United States Payroll Employment for the Construction of buildings 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 of buildings industry was 1,794,400 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 2,000 jobs in the construction of buildings 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 of buildings Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Construction of buildings Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Construction of buildings Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1581200
February 2002 1579100 -2100
March 2002 1577600 -1500
April 2002 1567900 -9700
May 2002 1565900 -2000
June 2002 1568900 3000
July 2002 1569600 700
August 2002 1577200 7600
September 2002 1576200 -1000
October 2002 1572300 -3900
November 2002 1586000 13700
December 2002 1573700 -12300
January 2003 1574700 1000
February 2003 1569500 -5200
March 2003 1567800 -1700
April 2003 1576500 8700
May 2003 1572800 -3700
June 2003 1573400 600
July 2003 1569100 -4300
August 2003 1571600 2500
September 2003 1581000 9400
October 2003 1582200 1200
November 2003 1584400 2200
December 2003 1590300 5900
January 2004 1592200 1900
February 2004 1588600 -3600
March 2004 1604200 15600
April 2004 1604100 -100
May 2004 1625000 20900
June 2004 1626000 1000
July 2004 1632700 6700
August 2004 1634800 2100
September 2004 1650500 15700
October 2004 1662000 11500
November 2004 1664900 2900
December 2004 1670300 5400
January 2005 1671700 1400
February 2005 1682700 11000
March 2005 1683400 700
April 2005 1692100 8700
May 2005 1695300 3200
June 2005 1702700 7400
July 2005 1709500 6800
August 2005 1718700 9200
September 2005 1721700 3000
October 2005 1736000 14300
November 2005 1758200 22200
December 2005 1771300 13100
January 2006 1787600 16300
February 2006 1796000 8400
March 2006 1807300 11300
April 2006 1822400 15100
May 2006 1815200 -7200
June 2006 1804600 -10600
July 2006 1814900 10300
August 2006 1807500 -7400
September 2006 1811500 4000
October 2006 1804500 -7000
November 2006 1794500 -10000
December 2006 1790000 -4500
January 2007 1797300 7300
February 2007 1790100 -7200
March 2007 1795800 5700
April 2007 1785400 -10400
May 2007 1785300 -100
June 2007 1793800 8500
July 2007 1784700 -9100
August 2007 1764200 -20500
September 2007 1769300 5100
October 2007 1754000 -15300
November 2007 1729100 -24900
December 2007 1730000 900
January 2008 1725400 -4600
February 2008 1716100 -9300
March 2008 1714500 -1600
April 2008 1692900 -21600
May 2008 1672400 -20500
June 2008 1652200 -20200
July 2008 1642500 -9700
August 2008 1629500 -13000
September 2008 1600000 -29500
October 2008 1578700 -21300
November 2008 1547700 -31000
December 2008 1530300 -17400
January 2009 1495500 -34800
February 2009 1458100 -37400
March 2009 1420200 -37900
April 2009 1392400 -27800
May 2009 1377700 -14700
June 2009 1356300 -21400
July 2009 1338800 -17500
August 2009 1323200 -15600
September 2009 1305400 -17800
October 2009 1290400 -15000
November 2009 1281200 -9200
December 2009 1262800 -18400
January 2010 1240100 -22700
February 2010 1225000 -15100
March 2010 1236500 11500
April 2010 1245000 8500
May 2010 1240400 -4600
June 2010 1237200 -3200
July 2010 1230300 -6900
August 2010 1225300 -5000
September 2010 1223800 -1500
October 2010 1216800 -7000
November 2010 1216300 -500
December 2010 1212900 -3400
January 2011 1204500 -8400
February 2011 1200800 -3700
March 2011 1211700 10900
April 2011 1215100 3400
May 2011 1211100 -4000
June 2011 1221500 10400
July 2011 1222300 800
August 2011 1226300 4000
