United States Payroll Employment for the Food manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted food manufacturing payroll employment was 1,729,400; this means that the United States added 3,400 jobs to the food manufacturing industry in the month of March 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 food manufacturing payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 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 Food manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Food manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Food manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1539500
February 2002 1536900 -2600
March 2002 1536300 -600
April 2002 1533000 -3300
May 2002 1526400 -6600
June 2002 1526800 400
July 2002 1518300 -8500
August 2002 1509200 -9100
September 2002 1513600 4400
October 2002 1518000 4400
November 2002 1521200 3200
December 2002 1520000 -1200
January 2003 1527700 7700
February 2003 1522100 -5600
March 2003 1519700 -2400
April 2003 1514900 -4800
May 2003 1514800 -100
June 2003 1514100 -700
July 2003 1514200 100
August 2003 1520400 6200
September 2003 1523100 2700
October 2003 1520600 -2500
November 2003 1509500 -11100
December 2003 1507800 -1700
January 2004 1499900 -7900
February 2004 1499000 -900
March 2004 1496900 -2100
April 2004 1501100 4200
May 2004 1500300 -800
June 2004 1492500 -7800
July 2004 1496600 4100
August 2004 1491800 -4800
September 2004 1491200 -600
October 2004 1492100 900
November 2004 1485000 -7100
December 2004 1482200 -2800
January 2005 1481600 -600
February 2005 1481800 200
March 2005 1483700 1900
April 2005 1478100 -5600
May 2005 1479000 900
June 2005 1478300 -700
July 2005 1485700 7400
August 2005 1477300 -8400
September 2005 1467300 -10000
October 2005 1469300 2000
November 2005 1473100 3800
December 2005 1476100 3000
January 2006 1477200 1100
February 2006 1477300 100
March 2006 1478400 1100
April 2006 1482900 4500
May 2006 1478900 -4000
June 2006 1481000 2100
July 2006 1482100 1100
August 2006 1478900 -3200
September 2006 1484100 5200
October 2006 1479600 -4500
November 2006 1482700 3100
December 2006 1470100 -12600
January 2007 1479900 9800
February 2007 1478700 -1200
March 2007 1480900 2200
April 2007 1479300 -1600
May 2007 1482600 3300
June 2007 1488700 6100
July 2007 1495600 6900
August 2007 1483600 -12000
September 2007 1475900 -7700
October 2007 1483700 7800
November 2007 1483600 -100
December 2007 1492300 8700
January 2008 1491800 -500
February 2008 1493100 1300
March 2008 1488200 -4900
April 2008 1484100 -4100
May 2008 1481200 -2900
June 2008 1477400 -3800
July 2008 1472600 -4800
August 2008 1473100 500
September 2008 1472600 -500
October 2008 1474800 2200
November 2008 1484700 9900
December 2008 1470000 -14700
January 2009 1466800 -3200
February 2009 1459000 -7800
March 2009 1451800 -7200
April 2009 1457600 5800
May 2009 1455900 -1700
June 2009 1454300 -1600
July 2009 1452900 -1400
August 2009 1457100 4200
September 2009 1459200 2100
October 2009 1457700 -1500
November 2009 1456300 -1400
December 2009 1453300 -3000
January 2010 1447900 -5400
February 2010 1447200 -700
March 2010 1447300 100
April 2010 1447500 200
May 2010 1452300 4800
June 2010 1454000 1700
July 2010 1458200 4200
August 2010 1453400 -4800
September 2010 1450900 -2500
October 2010 1443600 -7300
November 2010 1453800 10200
December 2010 1454500 700
January 2011 1461400 6900
February 2011 1461200 -200
March 2011 1461100 -100
April 2011 1464600 3500
May 2011 1461100 -3500
June 2011 1457700 -3400
July 2011 1462600 4900
August 2011 1457800 -4800
