United States Payroll Employment for the Caterers and mobile food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in February 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the caterers and mobile food services industry was 210,600 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 200 jobs to the caterers and mobile food services industry in February 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Caterers and mobile food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Caterers and mobile food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Caterers and mobile food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 148800
February 2002 147300 -1500
March 2002 145800 -1500
April 2002 146700 900
May 2002 148000 1300
June 2002 149500 1500
July 2002 148000 -1500
August 2002 146300 -1700
September 2002 148400 2100
October 2002 153000 4600
November 2002 146200 -6800
December 2002 154000 7800
January 2003 144200 -9800
February 2003 144500 300
March 2003 145900 1400
April 2003 145000 -900
May 2003 147800 2800
June 2003 151100 3300
July 2003 141000 -10100
August 2003 143100 2100
September 2003 147500 4400
October 2003 148700 1200
November 2003 148400 -300
December 2003 155200 6800
January 2004 149400 -5800
February 2004 147600 -1800
March 2004 147200 -400
April 2004 147200 0
May 2004 151500 4300
June 2004 149900 -1600
July 2004 148000 -1900
August 2004 147100 -900
September 2004 149800 2700
October 2004 151900 2100
November 2004 150000 -1900
December 2004 151500 1500
January 2005 151100 -400
February 2005 151800 700
March 2005 153400 1600
April 2005 157700 4300
May 2005 157000 -700
June 2005 156200 -800
July 2005 157000 800
August 2005 157100 100
September 2005 158300 1200
October 2005 149600 -8700
November 2005 156600 7000
December 2005 156600 0
January 2006 155000 -1600
February 2006 156100 1100
March 2006 156400 300
April 2006 154700 -1700
May 2006 156300 1600
June 2006 155900 -400
July 2006 163200 7300
August 2006 160400 -2800
September 2006 156500 -3900
October 2006 160400 3900
November 2006 164100 3700
December 2006 162400 -1700
January 2007 162700 300
February 2007 162800 100
March 2007 163400 600
April 2007 162600 -800
May 2007 162900 300
June 2007 165200 2300
July 2007 164500 -700
August 2007 165100 600
September 2007 163800 -1300
October 2007 163700 -100
November 2007 161500 -2200
December 2007 163300 1800
January 2008 165000 1700
February 2008 164300 -700
March 2008 164900 600
April 2008 167900 3000
May 2008 169200 1300
June 2008 166400 -2800
July 2008 167500 1100
August 2008 164000 -3500
September 2008 161800 -2200
October 2008 161300 -500
November 2008 161100 -200
December 2008 159200 -1900
January 2009 158000 -1200
February 2009 157200 -800
March 2009 155500 -1700
April 2009 148300 -7200
May 2009 149500 1200
June 2009 150500 1000
July 2009 153600 3100
August 2009 149600 -4000
September 2009 149000 -600
October 2009 148700 -300
November 2009 144900 -3800
December 2009 145200 300
January 2010 148400 3200
February 2010 149000 600
March 2010 153100 4100
April 2010 151600 -1500
May 2010 154400 2800
June 2010 153800 -600
July 2010 152900 -900
August 2010 154900 2000
September 2010 156000 1100
October 2010 157100 1100
November 2010 155700 -1400
December 2010 157600 1900
January 2011 155400 -2200
February 2011 158200 2800
March 2011 158000 -200
April 2011 167900 9900
May 2011 161700 -6200
June 2011 162700 1000
July 2011 164800 2100
August 2011 166500 1700
September 2011 167500 1000
October 2011 166400 -1100
November 2011 169400 3000
December 2011 163500 -5900
January 2012 162000 -1500
February 2012 165900 3900
March 2012 164400 -1500
April 2012 163100 -1300
May 2012 167300 4200
June 2012 168000 700
July 2012 166600 -1400
August 2012 167400 800
September 2012 168200 800
October 2012 168300 100
November 2012 169800 1500
December 2012 169500 -300
January 2013 171600 2100
February 2013 169200 -2400
March 2013 171600 2400
April 2013 173100 1500
May 2013 169800 -3300
June 2013 171800 2000
July 2013 171000 -800
August 2013 171800 800
September 2013 170700 -1100
October 2013 172000 1300
November 2013 174300 2300
December 2013 175700 1400
January 2014 172800 -2900
February 2014 177200 4400
March 2014 175100 -2100
April 2014 176500 1400
May 2014 177900 1400
June 2014 175400 -2500
July 2014 172600 -2800
August 2014 176800 4200
September 2014 181700 4900
October 2014 179900 -1800
November 2014 178800 -1100
December 2014 186900 8100
January 2015 179500 -7400
February 2015 179000 -500
March 2015 180800 1800
April 2015 180200 -600
May 2015 182700 2500
June 2015 181800 -900
July 2015 179000 -2800
August 2015 179700 700
September 2015 181100 1400
October 2015 183400 2300
November 2015 185000 1600
December 2015 186500 1500
January 2016 191500 5000
February 2016 189000 -2500
March 2016 190900 1900
April 2016 190300 -600
May 2016 192700 2400
June 2016 194400 1700
July 2016 196700 2300
August 2016 195500 -1200
September 2016 196500 1000
October 2016 193600 -2900
November 2016 194800 1200
December 2016 196100 1300
January 2017 197600 1500
February 2017 196100 -1500
March 2017 196900 800
April 2017 192900 -4000
May 2017 198400 5500
June 2017 199500 1100
July 2017 200200 700
August 2017 204400 4200
September 2017 200900 -3500
October 2017 199100 -1800
November 2017 199800 700
December 2017 200100 300
January 2018 199200 -900
February 2018 201000 1800
March 2018 201500 500
April 2018 202100 600
May 2018 200400 -1700
June 2018 200900 500
July 2018 207800 6900
August 2018 203200 -4600
September 2018 201600 -1600
October 2018 199100 -2500
November 2018 200100 1000
December 2018 195700 -4400
January 2019 199800 4100
February 2019 202900 3100
March 2019 203700 800
April 2019 204100 400
May 2019 202900 -1200
June 2019 201300 -1600
July 2019 201000 -300
August 2019 201800 800
September 2019 203100 1300
October 2019 207100 4000
November 2019 207600 500
December 2019 210800 3200
January 2020 213500 2700
February 2020 215600 2100
March 2020 186700 -28900
April 2020 81200 -105500
May 2020 86700 5500
June 2020 88700 2000
July 2020 100200 11500
August 2020 106000 5800
September 2020 115100 9100
October 2020 114200 -900
November 2020 115700 1500
December 2020 94200 -21500
January 2021 122200 28000
February 2021 126200 4000
March 2021 125400 -800
April 2021 133100 7700
May 2021 137900 4800
June 2021 141100 3200
July 2021 163200 22100
August 2021 159600 -3600
September 2021 164800 5200
October 2021 173900 9100
November 2021 179400 5500
December 2021 179100 -300
January 2022 181400 2300
February 2022 178700 -2700
March 2022 185800 7100
April 2022 186600 800
May 2022 195900 9300
June 2022 204000 8100
July 2022 204100 100
August 2022 208800 4700
September 2022 211400 2600
October 2022 209900 -1500
November 2022 212100 2200
December 2022 211200 -900
January 2023 210400 -800
February 2023 210600 200