United States Payroll Employment for the Construction 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 construction industry was 7,888,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 9,000 jobs in the construction 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 Construction Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Construction Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Construction Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 6775000
February 2002 6766000 -9000
March 2002 6755000 -11000
April 2002 6710000 -45000
May 2002 6684000 -26000
June 2002 6701000 17000
July 2002 6688000 -13000
August 2002 6701000 13000
September 2002 6702000 1000
October 2002 6689000 -13000
November 2002 6713000 24000
December 2002 6700000 -13000
January 2003 6704000 4000
February 2003 6667000 -37000
March 2003 6654000 -13000
April 2003 6689000 35000
May 2003 6706000 17000
June 2003 6723000 17000
July 2003 6735000 12000
August 2003 6760000 25000
September 2003 6783000 23000
October 2003 6784000 1000
November 2003 6796000 12000
December 2003 6827000 31000
January 2004 6848000 21000
February 2004 6838000 -10000
March 2004 6887000 49000
April 2004 6901000 14000
May 2004 6948000 47000
June 2004 6962000 14000
July 2004 6977000 15000
August 2004 7003000 26000
September 2004 7029000 26000
October 2004 7077000 48000
November 2004 7091000 14000
December 2004 7117000 26000
January 2005 7095000 -22000
February 2005 7153000 58000
March 2005 7181000 28000
April 2005 7266000 85000
May 2005 7294000 28000
June 2005 7333000 39000
July 2005 7353000 20000
August 2005 7394000 41000
September 2005 7415000 21000
October 2005 7460000 45000
November 2005 7524000 64000
December 2005 7533000 9000
January 2006 7601000 68000
February 2006 7664000 63000
March 2006 7689000 25000
April 2006 7726000 37000
May 2006 7713000 -13000
June 2006 7699000 -14000
July 2006 7712000 13000
August 2006 7720000 8000
September 2006 7718000 -2000
October 2006 7682000 -36000
November 2006 7666000 -16000
December 2006 7685000 19000
January 2007 7725000 40000
February 2007 7626000 -99000
March 2007 7706000 80000
April 2007 7686000 -20000
May 2007 7673000 -13000
June 2007 7687000 14000
July 2007 7660000 -27000
August 2007 7610000 -50000
September 2007 7577000 -33000
October 2007 7565000 -12000
November 2007 7523000 -42000
December 2007 7490000 -33000
January 2008 7476000 -14000
February 2008 7453000 -23000
March 2008 7406000 -47000
April 2008 7327000 -79000
May 2008 7274000 -53000
June 2008 7213000 -61000
July 2008 7160000 -53000
August 2008 7114000 -46000
September 2008 7044000 -70000
October 2008 6967000 -77000
November 2008 6813000 -154000
December 2008 6701000 -112000
January 2009 6567000 -134000
February 2009 6446000 -121000
March 2009 6291000 -155000
April 2009 6154000 -137000
May 2009 6100000 -54000
June 2009 6010000 -90000
July 2009 5932000 -78000
August 2009 5855000 -77000
September 2009 5787000 -68000
October 2009 5716000 -71000
November 2009 5696000 -20000
December 2009 5654000 -42000
January 2010 5580000 -74000
February 2010 5500000 -80000
March 2010 5537000 37000
April 2010 5553000 16000
May 2010 5520000 -33000
June 2010 5516000 -4000
July 2010 5508000 -8000
August 2010 5524000 16000
September 2010 5501000 -23000
October 2010 5508000 7000
November 2010 5506000 -2000
December 2010 5467000 -39000
January 2011 5427000 -40000
February 2011 5451000 24000
March 2011 5477000 26000
April 2011 5485000 8000
May 2011 5516000 31000
June 2011 5528000 12000
July 2011 5547000 19000
August 2011 5552000 5000
September 2011 5584000 32000
October 2011 5588000 4000
