United States Payroll Employment for the Arts, entertainment, 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 arts, entertainment, and recreation industry was 2,442,300 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 16,200 jobs to the arts, entertainment, 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 Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Arts, entertainment, and recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1809300
February 2002 1800700 -8600
March 2002 1800700 0
April 2002 1772500 -28200
May 2002 1766400 -6100
June 2002 1758600 -7800
July 2002 1742200 -16400
August 2002 1743400 1200
September 2002 1773000 29600
October 2002 1792600 19600
November 2002 1814600 22000
December 2002 1826600 12000
January 2003 1840300 13700
February 2003 1825400 -14900
March 2003 1811000 -14400
April 2003 1793300 -17700
May 2003 1801100 7800
June 2003 1804100 3000
July 2003 1812400 8300
August 2003 1812500 100
September 2003 1806500 -6000
October 2003 1814600 8100
November 2003 1818900 4300
December 2003 1828100 9200
January 2004 1836000 7900
February 2004 1840900 4900
March 2004 1846100 5200
April 2004 1830400 -15700
May 2004 1847400 17000
June 2004 1849300 1900
July 2004 1845000 -4300
August 2004 1840500 -4500
September 2004 1856800 16300
October 2004 1862400 5600
November 2004 1857400 -5000
December 2004 1852800 -4600
January 2005 1858700 5900
February 2005 1856100 -2600
March 2005 1860000 3900
April 2005 1883900 23900
May 2005 1886900 3000
June 2005 1897900 11000
July 2005 1907900 10000
August 2005 1918200 10300
September 2005 1909300 -8900
October 2005 1899300 -10000
November 2005 1907700 8400
December 2005 1901900 -5800
January 2006 1897400 -4500
February 2006 1901600 4200
March 2006 1902700 1100
April 2006 1923300 20600
May 2006 1921400 -1900
June 2006 1926500 5100
July 2006 1942600 16100
August 2006 1944100 1500
September 2006 1928300 -15800
October 2006 1943200 14900
November 2006 1951600 8400
December 2006 1957300 5700
January 2007 1964700 7400
February 2007 1969900 5200
March 2007 1963200 -6700
April 2007 1958500 -4700
May 2007 1968500 10000
June 2007 1968400 -100
July 2007 1961000 -7400
August 2007 1961900 900
September 2007 1974500 12600
October 2007 1983200 8700
November 2007 1988100 4900
December 2007 1992800 4700
January 2008 1993600 800
February 2008 1995500 1900
March 2008 1993000 -2500
April 2008 1989000 -4000
May 2008 1984000 -5000
June 2008 1979300 -4700
July 2008 1965400 -13900
August 2008 1963300 -2100
September 2008 1951700 -11600
October 2008 1952600 900
November 2008 1949500 -3100
December 2008 1950000 500
January 2009 1950400 400
February 2009 1947500 -2900
March 2009 1930200 -17300
April 2009 1905600 -24600
May 2009 1918600 13000
June 2009 1891600 -27000
July 2009 1900000 8400
August 2009 1902100 2100
September 2009 1936900 34800
October 2009 1904000 -32900
November 2009 1903500 -500
December 2009 1890900 -12600
January 2010 1884900 -6000
February 2010 1885900 1000
March 2010 1883200 -2700
April 2010 1904000 20800
May 2010 1915500 11500
June 2010 1920500 5000
July 2010 1921300 800
August 2010 1925900 4600
September 2010 1938400 12500
October 2010 1911900 -26500
November 2010 1904100 -7800
December 2010 1906500 2400
January 2011 1890100 -16400
February 2011 1898500 8400
March 2011 1905400 6900
April 2011 1919800 14400
May 2011 1906200 -13600
June 2011 1919600 13400
July 2011 1927100 7500
August 2011 1925500 -1600
September 2011 1926500 1000
October 2011 1930200 3700
November 2011 1931600 1400
