United States Payroll Employment for the Food services and drinking places 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 services and drinking places industry was 12,263,900 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 50,300 jobs to the food services and drinking places 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 services and drinking places Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Food services and drinking places Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Food services and drinking places Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 8421400
February 2002 8385700 -35700
March 2002 8387200 1500
April 2002 8375900 -11300
May 2002 8389400 13500
June 2002 8376800 -12600
July 2002 8420300 43500
August 2002 8433100 12800
September 2002 8439000 5900
October 2002 8480100 41100
November 2002 8492600 12500
December 2002 8484200 -8400
January 2003 8530700 46500
February 2003 8511400 -19300
March 2003 8514300 2900
April 2003 8532100 17800
May 2003 8535400 3300
June 2003 8551100 15700
July 2003 8557000 5900
August 2003 8590200 33200
September 2003 8637100 46900
October 2003 8679200 42100
November 2003 8691100 11900
December 2003 8712500 21400
January 2004 8737500 25000
February 2004 8753000 15500
March 2004 8794500 41500
April 2004 8816500 22000
May 2004 8840500 24000
June 2004 8851700 11200
July 2004 8857400 5700
August 2004 8850900 -6500
September 2004 8897600 46700
October 2004 8929800 32200
November 2004 8947800 18000
December 2004 8970200 22400
January 2005 8998700 28500
February 2005 9027200 28500
March 2005 9051800 24600
April 2005 9101400 49600
May 2005 9088700 -12700
June 2005 9113000 24300
July 2005 9135400 22400
August 2005 9144900 9500
September 2005 9128800 -16100
October 2005 9118300 -10500
November 2005 9152800 34500
December 2005 9182600 29800
January 2006 9225500 42900
February 2006 9253600 28100
March 2006 9304400 50800
April 2006 9327300 22900
May 2006 9309800 -17500
June 2006 9317600 7800
July 2006 9355800 38200
August 2006 9374000 18200
September 2006 9371500 -2500
October 2006 9399700 28200
November 2006 9451800 52100
December 2006 9478100 26300
January 2007 9517300 39200
February 2007 9532600 15300
March 2007 9535600 3000
April 2007 9552000 16400
May 2007 9572300 20300
June 2007 9584200 11900
July 2007 9593400 9200
August 2007 9602100 8700
September 2007 9620400 18300
October 2007 9636900 16500
November 2007 9658200 21300
December 2007 9673000 14800
January 2008 9662000 -11000
February 2008 9658800 -3200
March 2008 9647900 -10900
April 2008 9632400 -15500
May 2008 9627800 -4600
June 2008 9622200 -5600
July 2008 9628300 6100
August 2008 9604900 -23400
September 2008 9572700 -32200
October 2008 9547200 -25500
November 2008 9514200 -33000
December 2008 9484200 -30000
January 2009 9462300 -21900
February 2009 9448100 -14200
March 2009 9419400 -28700
April 2009 9387700 -31700
May 2009 9425900 38200
June 2009 9433300 7400
July 2009 9431000 -2300
August 2009 9398000 -33000
September 2009 9367600 -30400
October 2009 9344000 -23600
November 2009 9333500 -10500
December 2009 9304500 -29000
January 2010 9298600 -5900
February 2010 9294200 -4400
March 2010 9311700 17500
April 2010 9322800 11100
May 2010 9340900 18100
June 2010 9352700 11800
July 2010 9358600 5900
August 2010 9379800 21200
September 2010 9430800 51000
October 2010 9452200 21400
November 2010 9455500 3300
December 2010 9479300 23800
January 2011 9482100 2800
February 2011 9509700 27600
March 2011 9550800 41100
April 2011 9583600 32800
May 2011 9599500 15900
June 2011 9618800 19300
July 2011 9626900 8100
August 2011 9653200 26300
September 2011 9690600 37400
October 2011 9720700 30100
November 2011 9767500 46800
