900 -2600
January 2020 536100 -800
February 2020 536600 500
March 2020 537500 900
April 2020 536400 -1100
May 2020 535600 -800
June 2020 536500 900
July 2020 537300 800
August 2020 539000 1700
September 2020 537400 -1600
October 2020 536500 -900
November 2020 536200 -300
December 2020 537400 1200
January 2021 534400 -3000
February 2021 532800 -1600
March 2021 531500 -1300
April 2021 529500 -2000
May 2021 525800 -3700
June 2021 521300 -4500
July 2021 522600 1300
August 2021 519500 -3100
September 2021 517200 -2300
October 2021 519800 2600
November 2021 521500 1700
December 2021 521700 200
January 2022 523100 1400
February 2022 524300 1200
March 2022 524300 0
April 2022 525600 1300
May 2022 528000 2400
June 2022 530200 2200
July 2022 532200 2000
August 2022 533600 1400
September 2022 535100 1500
October 2022 532900 -2200
November 2022 532000 -900
December 2022 532900 900
January 2023 535800 2900
February 2023 536200 400

United States Payroll Employment for Different Industries (Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the seasonally adjusted payroll employment and number of jobs added for the following selected U.S. industries. You can also see the seasonally adjusted U.S. payroll employment for many more industries at this link.