December 2011 1933600 2000
January 2012 1952700 19100
February 2012 1958100 5400
March 2012 1971900 13800
April 2012 1964400 -7500
May 2012 1953100 -11300
June 2012 1953700 600
July 2012 1961700 8000
August 2012 1979000 17300
September 2012 1982400 3400
October 2012 1981200 -1200
November 2012 1987400 6200
December 2012 1992300 4900
January 2013 2005700 13400
February 2013 2010800 5100
March 2013 2020800 10000
April 2013 2016600 -4200
May 2013 2017100 500
June 2013 2029400 12300
July 2013 2022000 -7400
August 2013 2027200 5200
September 2013 2028800 1600
October 2013 2048700 19900
November 2013 2055700 7000
December 2013 2068400 12700
January 2014 2079400 11000
February 2014 2086100 6700
March 2014 2077600 -8500
April 2014 2085800 8200
May 2014 2103600 17800
June 2014 2097100 -6500
July 2014 2100600 3500
August 2014 2096200 -4400
September 2014 2106200 10000
October 2014 2121300 15100
November 2014 2125600 4300
December 2014 2128900 3300
January 2015 2124700 -4200
February 2015 2129200 4500
March 2015 2132400 3200
April 2015 2142100 9700
May 2015 2178300 36200
June 2015 2160800 -17500
July 2015 2164500 3700
August 2015 2168900 4400
September 2015 2192700 23800
October 2015 2182600 -10100
November 2015 2198600 16000
December 2015 2194900 -3700
January 2016 2191900 -3000
February 2016 2205700 13800
March 2016 2224200 18500
April 2016 2233800 9600
May 2016 2230400 -3400
June 2016 2252300 21900
July 2016 2270700 18400
August 2016 2275400 4700
September 2016 2267900 -7500
October 2016 2272000 4100
November 2016 2293100 21100
December 2016 2284300 -8800
January 2017 2287400 3100
February 2017 2294900 7500
March 2017 2287300 -7600
April 2017 2314900 27600
May 2017 2333000 18100
June 2017 2354500 21500
July 2017 2354100 -400
August 2017 2365400 11300
September 2017 2350900 -14500
October 2017 2356400 5500
November 2017 2352100 -4300
December 2017 2353400 1300
January 2018 2364300 10900
February 2018 2364000 -300
March 2018 2370600 6600
April 2018 2358300 -12300
May 2018 2374100 15800
June 2018 2393200 19100
July 2018 2393300 100
August 2018 2401600 8300
September 2018 2388000 -13600
October 2018 2409800 21800
November 2018 2393500 -16300
December 2018 2393900 400
January 2019 2428000 34100
February 2019 2425800 -2200
March 2019 2439600 13800
April 2019 2422900 -16700
May 2019 2425400 2500
June 2019 2431000 5600
July 2019 2430300 -700
August 2019 2437200 6900
September 2019 2444100 6900
October 2019 2453200 9100
November 2019 2458300 5100
December 2019 2470700 12400
January 2020 2477900 7200
February 2020 2493400 15500
March 2020 2422800 -70600
April 2020 1190900 -1231900
May 2020 1182900 -8000
June 2020 1410800 227900
July 2020 1516500 105700
August 2020 1549100 32600
September 2020 1698800 149700
October 2020 1752000 53200
November 2020 1809300 57300
December 2020 1729600 -79700
January 2021 1739500 9900
February 2021 1782300 42800
March 2021 1827700 45400
April 2021 1858400 30700
May 2021 1907800 49400
June 2021 1944300 36500
July 2021 1994000 49700
August 2021 2048700 54700
September 2021 2106000 57300
October 2021 2142600 36600
November 2021 2188600 46000
December 2021 2215000 26400
January 2022 2212700 -2300
February 2022 2241800 29100
March 2022 2266500 24700
April 2022 2255100 -11400
May 2022 2277800 22700
June 2022 2293600 15800
July 2022 2297800 4200
August 2022 2310600 12800
September 2022 2348500 37900
October 2022 2360200 11700
November 2022 2380200 20000
December 2022 2397800 17600
January 2023 2407300 9500
February 2023 2426100 18800
March 2023 2442300 16200