United States Payroll Employment for the Basic chemicals 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 basic chemicals payroll employment was 155,200; this means that the United States lost 400 jobs in the basic chemicals 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 basic chemicals 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 Basic chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Basic chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Basic chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 173900
February 2002 172500 -1400
March 2002 171900 -600
April 2002 171500 -400
May 2002 169600 -1900
June 2002 169000 -600
July 2002 169600 600
August 2002 169100 -500
September 2002 169100 0
October 2002 168700 -400
November 2002 168300 -400
December 2002 168400 100
January 2003 168900 500
February 2003 167100 -1800
March 2003 165000 -2100
April 2003 163000 -2000
May 2003 162400 -600
June 2003 161500 -900
July 2003 161100 -400
August 2003 160900 -200
September 2003 159600 -1300
October 2003 159200 -400
November 2003 158900 -300
December 2003 158400 -500
January 2004 157800 -600
February 2004 157800 0
March 2004 157600 -200
April 2004 158100 500
May 2004 156800 -1300
June 2004 156800 0
July 2004 155500 -1300
August 2004 154700 -800
September 2004 154200 -500
October 2004 154000 -200
November 2004 153200 -800
December 2004 152200 -1000
January 2005 152000 -200
February 2005 151000 -1000
March 2005 152200 1200
April 2005 151700 -500
May 2005 151800 100
June 2005 151000 -800
July 2005 150800 -200
August 2005 149900 -900
September 2005 149100 -800
October 2005 148400 -700
November 2005 147800 -600
December 2005 147800 0
January 2006 147200 -600
February 2006 146700 -500
March 2006 146900 200
April 2006 147400 500
May 2006 147500 100
June 2006 146500 -1000
July 2006 146800 300
August 2006 148400 1600
September 2006 148200 -200
October 2006 148600 400
November 2006 148300 -300
December 2006 147500 -800
January 2007 148200 700
February 2007 148600 400
March 2007 148400 -200
April 2007 148000 -400
May 2007 148000 0
June 2007 149200 1200
July 2007 150000 800
August 2007 149500 -500
September 2007 149900 400
October 2007 148800 -1100
November 2007 149700 900
December 2007 150700 1000
January 2008 151500 800
February 2008 151600 100
March 2008 151900 300
April 2008 152500 600
May 2008 152800 300
June 2008 153500 700
July 2008 152100 -1400
August 2008 151800 -300
September 2008 150800 -1000
October 2008 151300 500
November 2008 152100 800
December 2008 151400 -700
January 2009 150600 -800
February 2009 149600 -1000
March 2009 148200 -1400
April 2009 147300 -900
May 2009 146200 -1100
June 2009 144900 -1300
July 2009 144600 -300
August 2009 142100 -2500
September 2009 143200 1100
October 2009 142800 -400
November 2009 142600 -200
December 2009 142400 -200
January 2010 142100 -300
February 2010 141600 -500
March 2010 141200 -400
April 2010 140900 -300
May 2010 142200 1300
June 2010 141900 -300
July 2010 141700 -200
August 2010 143200 1500
September 2010 143600 400
October 2010 143200 -400
November 2010 143100 -100
December 2010 142700 -400
January 2011 142400 -300
February 2011 142400 0
March 2011 142300 -100
April 2011 141800 -500
May 2011 140900 -900
June 2011 141800 900
July 2011 142400 600
August 2011 141900 -500
September 2011 143800 1900
October 2011 142400 -1400
November 2011 141600 -800
December 2011 141700 100
January 2012 141700 0
February 2012 142100 400
March 2012 143300 1200
April 2012 143400 100
May 2012 142800 -600
June 2012 142500 -300
July 2012 142300 -200
August 2012 142000 -300
September 2012 142300 300
October 2012 142600 300
November 2012 139400 -3200
December 2012 142400 3000
January 2013 142900 500
February 2013 143000 100
March 2013 142700 -300
April 2013 142600 -100
May 2013 142400 -200
June 2013 142100 -300
July 2013 142300 200
August 2013 142400 100
September 2013 141900 -500
October 2013 141200 -700
November 2013 142100 900
December 2013 143100 1000
January 2014 143900 800
February 2014 144300 400
March 2014 145200 900
April 2014 145400 200
May 2014 146000 600
June 2014 147400 1400
July 2014 147700 300
August 2014 147700 0
September 2014 149300 1600
October 2014 149600 300
November 2014 149300 -300
December 2014 149400 100
January 2015 149100 -300
February 2015 149400 300
March 2015 148900 -500
April 2015 149200 300
May 2015 149100 -100
June 2015 148800 -300
July 2015 149100 300
August 2015 149000 -100
September 2015 149000 0
October 2015 148900 -100
November 2015 149700 800
December 2015 149600 -100
January 2016 149100 -500
February 2016 148600 -500
March 2016 149100 500
April 2016 149200 100
May 2016 149400 200
June 2016 149400 0
July 2016 149100 -300
August 2016 148800 -300
September 2016 148100 -700
October 2016 148100 0
November 2016 148300 200
December 2016 148400 100
January 2017 149000 600
February 2017 149300 300
March 2017 150100 800
April 2017 150500 400
May 2017 151400 900
June 2017 151200 -200
July 2017 151100 -100
August 2017 150200 -900
September 2017 151200 1000
October 2017 151200 0
November 2017 151300 100
December 2017 150300 -1000
January 2018 150900 600
February 2018 151200 300
March 2018 150700 -500
April 2018 150800 100
May 2018 150500 -300
June 2018 150700 200
July 2018 150500 -200
August 2018 151100 600
September 2018 151700 600
October 2018 152200 500
November 2018 151600 -600
December 2018 151500 -100
January 2019 151300 -200
February 2019 152000 700
March 2019 152300 300
April 2019 152700 400
May 2019 153400 700
June 2019 152600 -800
July 2019 152900 300
August 2019 152300 -600
September 2019 151700 -600
October 2019 151700 0
November 2019 151700 0
December 2019 152000 300
January 2020 151700 -300
February 2020 151300 -400
March 2020 151800 500
April 2020 148100 -3700
May 2020 147500 -600
June 2020 147600 100
July 2020 147000 -600
August 2020 148000 1000
September 2020 148700 700
October 2020 149500 800
November 2020 148400 -1100
December 2020 148000 -400
January 2021 147900 -100
February 2021 147800 -100
March 2021 147600 -200
April 2021 147900 300
May 2021 148200 300
June 2021 148800 600
July 2021 149600 800
August 2021 149200 -400
September 2021 148500 -700
October 2021 148600 100
November 2021 149100 500
December 2021 149900 800
January 2022 150200 300
February 2022 151000 800
March 2022 151000 0
April 2022 148500 -2500
May 2022 151100 2600
June 2022 151100 0
July 2022 151400 300
August 2022 151700 300
September 2022 153400 1700
October 2022 154000 600
November 2022 155300 1300
December 2022 155400 100
January 2023 155600 200
February 2023 155200 -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.