United States Payroll Employment for the Food and beverage stores 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 food and beverage stores industry was 3,240,200 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 6,400 jobs in the food and beverage stores 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 Food and beverage stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Food and beverage stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Food and beverage stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 3002500
February 2002 2984600 -17900
March 2002 2975800 -8800
April 2002 2968800 -7000
May 2002 2956100 -12700
June 2002 2955300 -800
July 2002 2949200 -6100
August 2002 2948700 -500
September 2002 2945600 -3100
October 2002 2948300 2700
November 2002 2939800 -8500
December 2002 2939500 -300
January 2003 2930700 -8800
February 2003 2926900 -3800
March 2003 2924800 -2100
April 2003 2923300 -1500
May 2003 2921800 -1500
June 2003 2915100 -6700
July 2003 2906900 -8200
August 2003 2904700 -2200
September 2003 2899700 -5000
October 2003 2904500 4800
November 2003 2887200 -17300
December 2003 2884400 -2800
January 2004 2890100 5700
February 2004 2898500 8400
March 2004 2899200 700
April 2004 2894900 -4300
May 2004 2896600 1700
June 2004 2893600 -3000
July 2004 2891500 -2100
August 2004 2886800 -4700
September 2004 2886900 100
October 2004 2886900 0
November 2004 2884100 -2800
December 2004 2879200 -4900
January 2005 2883000 3800
February 2005 2882700 -300
March 2005 2878300 -4400
April 2005 2886800 8500
May 2005 2889700 2900
June 2005 2896500 6800
July 2005 2895700 -800
August 2005 2885600 -10100
September 2005 2879300 -6300
October 2005 2885500 6200
November 2005 2883300 -2200
December 2005 2887600 4300
January 2006 2886000 -1600
February 2006 2885500 -500
March 2006 2885700 200
April 2006 2893600 7900
May 2006 2882000 -11600
June 2006 2879700 -2300
July 2006 2886000 6300
August 2006 2889900 3900
September 2006 2890300 400
October 2006 2892100 1800
November 2006 2893900 1800
December 2006 2897000 3100
January 2007 2892000 -5000
February 2007 2897500 5500
March 2007 2900100 2600
April 2007 2902500 2400
May 2007 2903600 1100
June 2007 2906000 2400
July 2007 2907700 1700
August 2007 2913400 5700
September 2007 2918800 5400
October 2007 2919800 1000
November 2007 2929300 9500
December 2007 2931200 1900
January 2008 2937700 6500
February 2008 2941800 4100
March 2008 2942100 300
April 2008 2936100 -6000
May 2008 2931300 -4800
June 2008 2929500 -1800
July 2008 2930200 700
August 2008 2918200 -12000
September 2008 2915400 -2800
October 2008 2917200 1800
November 2008 2915000 -2200
December 2008 2910000 -5000
January 2009 2910100 100
February 2009 2901500 -8600
March 2009 2900600 -900
April 2009 2895500 -5100
May 2009 2895900 400
June 2009 2900700 4800
July 2009 2893100 -7600
August 2009 2889700 -3400
September 2009 2882400 -7300
October 2009 2876200 -6200
November 2009 2869200 -7000
December 2009 2860900 -8300
January 2010 2878300 17400
February 2010 2864800 -13500
March 2010 2864100 -700
April 2010 2868100 4000
May 2010 2865600 -2500
June 2010 2862900 -2700
July 2010 2862500 -400
August 2010 2864500 2000
September 2010 2864100 -400
October 2010 2864500 400
November 2010 2866000 1500
December 2010 2865700 -300
January 2011 2865600 -100
February 2011 2866600 1000
March 2011 2870100 3500
April 2011 2883200 13100
May 2011 2877300 -5900
June 2011 2879800 2500
July 2011 2880600 800
August 2011 2881000 400
September 2011 2886000 5000
October 2011 2885400 -600