December 2011 9791200 23700
January 2012 9834000 42800
February 2012 9865000 31000
March 2012 9915500 50500
April 2012 9924100 8600
May 2012 9926800 2700
June 2012 9926700 -100
July 2012 9952700 26000
August 2012 10002700 50000
September 2012 10062600 59900
October 2012 10070100 7500
November 2012 10085500 15400
December 2012 10143700 58200
January 2013 10184500 40800
February 2013 10219700 35200
March 2013 10237700 18000
April 2013 10275700 38000
May 2013 10316600 40900
June 2013 10352400 35800
July 2013 10400500 48100
August 2013 10429100 28600
September 2013 10443100 14000
October 2013 10468100 25000
November 2013 10498600 30500
December 2013 10507600 9000
January 2014 10532000 24400
February 2014 10543700 11700
March 2014 10600500 56800
April 2014 10638200 37700
May 2014 10671300 33100
June 2014 10697500 26200
July 2014 10709400 11900
August 2014 10732000 22600
September 2014 10761700 29700
October 2014 10788600 26900
November 2014 10819800 31200
December 2014 10854800 35000
January 2015 10874100 19300
February 2015 10924400 50300
March 2015 10930100 5700
April 2015 10965500 35400
May 2015 10999800 34300
June 2015 11037700 37900
July 2015 11084500 46800
August 2015 11110800 26300
September 2015 11156600 45800
October 2015 11201100 44500
November 2015 11237400 36300
December 2015 11271300 33900
January 2016 11318600 47300
February 2016 11337100 18500
March 2016 11364100 27000
April 2016 11379800 15700
May 2016 11404400 24600
June 2016 11430100 25700
July 2016 11442200 12100
August 2016 11479800 37600
September 2016 11544100 64300
October 2016 11539800 -4300
November 2016 11554800 15000
December 2016 11577300 22500
January 2017 11600300 23000
February 2017 11630000 29700
March 2017 11656400 26400
April 2017 11685200 28800
May 2017 11706000 20800
June 2017 11725100 19100
July 2017 11762600 37500
August 2017 11780300 17700
September 2017 11784900 4600
October 2017 11769600 -15300
November 2017 11794400 24800
December 2017 11816400 22000
January 2018 11827900 11500
February 2018 11846800 18900
March 2018 11845100 -1700
April 2018 11844100 -1000
May 2018 11857000 12900
June 2018 11882300 25300
July 2018 11894000 11700
August 2018 11896600 2600
September 2018 11887700 -8900
October 2018 11903500 15800
November 2018 11922600 19100
December 2018 11968100 45500
January 2019 12026500 58400
February 2019 12000000 -26500
March 2019 12011200 11200
April 2019 12032000 20800
May 2019 12009400 -22600
June 2019 11996000 -13400
July 2019 12004700 8700
August 2019 12053500 48800
September 2019 12112600 59100
October 2019 12160800 48200
November 2019 12185600 24800
December 2019 12214300 28700
January 2020 12263900 49600
February 2020 12338900 75000
March 2020 11721000 -617900
April 2020 6327200 -5393800
May 2020 7707400 1380200
June 2020 9106500 1399100
July 2020 9495800 389300
August 2020 9730400 234600
September 2020 9980800 250400
October 2020 10159100 178300
November 2020 10115500 -43600
December 2020 9731700 -383800
January 2021 9791100 59400
February 2021 10097600 306500
March 2021 10176000 78400
April 2021 10317300 141300
May 2021 10473500 156200
June 2021 10656100 182600
July 2021 10807700 151600
August 2021 10945200 137500
September 2021 11058200 113000
October 2021 11162100 103900
November 2021 11268100 106000
December 2021 11369800 101700
January 2022 11470600 100800
February 2022 11583400 112800
March 2022 11596600 13200
April 2022 11626500 29900
May 2022 11662600 36100
June 2022 11711000 48400
July 2022 11807100 96100
August 2022 11831900 24800
September 2022 11925100 93200
October 2022 11955900 30800
November 2022 12043100 87200
December 2022 12071900 28800
January 2023 12153400 81500
February 2023 12213600 60200
March 2023 12263900 50300