United States Payroll Employment for the Federal 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 federal industry was 2,903,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 8,000 jobs to the federal 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 Federal Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Federal Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Federal Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 2756000
February 2002 2757000 1000
March 2002 2755000 -2000
April 2002 2755000 0
May 2002 2768000 13000
June 2002 2768000 0
July 2002 2757000 -11000
August 2002 2762000 5000
September 2002 2768000 6000
October 2002 2780000 12000
November 2002 2781000 1000
December 2002 2780000 -1000
January 2003 2789000 9000
February 2003 2789000 0
March 2003 2791000 2000
April 2003 2769000 -22000
May 2003 2753000 -16000
June 2003 2763000 10000
July 2003 2760000 -3000
August 2003 2751000 -9000
September 2003 2749000 -2000
October 2003 2742000 -7000
November 2003 2728000 -14000
December 2003 2740000 12000
January 2004 2732000 -8000
February 2004 2731000 -1000
March 2004 2731000 0
April 2004 2753000 22000
May 2004 2730000 -23000
June 2004 2730000 0
July 2004 2729000 -1000
August 2004 2729000 0
September 2004 2729000 0
October 2004 2724000 -5000
November 2004 2727000 3000
December 2004 2728000 1000
January 2005 2727000 -1000
February 2005 2728000 1000
March 2005 2733000 5000
April 2005 2725000 -8000
May 2005 2734000 9000
June 2005 2733000 -1000
July 2005 2728000 -5000
August 2005 2731000 3000
September 2005 2732000 1000
October 2005 2735000 3000
November 2005 2739000 4000
December 2005 2733000 -6000
January 2006 2727000 -6000
February 2006 2733000 6000
March 2006 2733000 0
April 2006 2733000 0
May 2006 2734000 1000
June 2006 2736000 2000
July 2006 2740000 4000
August 2006 2733000 -7000
September 2006 2732000 -1000
October 2006 2731000 -1000
November 2006 2729000 -2000
December 2006 2730000 1000
January 2007 2731000 1000
February 2007 2732000 1000
March 2007 2731000 -1000
April 2007 2732000 1000
May 2007 2733000 1000
June 2007 2729000 -4000
July 2007 2727000 -2000
August 2007 2738000 11000
September 2007 2737000 -1000
October 2007 2734000 -3000
November 2007 2744000 10000
December 2007 2756000 12000
January 2008 2738000 -18000
February 2008 2747000 9000
March 2008 2752000 5000
April 2008 2755000 3000
May 2008 2757000 2000
June 2008 2759000 2000
July 2008 2767000 8000
August 2008 2766000 -1000
September 2008 2768000 2000
October 2008 2772000 4000
November 2008 2778000 6000
December 2008 2775000 -3000
January 2009 2786000 11000
February 2009 2795000 9000
March 2009 2797000 2000
April 2009 2922000 125000
May 2009 2860000 -62000
June 2009 2814000 -46000
July 2009 2826000 12000
August 2009 2825000 -1000
September 2009 2826000 1000
October 2009 2843000 17000
November 2009 2842000 -1000
December 2009 2831000 -11000
January 2010 2860000 29000
February 2010 2872000 12000
March 2010 2923000 51000
April 2010 2984000 61000
May 2010 3416000 432000
June 2010 3193000 -223000
July 2010 3051000 -142000
August 2010 2945000 -106000
September 2010 2869000 -76000
October 2010 2866000 -3000
November 2010 2866000 0
December 2010 2870000 4000
January 2011 2874000 4000
February 2011 2876000 2000
March 2011 2877000 1000
April 2011 2870000 -7000
May 2011 2871000 1000
June 2011 2860000 -11000
July 2011 2862000 2000
August 2011 2850000 -12000
September 2011 2846000 -4000
October 2011 2850000 4000
November 2011 2842000 -8000