September 2011 1235700 9400
October 2011 1237000 1300
November 2011 1232500 -4500
December 2011 1231300 -1200
January 2012 1234800 3500
February 2012 1235500 700
March 2012 1231000 -4500
April 2012 1230300 -700
May 2012 1233300 3000
June 2012 1233200 -100
July 2012 1238800 5600
August 2012 1241400 2600
September 2012 1244500 3100
October 2012 1244600 100
November 2012 1253700 9100
December 2012 1263100 9400
January 2013 1263500 400
February 2013 1269600 6100
March 2013 1274700 5100
April 2013 1277100 2400
May 2013 1282000 4900
June 2013 1282500 500
July 2013 1285000 2500
August 2013 1284500 -500
September 2013 1294700 10200
October 2013 1302600 7900
November 2013 1311800 9200
December 2013 1313900 2100
January 2014 1322000 8100
February 2014 1329700 7700
March 2014 1330800 1100
April 2014 1342800 12000
May 2014 1344700 1900
June 2014 1352800 8100
July 2014 1366000 13200
August 2014 1375100 9100
September 2014 1385100 10000
October 2014 1383900 -1200
November 2014 1387500 3600
December 2014 1389100 1600
January 2015 1399000 9900
February 2015 1406400 7400
March 2015 1406600 200
April 2015 1404500 -2100
May 2015 1415500 11000
June 2015 1418700 3200
July 2015 1427300 8600
August 2015 1429000 1700
September 2015 1433100 4100
October 2015 1439500 6400
November 2015 1452400 12900
December 2015 1459100 6700
January 2016 1464700 5600
February 2016 1473300 8600
March 2016 1482000 8700
April 2016 1489500 7500
May 2016 1487200 -2300
June 2016 1489100 1900
July 2016 1497500 8400
August 2016 1495700 -1800
September 2016 1502300 6600
October 2016 1510000 7700
November 2016 1511200 1200
December 2016 1513700 2500
January 2017 1520800 7100
February 2017 1525600 4800
March 2017 1528000 2400
April 2017 1529900 1900
May 2017 1538300 8400
June 2017 1540100 1800
July 2017 1542700 2600
August 2017 1549000 6300
September 2017 1552000 3000
October 2017 1559400 7400
November 2017 1567500 8100
December 2017 1575800 8300
January 2018 1578200 2400
February 2018 1597400 19200
March 2018 1605000 7600
April 2018 1615000 10000
May 2018 1622400 7400
June 2018 1629100 6700
July 2018 1634600 5500
August 2018 1637000 2400
September 2018 1642700 5700
October 2018 1642300 -400
November 2018 1646900 4600
December 2018 1649900 3000
January 2019 1653500 3600
February 2019 1651200 -2300
March 2019 1654400 3200
April 2019 1648200 -6200
May 2019 1649500 1300
June 2019 1655100 5600
July 2019 1660900 5800
August 2019 1668400 7500
September 2019 1668200 -200
October 2019 1672300 4100
November 2019 1671600 -700
December 2019 1675500 3900
January 2020 1678700 3200
February 2020 1689200 10500
March 2020 1676800 -12400
April 2020 1452800 -224000
May 2020 1552500 99700
June 2020 1577300 24800
July 2020 1584600 7300
August 2020 1595600 11000
September 2020 1603400 7800
October 2020 1619700 16300
November 2020 1618300 -1400
December 2020 1624700 6400
January 2021 1628800 4100
February 2021 1627700 -1100
March 2021 1643200 15500
April 2021 1643100 -100
May 2021 1645900 2800
June 2021 1648700 2800
July 2021 1659400 10700
August 2021 1662700 3300
September 2021 1678000 15300
October 2021 1682500 4500
November 2021 1697400 14900
December 2021 1709500 12100
January 2022 1718400 8900
February 2022 1732200 13800
March 2022 1739200 7000
April 2022 1746100 6900
May 2022 1752600 6500
June 2022 1749300 -3300
July 2022 1753200 3900
August 2022 1752500 -700
September 2022 1754300 1800
October 2022 1763800 9500
November 2022 1772900 9100
December 2022 1785900 13000
January 2023 1796600 10700
February 2023 1796400 -200
March 2023 1794400 -2000