United States Payroll Employment for the Electric power generation 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 electric power generation payroll employment was 139,100; this means that the United States lost 500 jobs in the electric power generation 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 electric power generation 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 Electric power generation Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Electric power generation Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Electric power generation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 275700
February 2002 275200 -500
March 2002 275300 100
April 2002 274800 -500
May 2002 275300 500
June 2002 273700 -1600
July 2002 271700 -2000
August 2002 270400 -1300
September 2002 269200 -1200
October 2002 269100 -100
November 2002 266500 -2600
December 2002 264100 -2400
January 2003 260800 -3300
February 2003 260300 -500
March 2003 259000 -1300
April 2003 257300 -1700
May 2003 254900 -2400
June 2003 254100 -800
July 2003 253700 -400
August 2003 252700 -1000
September 2003 252300 -400
October 2003 251800 -500
November 2003 250500 -1300
December 2003 250300 -200
January 2004 250500 200
February 2004 250000 -500
March 2004 250000 0
April 2004 251000 1000
May 2004 249800 -1200
June 2004 249100 -700
July 2004 247800 -1300
August 2004 246700 -1100
September 2004 246100 -600
October 2004 245100 -1000
November 2004 244200 -900
December 2004 243900 -300
January 2005 243500 -400
February 2005 243200 -300
March 2005 241900 -1300
April 2005 241000 -900
May 2005 240500 -500
June 2005 239800 -700
July 2005 239800 0
August 2005 240200 400
September 2005 239900 -300
October 2005 240100 200
November 2005 239700 -400
December 2005 238800 -900
January 2006 237800 -1000
February 2006 239200 1400
March 2006 237400 -1800
April 2006 238200 800
May 2006 237400 -800
June 2006 236600 -800
July 2006 236600 0
August 2006 236300 -300
September 2006 235300 -1000
October 2006 234400 -900
November 2006 234800 400
December 2006 234600 -200
January 2007 234800 200
February 2007 234600 -200
March 2007 234600 0
April 2007 235000 400
May 2007 235500 500
June 2007 236200 700
July 2007 236100 -100
August 2007 236600 500
September 2007 236100 -500
October 2007 235600 -500
November 2007 235900 300
December 2007 236700 800
January 2008 236000 -700
February 2008 236000 0
March 2008 236600 600
April 2008 236000 -600
May 2008 236400 400
June 2008 237000 600
July 2008 237900 900
August 2008 237900 0
September 2008 238600 700
October 2008 238800 200
November 2008 239700 900
December 2008 239600 -100
January 2009 239800 200
February 2009 239400 -400
March 2009 239800 400
April 2009 232500 -7300
May 2009 226600 -5900
June 2009 221500 -5100
July 2009 216200 -5300
August 2009 210400 -5800
September 2009 205400 -5000
October 2009 199900 -5500
November 2009 193600 -6300
December 2009 187500 -6100
January 2010 181400 -6100
February 2010 175600 -5800
March 2010 170500 -5100
April 2010 170600 100
May 2010 170900 300
June 2010 169600 -1300
July 2010 169000 -600
August 2010 168400 -600
September 2010 167900 -500
October 2010 168300 400
November 2010 168000 -300
December 2010 168200 200
January 2011 168400 200
February 2011 170900 2500
March 2011 168800 -2100
April 2011 169400 600
May 2011 168300 -1100
June 2011 167800 -500
July 2011 167200 -600
August 2011 167100 -100
September 2011 166700 -400
October 2011 166700 0
November 2011 166700 0
December 2011 166200 -500
January 2012 166000 -200
February 2012 165900 -100
March 2012 165300 -600
April 2012 165100 -200
May 2012 164900 -200
June 2012 165000 100
July 2012 165100 100
August 2012 165100 0
September 2012 165700 600
October 2012 165500 -200
November 2012 165500 0
December 2012 165300 -200
January 2013 165400 100
February 2013 165100 -300
March 2013 164000 -1100
April 2013 165000 1000
May 2013 165000 0
June 2013 165000 0
July 2013 164700 -300
August 2013 164000 -700
September 2013 163400 -600
October 2013 162800 -600
November 2013 162700 -100
December 2013 161800 -900
January 2014 161300 -500
February 2014 161500 200
March 2014 162100 600
April 2014 160700 -1400
May 2014 160500 -200
June 2014 160700 200
July 2014 159800 -900
August 2014 159500 -300
September 2014 158900 -600
October 2014 158600 -300
November 2014 158600 0
December 2014 158100 -500
January 2015 158300 200
February 2015 158400 100
March 2015 158800 400
April 2015 158800 0
May 2015 160400 1600
June 2015 159200 -1200
July 2015 159500 300
August 2015 159500 0
September 2015 159700 200
October 2015 159700 0
November 2015 159400 -300
December 2015 159800 400
January 2016 159400 -400
February 2016 159200 -200
March 2016 158800 -400
April 2016 158800 0
May 2016 158900 100
June 2016 159200 300
July 2016 159100 -100
August 2016 159100 0
September 2016 158500 -600
October 2016 158500 0
November 2016 158500 0
December 2016 158400 -100
January 2017 158000 -400
February 2017 157900 -100
March 2017 158400 500
April 2017 156800 -1600
May 2017 156100 -700
June 2017 155800 -300
July 2017 155300 -500
August 2017 155000 -300
September 2017 155300 300
October 2017 155100 -200
November 2017 154800 -300
December 2017 154900 100
January 2018 154700 -200
February 2018 154200 -500
March 2018 154100 -100
April 2018 154600 500
May 2018 153300 -1300
June 2018 152400 -900
July 2018 151200 -1200
August 2018 151300 100
September 2018 151100 -200
October 2018 151700 600
November 2018 150800 -900
December 2018 149900 -900
January 2019 149500 -400
February 2019 146800 -2700
March 2019 146600 -200
April 2019 145700 -900
May 2019 146600 900
June 2019 147500 900
July 2019 146700 -800
August 2019 146000 -700
September 2019 145400 -600
October 2019 144800 -600
November 2019 144600 -200
December 2019 144700 100
January 2020 143900 -800
February 2020 143500 -400
March 2020 143400 -100
April 2020 142400 -1000
May 2020 142100 -300
June 2020 141700 -400
July 2020 141500 -200
August 2020 142100 600
September 2020 142400 300
October 2020 142100 -300
November 2020 141800 -300
December 2020 141300 -500
January 2021 141300 0
February 2021 141200 -100
March 2021 141300 100
April 2021 141900 600
May 2021 142800 900
June 2021 142200 -600
July 2021 142400 200
August 2021 139800 -2600
September 2021 140500 700
October 2021 140400 -100
November 2021 141400 1000
December 2021 141600 200
January 2022 142200 600
February 2022 142500 300
March 2022 142300 -200
April 2022 142100 -200
May 2022 141900 -200
June 2022 142200 300
July 2022 142100 -100
August 2022 141600 -500
September 2022 140800 -800
October 2022 141400 600
November 2022 141800 400
December 2022 140600 -1200
January 2023 139600 -1000
February 2023 139100 -500

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.