United States Payroll Employment for the Couriers and express delivery services 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 couriers and express delivery services payroll employment was 921,200; this means that the United States lost 2,600 jobs in the couriers and express delivery services 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 couriers and express delivery services 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 Couriers and express delivery services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Couriers and express delivery services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Couriers and express delivery services Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 500000
February 2002 510400 10400
March 2002 508400 -2000
April 2002 508000 -400
May 2002 507600 -400
June 2002 504800 -2800
July 2002 505400 600
August 2002 506600 1200
September 2002 509600 3000
October 2002 509800 200
November 2002 511500 1700
December 2002 513100 1600
January 2003 516900 3800
February 2003 517100 200
March 2003 517200 100
April 2003 516300 -900
May 2003 513800 -2500
June 2003 512300 -1500
July 2003 511200 -1100
August 2003 507600 -3600
September 2003 505900 -1700
October 2003 504800 -1100
November 2003 504300 -500
December 2003 497400 -6900
January 2004 507100 9700
February 2004 506300 -800
March 2004 507400 1100
April 2004 503000 -4400
May 2004 505300 2300
June 2004 509200 3900
July 2004 509400 200
August 2004 510700 1300
September 2004 512400 1700
October 2004 511600 -800
November 2004 511300 -300
December 2004 513400 2100
January 2005 516100 2700
February 2005 516100 0
March 2005 518700 2600
April 2005 523100 4400
May 2005 523700 600
June 2005 523400 -300
July 2005 522400 -1000
August 2005 526300 3900
September 2005 526000 -300
October 2005 528500 2500
November 2005 530100 1600
December 2005 526200 -3900
January 2006 528000 1800
February 2006 526900 -1100
March 2006 526500 -400
April 2006 527500 1000
May 2006 530300 2800
June 2006 529200 -1100
July 2006 532000 2800
August 2006 532000 0
September 2006 533000 1000
October 2006 536300 3300
November 2006 539000 2700
December 2006 536900 -2100
January 2007 531600 -5300
February 2007 531900 300
March 2007 533200 1300
April 2007 530600 -2600
May 2007 529300 -1300
June 2007 529900 600
July 2007 529000 -900
August 2007 527900 -1100
September 2007 529900 2000
October 2007 526000 -3900
November 2007 530100 4100
December 2007 536400 6300
January 2008 531400 -5000
February 2008 531500 100
March 2008 530000 -1500
April 2008 531100 1100
May 2008 530900 -200
June 2008 530900 0
July 2008 530200 -700
August 2008 525600 -4600
September 2008 521600 -4000
October 2008 517000 -4600
November 2008 505900 -11100
December 2008 503900 -2000
January 2009 516500 12600
February 2009 516400 -100
March 2009 513600 -2800
April 2009 510600 -3000
May 2009 506400 -4200
June 2009 503000 -3400
July 2009 502100 -900
August 2009 498100 -4000
September 2009 494600 -3500
October 2009 492500 -2100
November 2009 488800 -3700
December 2009 451200 -37600
January 2010 468300 17100
February 2010 476800 8500
March 2010 476800 0
April 2010 478100 1300
May 2010 478900 800
June 2010 479800 900
July 2010 480500 700
August 2010 480200 -300
September 2010 482400 2200
October 2010 482500 100
November 2010 483200 700
December 2010 508300 25100
January 2011 467600 -40700
February 2011 479900 12300
March 2011 480400 500
April 2011 481800 1400
May 2011 482500 700
June 2011 481300 -1200
July 2011 482500 1200
August 2011 482600 100
September 2011 482700 100
October 2011 481500 -1200
November 2011 477900 -3600
December 2011 469400 -8500
January 2012 462400 -7000
February 2012 478800 16400
March 2012 480800 2000
April 2012 479800 -1000
May 2012 480600 800
June 2012 483100 2500
July 2012 482500 -600
August 2012 483800 1300
September 2012 484500 700
October 2012 480600 -3900
November 2012 468300 -12300
December 2012 480200 11900
January 2013 484500 4300
February 2013 482100 -2400
March 2013 482800 700
April 2013 482000 -800
May 2013 482900 900
June 2013 484400 1500
July 2013 488300 3900
August 2013 490700 2400
September 2013 488800 -1900
October 2013 491200 2400
November 2013 493100 1900
December 2013 491700 -1400
January 2014 512100 20400
February 2014 499000 -13100
March 2014 496100 -2900
April 2014 500400 4300
May 2014 506200 5800
June 2014 513600 7400
July 2014 516600 3000
August 2014 519200 2600
September 2014 524600 5400
October 2014 527800 3200
November 2014 531700 3900
December 2014 546200 14500
January 2015 550600 4400
February 2015 545100 -5500
March 2015 545000 -100
April 2015 541000 -4000
May 2015 540100 -900
June 2015 544800 4700
July 2015 547900 3100
August 2015 549000 1100
September 2015 551400 2400
October 2015 549900 -1500
November 2015 550300 400
December 2015 576500 26200
January 2016 541800 -34700
February 2016 555900 14100
March 2016 563200 7300
April 2016 567600 4400
May 2016 571000 3400
June 2016 573000 2000
July 2016 576000 3000
August 2016 579600 3600
September 2016 582000 2400
October 2016 581400 -600
November 2016 586000 4600
December 2016 619300 33300
January 2017 586000 -33300
February 2017 590300 4300
March 2017 588100 -2200
April 2017 589300 1200
May 2017 595600 6300
June 2017 598600 3000
July 2017 599900 1300
August 2017 603600 3700
September 2017 606700 3100
October 2017 611800 5100
November 2017 611900 100
December 2017 613400 1500
January 2018 616900 3500
February 2018 611500 -5400
March 2018 622000 10500
April 2018 631400 9400
May 2018 641100 9700
June 2018 647500 6400
July 2018 655700 8200
August 2018 665000 9300
September 2018 672800 7800
October 2018 680900 8100
November 2018 690000 9100
December 2018 666100 -23900
January 2019 707300 41200
February 2019 677500 -29800
March 2019 685500 8000
April 2019 688900 3400
May 2019 694700 5800
June 2019 705000 10300
July 2019 718500 13500
August 2019 726200 7700
September 2019 730000 3800
October 2019 735500 5500
November 2019 744400 8900
December 2019 753100 8700
January 2020 771600 18500
February 2020 725800 -45800
March 2020 737700 11900
April 2020 741900 4200
May 2020 777700 35800
June 2020 815200 37500
July 2020 825000 9800
August 2020 833300 8300
September 2020 847800 14500
October 2020 863800 16000
November 2020 909200 45400
December 2020 891000 -18200
January 2021 889800 -1200
February 2021 909500 19700
March 2021 930100 20600
April 2021 878900 -51200
May 2021 884900 6000
June 2021 891700 6800
July 2021 897300 5600
August 2021 907300 10000
September 2021 919000 11700
October 2021 910100 -8900
November 2021 942000 31900
December 2021 893600 -48400
January 2022 943400 49800
February 2022 944300 900
March 2022 942300 -2000
April 2022 944500 2200
May 2022 949200 4700
June 2022 947500 -1700
July 2022 946800 -700
August 2022 952600 5800
September 2022 956100 3500
October 2022 952100 -4000
November 2022 933800 -18300
December 2022 909600 -24200
January 2023 923800 14200
February 2023 921200 -2600

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.