Washington Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Washington's seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 53,400; this means that Washington added 100 jobs to the arts, entertainment, and recreation 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 Washington's seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Washington's industries and links for many more of Washington's industries at this link.

Washington Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
Washington Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
Washington Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 45900
February 2007 46200 300
March 2007 46000 -200
April 2007 45400 -600
May 2007 46000 600
June 2007 46700 700
July 2007 46700 0
August 2007 46700 0
September 2007 46700 0
October 2007 46900 200
November 2007 46900 0
December 2007 47400 500
January 2008 48600 1200
February 2008 47800 -800
March 2008 48300 500
April 2008 48000 -300
May 2008 47900 -100
June 2008 47700 -200
July 2008 47900 200
August 2008 47800 -100
September 2008 48400 600
October 2008 47800 -600
November 2008 47100 -700
December 2008 46100 -1000
January 2009 46800 700
February 2009 46900 100
March 2009 46600 -300
April 2009 44600 -2000
May 2009 46200 1600
June 2009 45800 -400
July 2009 46000 200
August 2009 45800 -200
September 2009 45900 100
October 2009 45600 -300
November 2009 46300 700
December 2009 45300 -1000
January 2010 45400 100
February 2010 45200 -200
March 2010 45400 200
April 2010 45500 100
May 2010 45400 -100
June 2010 45700 300
July 2010 45200 -500
August 2010 44900 -300
September 2010 44800 -100
October 2010 44800 0
November 2010 44900 100
December 2010 45100 200
January 2011 45700 600
February 2011 45100 -600
March 2011 44800 -300
April 2011 45600 800
May 2011 45500 -100
June 2011 45500 0
July 2011 45500 0
August 2011 45800 300
September 2011 45900 100
October 2011 45700 -200
November 2011 45700 0
December 2011 45700 0
January 2012 45700 0
February 2012 45800 100
March 2012 45600 -200
April 2012 45500 -100
May 2012 46000 500
June 2012 45400 -600
July 2012 45800 400
August 2012 45700 -100
September 2012 45800 100
October 2012 47100 1300
November 2012 46300 -800
December 2012 46300 0
January 2013 46300 0
February 2013 46300 0
March 2013 46400 100
April 2013 46100 -300
May 2013 46200 100
June 2013 46500 300
July 2013 46600 100
August 2013 46800 200
September 2013 46800 0
October 2013 46800 0
November 2013 47100 300
December 2013 47000 -100
January 2014 47300 300
February 2014 47100 -200
March 2014 48200 1100
April 2014 47500 -700
May 2014 47300 -200
June 2014 47100 -200
July 2014 46700 -400
August 2014 46700 0
September 2014 46900 200
October 2014 47000 100
November 2014 47000 0
December 2014 47000 0
January 2015 47500 500
February 2015 47500 0
March 2015 46800 -700
April 2015 46600 -200
May 2015 47800 1200
June 2015 48400 600
July 2015 48600 200
August 2015 49000 400
September 2015 49200 200
October 2015 49200 0
November 2015 48800 -400
December 2015 49200 400
January 2016 49800 600
February 2016 49900 100
March 2016 49800 -100
April 2016 50200 400
May 2016 50300 100
June 2016 49700 -600
July 2016 50700 1000
August 2016 50600 -100
September 2016 51100 500
October 2016 51200 100
November 2016 51100 -100
December 2016 51600 500
January 2017 51000 -600
February 2017 51300 300
March 2017 51700 400
April 2017 51500 -200
May 2017 51600 100
June 2017 52000 400
July 2017 51900 -100
August 2017 51800 -100
September 2017 51700 -100
October 2017 51000 -700
November 2017 51800 800
December 2017 52200 400
January 2018 52600 400
February 2018 52800 200
March 2018 53200 400
April 2018 53400 200
May 2018 53800 400
June 2018 54100 300
July 2018 53500 -600
August 2018 53600 100
September 2018 53500 -100
October 2018 53200 -300
November 2018 53500 300
December 2018 53900 400
January 2019 53800 -100
February 2019 52200 -1600
March 2019 54100 1900
April 2019 54300 200
May 2019 54300 0
June 2019 54300 0
July 2019 54800 500
August 2019 54700 -100
September 2019 55000 300
October 2019 55700 700
November 2019 55200 -500
December 2019 55200 0
January 2020 55400 200
February 2020 55600 200
March 2020 54700 -900
April 2020 24300 -30400
May 2020 24100 -200
June 2020 25900 1800
July 2020 27000 1100
August 2020 27100 100
September 2020 30600 3500
October 2020 34500 3900
November 2020 35700 1200
December 2020 31400 -4300
January 2021 32400 1000
February 2021 35100 2700
March 2021 37700 2600
April 2021 38200 500
May 2021 39400 1200
June 2021 39800 400
July 2021 41300 1500
August 2021 42500 1200
September 2021 43500 1000
October 2021 45300 1800
November 2021 45700 400
December 2021 46000 300
January 2022 47000 1000
February 2022 47900 900
March 2022 48700 800
April 2022 49400 700
May 2022 49600 200
June 2022 49800 200
July 2022 50300 500
August 2022 50700 400
September 2022 50600 -100
October 2022 50800 200
November 2022 49300 -1500
December 2022 52100 2800
January 2023 53300 1200
February 2023 53400 100