United States Payroll Employment for the 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 chemicals payroll employment was 146,300; this means that the United States added 400 jobs to the 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 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.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Chemicals Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	142500
February 2002	142500	0
March 2002	141900	-600
April 2002	141900	0
May 2002	141000	-900
June 2002	141200	200
July 2002	142400	1200
August 2002	141900	-500
September 2002	141900	0
October 2002	141200	-700
November 2002	140500	-700
December 2002	141000	500
January 2003	141400	400
February 2003	141200	-200
March 2003	141300	100
April 2003	140700	-600
May 2003	141600	900
June 2003	140800	-800
July 2003	140000	-800
August 2003	139700	-300
September 2003	140600	900
October 2003	140900	300
November 2003	140700	-200
December 2003	141500	800
January 2004	140700	-800
February 2004	140900	200
March 2004	140900	0
April 2004	142200	1300
May 2004	142300	100
June 2004	142700	400
July 2004	142600	-100
August 2004	142400	-200
September 2004	142300	-100
October 2004	142200	-100
November 2004	143000	800
December 2004	142600	-400
January 2005	142000	-600
February 2005	142500	500
March 2005	142700	200
April 2005	142200	-500
May 2005	142500	300
June 2005	142700	200
July 2005	143200	500
August 2005	143200	0
September 2005	143400	200
October 2005	143500	100
November 2005	143000	-500
December 2005	143100	100
January 2006	145000	1900
February 2006	143200	-1800
March 2006	143200	0
April 2006	145300	2100
May 2006	145900	600
June 2006	145400	-500
July 2006	145700	300
August 2006	145800	100
September 2006	146200	400
October 2006	146400	200
November 2006	146500	100
December 2006	146600	100
January 2007	146400	-200
February 2007	145600	-800
March 2007	145000	-600
April 2007	143500	-1500
May 2007	142500	-1000
June 2007	145500	3000
July 2007	145800	300
August 2007	146200	400
September 2007	146200	0
October 2007	145700	-500
November 2007	145800	100
December 2007	144800	-1000
January 2008	145000	200
February 2008	145900	900
March 2008	144300	-1600
April 2008	144200	-100
May 2008	143500	-700
June 2008	143700	200
July 2008	143200	-500
August 2008	140900	-2300
September 2008	141400	500
October 2008	144400	3000
November 2008	141300	-3100
December 2008	140800	-500
January 2009	139700	-1100
February 2009	140100	400
March 2009	139700	-400
April 2009	138500	-1200
May 2009	138000	-500
June 2009	136900	-1100
July 2009	135400	-1500
August 2009	135500	100
September 2009	134300	-1200
October 2009	133600	-700
November 2009	133200	-400
December 2009	133400	200
January 2010	133000	-400
February 2010	132600	-400
March 2010	132700	100
April 2010	132900	200
May 2010	132600	-300
June 2010	134100	1500
July 2010	133000	-1100
August 2010	133100	100
September 2010	134200	1100
October 2010	134200	0
November 2010	134000	-200
December 2010	134100	100
January 2011	134000	-100
February 2011	134100	100
March 2011	135000	900
April 2011	136200	1200
May 2011	135800	-400
June 2011	135800	0
July 2011	136200	400
August 2011	136100	-100
September 2011	136700	600
October 2011	136800	100
November 2011	137600	800
December 2011	138200	600
January 2012	138500	300
February 2012	139400	900
March 2012	138800	-600
April 2012	138900	100
May 2012	139700	800
June 2012	139200	-500
July 2012	138700	-500
August 2012	140200	1500
September 2012	139700	-500
October 2012	140700	1000
November 2012	140500	-200
December 2012	140600	100
January 2013	141200	600
February 2013	141000	-200
March 2013	141300	300
April 2013	141200	-100
May 2013	141100	-100
June 2013	140700	-400
July 2013	142100	1400
August 2013	141800	-300
September 2013	143300	1500
October 2013	141900	-1400
November 2013	141700	-200
December 2013	141800	100
January 2014	142500	700
February 2014	142500	0
March 2014	142200	-300
April 2014	143300	1100
May 2014	143600	300
June 2014	144100	500
July 2014	144000	-100
August 2014	144200	200
September 2014	144500	300
October 2014	144700	200
November 2014	144300	-400
December 2014	143700	-600
January 2015	143600	-100
February 2015	144300	700
March 2015	143900	-400
April 2015	143500	-400
May 2015	143500	0
June 2015	142400	-1100
July 2015	143400	1000
August 2015	143000	-400
September 2015	143400	400
October 2015	143300	-100
November 2015	144000	700
December 2015	144700	700
January 2016	143800	-900
February 2016	142900	-900
March 2016	142700	-200
April 2016	142600	-100
May 2016	142300	-300
June 2016	142400	100
July 2016	142300	-100
August 2016	143300	1000
September 2016	142500	-800
October 2016	143100	600
November 2016	142500	-600
December 2016	143100	600
January 2017	143100	0
February 2017	142700	-400
March 2017	142800	100
April 2017	142600	-200
May 2017	143000	400
June 2017	143300	300
July 2017	144000	700
August 2017	144600	600
September 2017	145400	800
October 2017	144700	-700
November 2017	145000	300
December 2017	145600	600
January 2018	145300	-300
February 2018	144400	-900
March 2018	145800	1400
April 2018	146400	600
May 2018	146400	0
June 2018	146600	200
July 2018	147000	400
August 2018	146700	-300
September 2018	146500	-200
October 2018	146700	200
November 2018	146500	-200
December 2018	149400	2900
January 2019	147000	-2400
February 2019	148600	1600
March 2019	147500	-1100
April 2019	147000	-500
May 2019	146800	-200
June 2019	146600	-200
July 2019	146300	-300
August 2019	146500	200
September 2019	146400	-100
October 2019	147000	600
November 2019	147100	100
December 2019	146600	-500
January 2020	146700	100
February 2020	146500	-200
March 2020	145800	-700
April 2020	141600	-4200
May 2020	142400	800
June 2020	141500	-900
July 2020	140700	-800
August 2020	140300	-400
September 2020	140600	300
October 2020	140100	-500
November 2020	140400	300
December 2020	140900	500
January 2021	141400	500
February 2021	143200	1800
March 2021	142600	-600
April 2021	143200	600
May 2021	143300	100
June 2021	143500	200
July 2021	144500	1000
August 2021	145300	800
September 2021	144200	-1100
October 2021	144000	-200
November 2021	144400	400
December 2021	144500	100
January 2022	144500	0
February 2022	144300	-200
March 2022	144800	500
April 2022	144500	-300
May 2022	145000	500
June 2022	144900	-100
July 2022	144900	0
August 2022	144500	-400
September 2022	146000	1500
October 2022	147200	1200
November 2022	146100	-1100
December 2022	145800	-300
January 2023	145900	100
February 2023	146300	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.