United States Payroll Employment for the Federal, except U.S. Postal Service 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, except u.s. postal service industry was 2,299,900 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 6,400 jobs to the federal, except u.s. postal service 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.

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US Payroll Employment for the Federal, except U.S. Postal Service Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Federal, except U.S. Postal Service Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Federal, except U.S. Postal Service Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1893800
February 2002 1899300 5500
March 2002 1900300 1000
April 2002 1905200 4900
May 2002 1911500 6300
June 2002 1916700 5200
July 2002 1921000 4300
August 2002 1929300 8300
September 2002 1938700 9400
October 2002 1952100 13400
November 2002 1956800 4700
December 2002 1961000 4200
January 2003 1967500 6500
February 2003 1969800 2300
March 2003 1974400 4600
April 2003 1953700 -20700
May 2003 1957000 3300
June 2003 1951400 -5600
July 2003 1951400 0
August 2003 1946200 -5200
September 2003 1948000 1800
October 2003 1943800 -4200
November 2003 1933900 -9900
December 2003 1941500 7600
January 2004 1938000 -3500
February 2004 1938300 300
March 2004 1941200 2900
April 2004 1964500 23300
May 2004 1946500 -18000
June 2004 1947500 1000
July 2004 1948400 900
August 2004 1949200 800
September 2004 1950600 1400
October 2004 1947400 -3200
November 2004 1951500 4100
December 2004 1951600 100
January 2005 1950300 -1300
February 2005 1953100 2800
March 2005 1957900 4800
April 2005 1955400 -2500
May 2005 1957300 1900
June 2005 1956300 -1000
July 2005 1954000 -2300
August 2005 1955600 1600
September 2005 1956800 1200
October 2005 1960600 3800
November 2005 1963800 3200
December 2005 1957900 -5900
January 2006 1953800 -4100
February 2006 1958900 5100
March 2006 1960400 1500
April 2006 1962100 1700
May 2006 1963300 1200
June 2006 1964300 1000
July 2006 1965900 1600
August 2006 1963800 -2100
September 2006 1963300 -500
October 2006 1963100 -200
November 2006 1961800 -1300
December 2006 1962200 400
January 2007 1964000 1800
February 2007 1964400 400
March 2007 1965100 700
April 2007 1965300 200
May 2007 1962900 -2400
June 2007 1960000 -2900
July 2007 1964500 4500
August 2007 1966800 2300
September 2007 1966000 -800
October 2007 1965700 -300
November 2007 1969800 4100
December 2007 1974400 4600
January 2008 1981000 6600
February 2008 1986900 5900
March 2008 1991400 4500
April 2008 1997100 5700
May 2008 2002800 5700
June 2008 2007700 4900
July 2008 2016700 9000
August 2008 2023300 6600
September 2008 2028400 5100
October 2008 2035000 6600
November 2008 2044700 9700
December 2008 2049600 4900
January 2009 2059500 9900
February 2009 2068200 8700
March 2009 2075000 6800
April 2009 2200800 125800
May 2009 2151600 -49200
June 2009 2109000 -42600
July 2009 2119800 10800
August 2009 2129700 9900
September 2009 2136600 6900
October 2009 2156600 20000
November 2009 2159000 2400
December 2009 2170200 11200
January 2010 2183700 13500
February 2010 2203800 20100
March 2010 2258500 54700
April 2010 2323300 64800
May 2010 2757100 433800
June 2010 2533800 -223300
July 2010 2396400 -137400
August 2010 2288500 -107900
September 2010 2214400 -74100
October 2010 2214000 -400
November 2010 2215500 1500
December 2010 2221000 5500
January 2011 2229100 8100
February 2011 2232700 3600
March 2011 2236800 4100
April 2011 2233900 -2900
May 2011 2235100 1200
June 2011 2229000 -6100
July 2011 2226300 -2700