November 2011 2884600 -800
December 2011 2889900 5300
January 2012 2896500 6600
February 2012 2897800 1300
March 2012 2902500 4700
April 2012 2901000 -1500
May 2012 2912400 11400
June 2012 2913500 1100
July 2012 2918000 4500
August 2012 2921700 3700
September 2012 2925200 3500
October 2012 2927400 2200
November 2012 2941800 14400
December 2012 2947700 5900
January 2013 2953900 6200
February 2013 2960900 7000
March 2013 2962400 1500
April 2013 2964500 2100
May 2013 2971600 7100
June 2013 2978000 6400
July 2013 2985700 7700
August 2013 3000400 14700
September 2013 3005500 5100
October 2013 3012300 6800
November 2013 3013200 900
December 2013 3027200 14000
January 2014 3023900 -3300
February 2014 3029800 5900
March 2014 3036400 6600
April 2014 3050700 14300
May 2014 3049500 -1200
June 2014 3058500 9000
July 2014 3066800 8300
August 2014 3054000 -12800
September 2014 3078200 24200
October 2014 3092000 13800
November 2014 3102000 10000
December 2014 3107400 5400
January 2015 3113800 6400
February 2015 3114600 800
March 2015 3117300 2700
April 2015 3123000 5700
May 2015 3125600 2600
June 2015 3126700 1100
July 2015 3129800 3100
August 2015 3128500 -1300
September 2015 3128400 -100
October 2015 3126100 -2300
November 2015 3121600 -4500
December 2015 3117500 -4100
January 2016 3119400 1900
February 2016 3140800 21400
March 2016 3143600 2800
April 2016 3148000 4400
May 2016 3150600 2600
June 2016 3156600 6000
July 2016 3157400 800
August 2016 3160900 3500
September 2016 3164100 3200
October 2016 3160900 -3200
November 2016 3161100 200
December 2016 3158200 -2900
January 2017 3158800 600
February 2017 3159400 600
March 2017 3159800 400
April 2017 3148800 -11000
May 2017 3146700 -2100
June 2017 3146400 -300
July 2017 3143100 -3300
August 2017 3143900 800
September 2017 3135100 -8800
October 2017 3135900 800
November 2017 3148200 12300
December 2017 3150000 1800
January 2018 3143300 -6700
February 2018 3142200 -1100
March 2018 3137900 -4300
April 2018 3139800 1900
May 2018 3143400 3600
June 2018 3129900 -13500
July 2018 3134400 4500
August 2018 3134200 -200
September 2018 3128400 -5800
October 2018 3127100 -1300
November 2018 3128700 1600
December 2018 3133200 4500
January 2019 3133000 -200
February 2019 3132400 -600
March 2019 3132600 200
April 2019 3134600 2000
May 2019 3134000 -600
June 2019 3133900 -100
July 2019 3136300 2400
August 2019 3130200 -6100
September 2019 3139700 9500
October 2019 3143400 3700
November 2019 3142900 -500
December 2019 3134400 -8500
January 2020 3130300 -4100
February 2020 3123900 -6400
March 2020 3116900 -7000
April 2020 3084300 -32600
May 2020 3150400 66100
June 2020 3187200 36800
July 2020 3169800 -17400
August 2020 3180000 10200
September 2020 3190000 10000
October 2020 3195800 5800
November 2020 3200100 4300
December 2020 3207500 7400
January 2021 3211100 3600
February 2021 3216100 5000
March 2021 3220700 4600
April 2021 3170900 -49800
May 2021 3169000 -1900
June 2021 3165700 -3300
July 2021 3158600 -7100
August 2021 3148700 -9900
September 2021 3137200 -11500
October 2021 3149900 12700
November 2021 3160600 10700
December 2021 3157600 -3000
January 2022 3154900 -2700
February 2022 3169400 14500
March 2022 3182300 12900
April 2022 3179300 -3000
May 2022 3177400 -1900
June 2022 3180700 3300
July 2022 3196300 15600
August 2022 3210200 13900
September 2022 3211700 1500
October 2022 3210400 -1300
November 2022 3219300 8900
December 2022 3231900 12600
January 2023 3242600 10700
February 2023 3246600 4000
March 2023 3240200 -6400