December 2011 2836000 -6000
January 2012 2833000 -3000
February 2012 2828000 -5000
March 2012 2828000 0
April 2012 2826000 -2000
May 2012 2823000 -3000
June 2012 2824000 1000
July 2012 2815000 -9000
August 2012 2820000 5000
September 2012 2822000 2000
October 2012 2824000 2000
November 2012 2809000 -15000
December 2012 2806000 -3000
January 2013 2806000 0
February 2013 2806000 0
March 2013 2794000 -12000
April 2013 2794000 0
May 2013 2775000 -19000
June 2013 2771000 -4000
July 2013 2761000 -10000
August 2013 2754000 -7000
September 2013 2753000 -1000
October 2013 2739000 -14000
November 2013 2746000 7000
December 2013 2741000 -5000
January 2014 2736000 -5000
February 2014 2731000 -5000
March 2014 2728000 -3000
April 2014 2728000 0
May 2014 2728000 0
June 2014 2729000 1000
July 2014 2731000 2000
August 2014 2735000 4000
September 2014 2735000 0
October 2014 2735000 0
November 2014 2740000 5000
December 2014 2743000 3000
January 2015 2745000 2000
February 2015 2747000 2000
March 2015 2748000 1000
April 2015 2763000 15000
May 2015 2753000 -10000
June 2015 2754000 1000
July 2015 2756000 2000
August 2015 2760000 4000
September 2015 2759000 -1000
October 2015 2759000 0
November 2015 2766000 7000
December 2015 2776000 10000
January 2016 2771000 -5000
February 2016 2778000 7000
March 2016 2783000 5000
April 2016 2785000 2000
May 2016 2792000 7000
June 2016 2797000 5000
July 2016 2800000 3000
August 2016 2803000 3000
September 2016 2806000 3000
October 2016 2804000 -2000
November 2016 2798000 -6000
December 2016 2815000 17000
January 2017 2813000 -2000
February 2017 2812000 -1000
March 2017 2810000 -2000
April 2017 2798000 -12000
May 2017 2808000 10000
June 2017 2805000 -3000
July 2017 2806000 1000
August 2017 2802000 -4000
September 2017 2799000 -3000
October 2017 2802000 3000
November 2017 2791000 -11000
December 2017 2794000 3000
January 2018 2794000 0
February 2018 2790000 -4000
March 2018 2792000 2000
April 2018 2800000 8000
May 2018 2793000 -7000
June 2018 2798000 5000
July 2018 2799000 1000
August 2018 2801000 2000
September 2018 2805000 4000
October 2018 2805000 0
November 2018 2809000 4000
December 2018 2808000 -1000
January 2019 2804000 -4000
February 2019 2810000 6000
March 2019 2813000 3000
April 2019 2828000 15000
May 2019 2825000 -3000
June 2019 2834000 9000
July 2019 2830000 -4000
August 2019 2855000 25000
September 2019 2852000 -3000
October 2019 2838000 -14000
November 2019 2842000 4000
December 2019 2836000 -6000
January 2020 2856000 20000
February 2020 2855000 -1000
March 2020 2876000 21000
April 2020 2880000 4000
May 2020 2878000 -2000
June 2020 2884000 6000
July 2020 2907000 23000
August 2020 3158000 251000
September 2020 3122000 -36000
October 2020 2978000 -144000
November 2020 2889000 -89000
December 2020 2895000 6000
January 2021 2887000 -8000
February 2021 2881000 -6000
March 2021 2887000 6000
April 2021 2899000 12000
May 2021 2891000 -8000
June 2021 2889000 -2000
July 2021 2888000 -1000
August 2021 2890000 2000
September 2021 2887000 -3000
October 2021 2877000 -10000
November 2021 2882000 5000
December 2021 2873000 -9000
January 2022 2874000 1000
February 2022 2874000 0
March 2022 2873000 -1000
April 2022 2871000 -2000
May 2022 2868000 -3000
June 2022 2851000 -17000
July 2022 2867000 16000
August 2022 2865000 -2000
September 2022 2867000 2000
October 2022 2871000 4000
November 2022 2873000 2000
December 2022 2874000 1000
January 2023 2886000 12000
February 2023 2895000 9000
March 2023 2903000 8000