November 2011 5593000 5000
December 2011 5611000 18000
January 2012 5626000 15000
February 2012 5629000 3000
March 2012 5625000 -4000
April 2012 5618000 -7000
May 2012 5604000 -14000
June 2012 5621000 17000
July 2012 5632000 11000
August 2012 5648000 16000
September 2012 5661000 13000
October 2012 5674000 13000
November 2012 5684000 10000
December 2012 5724000 40000
January 2013 5746000 22000
February 2013 5784000 38000
March 2013 5802000 18000
April 2013 5796000 -6000
May 2013 5829000 33000
June 2013 5855000 26000
July 2013 5859000 4000
August 2013 5878000 19000
September 2013 5910000 32000
October 2013 5931000 21000
November 2013 5963000 32000
December 2013 5932000 -31000
January 2014 5985000 53000
February 2014 6007000 22000
March 2014 6038000 31000
April 2014 6084000 46000
May 2014 6109000 25000
June 2014 6133000 24000
July 2014 6178000 45000
August 2014 6210000 32000
September 2014 6242000 32000
October 2014 6259000 17000
November 2014 6272000 13000
December 2014 6293000 21000
January 2015 6320000 27000
February 2015 6361000 41000
March 2015 6334000 -27000
April 2015 6392000 58000
May 2015 6427000 35000
June 2015 6441000 14000
July 2015 6472000 31000
August 2015 6490000 18000
September 2015 6508000 18000
October 2015 6547000 39000
November 2015 6598000 51000
December 2015 6630000 32000
January 2016 6631000 1000
February 2016 6640000 9000
March 2016 6678000 38000
April 2016 6702000 24000
May 2016 6689000 -13000
June 2016 6701000 12000
July 2016 6735000 34000
August 2016 6736000 1000
September 2016 6768000 32000
October 2016 6799000 31000
November 2016 6823000 24000
December 2016 6818000 -5000
January 2017 6840000 22000
February 2017 6881000 41000
March 2017 6902000 21000
April 2017 6916000 14000
May 2017 6931000 15000
June 2017 6962000 31000
July 2017 6968000 6000
August 2017 7002000 34000
September 2017 7013000 11000
October 2017 7031000 18000
November 2017 7068000 37000
December 2017 7091000 23000
January 2018 7093000 2000
February 2018 7184000 91000
March 2018 7194000 10000
April 2018 7212000 18000
May 2018 7274000 62000
June 2018 7292000 18000
July 2018 7318000 26000
August 2018 7347000 29000
September 2018 7375000 28000
October 2018 7389000 14000
November 2018 7386000 -3000
December 2018 7396000 10000
January 2019 7424000 28000
February 2019 7396000 -28000
March 2019 7422000 26000
April 2019 7459000 37000
May 2019 7486000 27000
June 2019 7511000 25000
July 2019 7525000 14000
August 2019 7530000 5000
September 2019 7551000 21000
October 2019 7556000 5000
November 2019 7545000 -11000
December 2019 7528000 -17000
January 2020 7580000 52000
February 2020 7608000 28000
March 2020 7539000 -69000
April 2020 6527000 -1012000
May 2020 7009000 482000
June 2020 7170000 161000
July 2020 7195000 25000
August 2020 7225000 30000
September 2020 7256000 31000
October 2020 7310000 54000
November 2020 7317000 7000
December 2020 7355000 38000
January 2021 7363000 8000
February 2021 7291000 -72000
March 2021 7395000 104000
April 2021 7406000 11000
May 2021 7394000 -12000
June 2021 7400000 6000
July 2021 7415000 15000
August 2021 7431000 16000
September 2021 7472000 41000
October 2021 7514000 42000
November 2021 7560000 46000
December 2021 7594000 34000
January 2022 7590000 -4000
February 2022 7669000 79000
March 2022 7692000 23000
April 2022 7698000 6000
May 2022 7736000 38000
June 2022 7749000 13000
July 2022 7773000 24000
August 2022 7781000 8000
September 2022 7797000 16000
October 2022 7814000 17000
November 2022 7833000 19000
December 2022 7859000 26000
January 2023 7885000 26000
February 2023 7897000 12000
March 2023 7888000 -9000