August 2011 2222800 -3500
September 2011 2223900 1100
October 2011 2223700 -200
November 2011 2220900 -2800
December 2011 2218000 -2900
January 2012 2212800 -5200
February 2012 2210800 -2000
March 2012 2211800 1000
April 2012 2210300 -1500
May 2012 2209200 -1100
June 2012 2210900 1700
July 2012 2202800 -8100
August 2012 2210600 7800
September 2012 2216300 5700
October 2012 2213600 -2700
November 2012 2209100 -4500
December 2012 2207900 -1200
January 2013 2203600 -4300
February 2013 2203400 -200
March 2013 2201800 -1600
April 2013 2192600 -9200
May 2013 2184700 -7900
June 2013 2177900 -6800
July 2013 2168900 -9000
August 2013 2162000 -6900
September 2013 2159700 -2300
October 2013 2148800 -10900
November 2013 2151600 2800
December 2013 2147200 -4400
January 2014 2143800 -3400
February 2014 2139900 -3900
March 2014 2137900 -2000
April 2014 2135500 -2400
May 2014 2136200 700
June 2014 2136400 200
July 2014 2139000 2600
August 2014 2142600 3600
September 2014 2141200 -1400
October 2014 2141300 100
November 2014 2145000 3700
December 2014 2146700 1700
January 2015 2150000 3300
February 2015 2151500 1500
March 2015 2153600 2100
April 2015 2156500 2900
May 2015 2158200 1700
June 2015 2158700 500
July 2015 2160900 2200
August 2015 2163600 2700
September 2015 2162700 -900
October 2015 2162600 -100
November 2015 2167600 5000
December 2015 2171100 3500
January 2016 2172600 1500
February 2016 2173300 700
March 2016 2176600 3300
April 2016 2178900 2300
May 2016 2182500 3600
June 2016 2186600 4100
July 2016 2190800 4200
August 2016 2190100 -700
September 2016 2192900 2800
October 2016 2192300 -600
November 2016 2189600 -2700
December 2016 2196700 7100
January 2017 2198800 2100
February 2017 2196900 -1900
March 2017 2192800 -4100
April 2017 2185600 -7200
May 2017 2189500 3900
June 2017 2187700 -1800
July 2017 2187400 -300
August 2017 2188100 700
September 2017 2186600 -1500
October 2017 2186100 -500
November 2017 2181600 -4500
December 2017 2182700 1100
January 2018 2181600 -1100
February 2018 2181900 300
March 2018 2184700 2800
April 2018 2192100 7400
May 2018 2186500 -5600
June 2018 2191300 4800
July 2018 2193100 1800
August 2018 2193800 700
September 2018 2196100 2300
October 2018 2198600 2500
November 2018 2197900 -700
December 2018 2198400 500
January 2019 2201900 3500
February 2019 2203900 2000
March 2019 2206000 2100
April 2019 2223800 17800
May 2019 2216900 -6900
June 2019 2224000 7100
July 2019 2222700 -1300
August 2019 2246800 24100
September 2019 2244400 -2400
October 2019 2229200 -15200
November 2019 2233900 4700
December 2019 2233100 -800
January 2020 2249700 16600
February 2020 2260100 10400
March 2020 2280000 19900
April 2020 2284700 4700
May 2020 2274100 -10600
June 2020 2275600 1500
July 2020 2308500 32900
August 2020 2551700 243200
September 2020 2514800 -36900
October 2020 2372000 -142800
November 2020 2282200 -89800
December 2020 2286600 4400
January 2021 2280700 -5900
February 2021 2275700 -5000
March 2021 2281700 6000
April 2021 2286300 4600
May 2021 2286500 200
June 2021 2284400 -2100
July 2021 2281400 -3000
August 2021 2283100 1700
September 2021 2278900 -4200
October 2021 2275400 -3500
November 2021 2272300 -3100
December 2021 2266500 -5800
January 2022 2266100 -400
February 2022 2266800 700
March 2022 2265400 -1400
April 2022 2265100 -300
May 2022 2264800 -300
June 2022 2248900 -15900
July 2022 2263700 14800
August 2022 2264400 700
September 2022 2267300 2900
October 2022 2269600 2300
November 2022 2276500 6900
December 2022 2278800 2300
January 2023 2287500 8700
February 2023 2293500 6000
March 2023 2299900 6400