United States Payroll Employment for the Apparel 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 apparel industry was 93,900 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 900 jobs to the apparel 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 Apparel Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Apparel Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Apparel Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 365600
February 2002 361300 -4300
March 2002 357000 -4300
April 2002 353300 -3700
May 2002 352300 -1000
June 2002 353200 900
July 2002 351400 -1800
August 2002 347400 -4000
September 2002 345600 -1800
October 2002 341000 -4600
November 2002 338000 -3000
December 2002 333100 -4900
January 2003 327000 -6100
February 2003 321200 -5800
March 2003 317900 -3300
April 2003 311700 -6200
May 2003 309500 -2200
June 2003 304800 -4700
July 2003 295500 -9300
August 2003 295700 200
September 2003 291200 -4500
October 2003 291800 600
November 2003 290500 -1300
December 2003 288600 -1900
January 2004 287000 -1600
February 2004 286600 -400
March 2004 285700 -900
April 2004 283500 -2200
May 2004 282500 -1000
June 2004 279000 -3500
July 2004 276900 -2100
August 2004 275900 -1000
September 2004 274800 -1100
October 2004 271100 -3700
November 2004 267500 -3600
December 2004 266000 -1500
January 2005 264200 -1800
February 2005 262200 -2000
March 2005 258500 -3700
April 2005 257300 -1200
May 2005 253400 -3900
June 2005 251200 -2200
July 2005 248800 -2400
August 2005 246600 -2200
September 2005 244500 -2100
October 2005 240200 -4300
November 2005 240600 400
December 2005 239600 -1000
January 2006 239300 -300
February 2006 239300 0
March 2006 237600 -1700
April 2006 237200 -400
May 2006 234900 -2300
June 2006 234400 -500
July 2006 233100 -1300
August 2006 228800 -4300
September 2006 228200 -600
October 2006 227400 -800
November 2006 225100 -2300
December 2006 224600 -500
January 2007 222400 -2200
February 2007 220200 -2200
March 2007 219700 -500
April 2007 217900 -1800
May 2007 216800 -1100
June 2007 214600 -2200
July 2007 214400 -200
August 2007 211500 -2900
September 2007 210600 -900
October 2007 209900 -700
November 2007 209600 -300
December 2007 208500 -1100
January 2008 206700 -1800
February 2008 205200 -1500
March 2008 203800 -1400
April 2008 202500 -1300
May 2008 201100 -1400
June 2008 200400 -700
July 2008 200500 100
August 2008 201600 1100
September 2008 198600 -3000
October 2008 193400 -5200
November 2008 189400 -4000
December 2008 183900 -5500
January 2009 177200 -6700
February 2009 177200 0
March 2009 174600 -2600
April 2009 170100 -4500
May 2009 170000 -100
June 2009 164200 -5800
July 2009 166600 2400
August 2009 165700 -900
September 2009 163600 -2100
October 2009 161200 -2400
November 2009 158600 -2600
December 2009 160100 1500
January 2010 160800 700
February 2010 160800 0
March 2010 158900 -1900
April 2010 156800 -2100
May 2010 156100 -700
June 2010 156100 0
July 2010 156700 600
August 2010 154700 -2000
September 2010 153500 -1200
October 2010 153900 400
November 2010 153600 -300
December 2010 155200 1600
January 2011 154300 -900
February 2011 153000 -1300
March 2011 151800 -1200
April 2011 152600 800
May 2011 152200 -400
June 2011 152200 0
July 2011 150100 -2100
August 2011 151400 1300
September 2011 152200 800
October 2011 151900 -300
November 2011 151100 -800
December 2011 149300 -1800
January 2012 148200 -1100
February 2012 148600 400
March 2012 149500 900
April 2012 149700 200
May 2012 149700 0
June 2012 148300 -1400
July 2012 148700 400
August 2012 147200 -1500
September 2012 147000 -200
October 2012 146400 -600
November 2012 146200 -200
December 2012 146700 500
January 2013 146700 0
February 2013 147700 1000
March 2013 145200 -2500
April 2013 143100 -2100
May 2013 145000 1900
June 2013 144400 -600
July 2013 144200 -200
August 2013 144500 300
September 2013 143700 -800
October 2013 143900 200
November 2013 143800 -100
December 2013 143700 -100
January 2014 143500 -200
February 2014 143000 -500
March 2014 142500 -500
April 2014 141400 -1100
May 2014 139600 -1800
June 2014 139500 -100
July 2014 139200 -300
August 2014 139100 -100
September 2014 139300 200
October 2014 139000 -300
November 2014 138000 -1000
December 2014 137300 -700
January 2015 139200 1900
February 2015 137600 -1600
March 2015 137200 -400
April 2015 135600 -1600
May 2015 135900 300
June 2015 136100 200
July 2015 136300 200
August 2015 136300 0
September 2015 136000 -300
October 2015 135600 -400
November 2015 135300 -300
December 2015 135400 100
January 2016 134200 -1200
February 2016 133400 -800
March 2016 132600 -800
April 2016 131900 -700
May 2016 131100 -800
June 2016 130900 -200
July 2016 129600 -1300
August 2016 129500 -100
September 2016 130400 900
October 2016 129000 -1400
November 2016 128800 -200
December 2016 127900 -900
January 2017 125600 -2300
February 2017 124600 -1000
March 2017 122800 -1800
April 2017 121200 -1600
May 2017 120400 -800
June 2017 119600 -800
July 2017 118700 -900
August 2017 117200 -1500
September 2017 115000 -2200
October 2017 115700 700
November 2017 115300 -400
December 2017 115300 0
January 2018 115400 100
February 2018 114500 -900
March 2018 115600 1100
April 2018 116600 1000
May 2018 115500 -1100
June 2018 114000 -1500
July 2018 113700 -300
August 2018 112900 -800
September 2018 112100 -800
October 2018 112300 200
November 2018 111900 -400
December 2018 111800 -100
January 2019 113200 1400
February 2019 109600 -3600
March 2019 112100 2500
April 2019 112100 0
May 2019 111600 -500
June 2019 111500 -100
July 2019 110700 -800
August 2019 110500 -200
September 2019 109400 -1100
October 2019 108300 -1100
November 2019 106200 -2100
December 2019 105800 -400
January 2020 105000 -800
February 2020 104200 -800
March 2020 103500 -700
April 2020 70800 -32700
May 2020 80000 9200
June 2020 86300 6300
July 2020 84400 -1900
August 2020 87600 3200
September 2020 89400 1800
October 2020 90600 1200
November 2020 87900 -2700
December 2020 92000 4100
January 2021 90900 -1100
February 2021 91100 200
March 2021 90800 -300
April 2021 91200 400
May 2021 91100 -100
June 2021 90900 -200
July 2021 91200 300
August 2021 91000 -200
September 2021 91400 400
October 2021 91400 0
November 2021 92300 900
December 2021 92300 0
January 2022 92600 300
February 2022 93500 900
March 2022 93600 100
April 2022 92800 -800
May 2022 93400 600
June 2022 93800 400
July 2022 93800 0
August 2022 93400 -400
September 2022 92700 -700
October 2022 93300 600
November 2022 93800 500
December 2022 91900 -1900
January 2023 94000 2100
February 2023 93000 -1000
March 2023 93900 900