September 2011 1455500 -2300
October 2011 1459700 4200
November 2011 1454500 -5200
December 2011 1449800 -4700
January 2012 1456300 6500
February 2012 1457600 1300
March 2012 1462000 4400
April 2012 1464500 2500
May 2012 1467500 3000
June 2012 1469600 2100
July 2012 1473100 3500
August 2012 1478700 5600
September 2012 1480600 1900
October 2012 1483300 2700
November 2012 1473400 -9900
December 2012 1463900 -9500
January 2013 1468000 4100
February 2013 1468800 800
March 2013 1470300 1500
April 2013 1470700 400
May 2013 1470600 -100
June 2013 1471100 500
July 2013 1468800 -2300
August 2013 1470400 1600
September 2013 1473500 3100
October 2013 1480000 6500
November 2013 1484800 4800
December 2013 1487600 2800
January 2014 1486700 -900
February 2014 1488100 1400
March 2014 1484800 -3300
April 2014 1484500 -300
May 2014 1479700 -4800
June 2014 1473700 -6000
July 2014 1476900 3200
August 2014 1480500 3600
September 2014 1485500 5000
October 2014 1489000 3500
November 2014 1490700 1700
December 2014 1494400 3700
January 2015 1498700 4300
February 2015 1501000 2300
March 2015 1505200 4200
April 2015 1504900 -300
May 2015 1506500 1600
June 2015 1508900 2400
July 2015 1512300 3400
August 2015 1508600 -3700
September 2015 1515600 7000
October 2015 1522100 6500
November 2015 1528100 6000
December 2015 1531900 3800
January 2016 1540600 8700
February 2016 1537800 -2800
March 2016 1540500 2700
April 2016 1544000 3500
May 2016 1544100 100
June 2016 1562000 17900
July 2016 1570100 8100
August 2016 1568800 -1300
September 2016 1566900 -1900
October 2016 1567500 600
November 2016 1569100 1600
December 2016 1572200 3100
January 2017 1577200 5000
February 2017 1588300 11100
March 2017 1588400 100
April 2017 1593100 4700
May 2017 1595900 2800
June 2017 1598300 2400
July 2017 1601800 3500
August 2017 1609100 7300
September 2017 1609500 400
October 2017 1603400 -6100
November 2017 1603400 0
December 2017 1606600 3200
January 2018 1608000 1400
February 2018 1608800 800
March 2018 1610100 1300
April 2018 1607700 -2400
May 2018 1617500 9800
June 2018 1625400 7900
July 2018 1627900 2500
August 2018 1628100 200
September 2018 1630100 2000
October 2018 1629700 -400
November 2018 1629300 -400
December 2018 1628300 -1000
January 2019 1630400 2100
February 2019 1629300 -1100
March 2019 1633300 4000
April 2019 1634600 1300
May 2019 1636900 2300
June 2019 1642000 5100
July 2019 1645100 3100
August 2019 1649400 4300
September 2019 1654400 5000
October 2019 1659100 4700
November 2019 1662800 3700
December 2019 1661200 -1600
January 2020 1655000 -6200
February 2020 1654600 -400
March 2020 1648000 -6600
April 2020 1552900 -95100
May 2020 1578200 25300
June 2020 1590300 12100
July 2020 1595400 5100
August 2020 1610600 15200
September 2020 1616000 5400
October 2020 1621400 5400
November 2020 1624700 3300
December 2020 1632200 7500
January 2021 1632100 -100
February 2021 1630600 -1500
March 2021 1637300 6700
April 2021 1631900 -5400
May 2021 1628700 -3200
June 2021 1625600 -3100
July 2021 1631700 6100
August 2021 1630700 -1000
September 2021 1638100 7400
October 2021 1646300 8200
November 2021 1655000 8700
December 2021 1660900 5900
January 2022 1667600 6700
February 2022 1675700 8100
March 2022 1681400 5700
April 2022 1688000 6600
May 2022 1695900 7900
June 2022 1700100 4200
July 2022 1702900 2800
August 2022 1700600 -2300
September 2022 1707600 7000
October 2022 1707600 0
November 2022 1714500 6900
December 2022 1717300 2800
January 2023 1724600 7300
February 2023 1726000 1400
March 2023 1729400 3400

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.