United States Payroll Employment for the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on January 9, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2022, the United State's seasonally adjusted general merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters payroll employment was 2,222,900; this means that the United States lost 6,400 jobs in the general merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters industry in the month of December 2022. 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 general merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to December 2022.

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 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1096800
February 2002 1120500 23700
March 2002 1131300 10800
April 2002 1139200 7900
May 2002 1142700 3500
June 2002 1149000 6300
July 2002 1155900 6900
August 2002 1148300 -7600
September 2002 1154000 5700
October 2002 1156500 2500
November 2002 1159700 3200
December 2002 1171700 12000
January 2003 1176300 4600
February 2003 1189300 13000
March 2003 1200000 10700
April 2003 1211300 11300
May 2003 1215900 4600
June 2003 1214400 -1500
July 2003 1223700 9300
August 2003 1231300 7600
September 2003 1236700 5400
October 2003 1239700 3000
November 2003 1235900 -3800
December 2003 1242100 6200
January 2004 1245000 2900
February 2004 1246400 1400
March 2004 1249500 3100
April 2004 1253900 4400
May 2004 1258600 4700
June 2004 1280200 21600
July 2004 1272500 -7700
August 2004 1278600 6100
September 2004 1286300 7700
October 2004 1294500 8200
November 2004 1303600 9100
December 2004 1314200 10600
January 2005 1319200 5000
February 2005 1330500 11300
March 2005 1338300 7800
April 2005 1344600 6300
May 2005 1347800 3200
June 2005 1353000 5200
July 2005 1356800 3800
August 2005 1363200 6400
September 2005 1366100 2900
October 2005 1372300 6200
November 2005 1387400 15100
December 2005 1381100 -6300
January 2006 1389600 8500
February 2006 1389300 -300
March 2006 1421300 32000
April 2006 1392600 -28700
May 2006 1391400 -1200
June 2006 1384600 -6800
July 2006 1384400 -200
August 2006 1387700 3300
September 2006 1392300 4600
October 2006 1396600 4300
November 2006 1396000 -600
December 2006 1398100 2100
January 2007 1406000 7900
February 2007 1416400 10400
March 2007 1469400 53000
April 2007 1427400 -42000
May 2007 1444500 17100
June 2007 1437500 -7000
July 2007 1442200 4700
August 2007 1445800 3600
September 2007 1454500 8700
October 2007 1460400 5900
November 2007 1464000 3600
December 2007 1473700 9700
January 2008 1481800 8100
February 2008 1487100 5300
March 2008 1518000 30900
April 2008 1489500 -28500
May 2008 1488100 -1400
June 2008 1501600 13500
July 2008 1506600 5000
August 2008 1509900 3300
September 2008 1509200 -700
October 2008 1503900 -5300
November 2008 1510000 6100
December 2008 1512700 2700
January 2009 1513600 900
February 2009 1503900 -9700
March 2009 1540300 36400
April 2009 1521200 -19100
May 2009 1522300 1100
June 2009 1523500 1200
July 2009 1510200 -13300
August 2009 1508400 -1800
September 2009 1500000 -8400
October 2009 1493600 -6400
November 2009 1496300 2700
December 2009 1477700 -18600
January 2010 1491300 13600
February 2010 1492500 1200
March 2010 1523300 30800
April 2010 1493600 -29700
May 2010 1502600 9000
June 2010 1511600 9000
July 2010 1518200 6600
August 2010 1521600 3400
September 2010 1524800 3200
October 2010 1528300 3500
November 2010 1523100 -5200
December 2010 1518300 -4800
January 2011 1532500 14200
February 2011 1540200 7700
March 2011 1547800 7600
April 2011 1552100 4300
May 2011 1554300 2200
June 2011 1562300 8000
July 2011 1566100 3800
August 2011 1571100 5000
September 2011 1575200 4100
October 2011 1580200 5000
November 2011 1587100 6900
December 2011 1586700 -400
January 2012 1593300 6600
February 2012 1588500 -4800
March 2012 1597300 8800
April 2012 1605100 7800
May 2012 1610600 5500
June 2012 1615300 4700
July 2012 1623900 8600
August 2012 1631900 8000
September 2012 1644000 12100
October 2012 1655100 11100
November 2012 1665200 10100
December 2012 1674900 9700
January 2013 1685000 10100
February 2013 1695200 10200
March 2013 1710300 15100
April 2013 1711300 1000
May 2013 1718200 6900
June 2013 1724100 5900
July 2013 1731200 7100
August 2013 1736700 5500
September 2013 1740800 4100
October 2013 1742100 1300
November 2013 1746400 4300
December 2013 1751100 4700
January 2014 1758300 7200
February 2014 1762500 4200
March 2014 1759900 -2600
April 2014 1759800 -100
May 2014 1759500 -300
June 2014 1763200 3700
July 2014 1766800 3600
August 2014 1769600 2800
September 2014 1770300 700
October 2014 1776000 5700
November 2014 1778100 2100
December 2014 1783100 5000
January 2015 1787100 4000
February 2015 1788700 1600
March 2015 1800900 12200
April 2015 1810400 9500
May 2015 1816000 5600
June 2015 1820000 4000
July 2015 1822000 2000
August 2015 1827500 5500
September 2015 1831600 4100
October 2015 1836700 5100
November 2015 1845300 8600
December 2015 1846500 1200
January 2016 1848800 2300
February 2016 1859900 11100
March 2016 1877400 17500
April 2016 1879000 1600
May 2016 1893100 14100
June 2016 1902500 9400
July 2016 1909100 6600
August 2016 1917400 8300
September 2016 1926900 9500
October 2016 1939900 13000
November 2016 1936300 -3600
December 2016 1950400 14100
January 2017 1963300 12900
February 2017 1952300 -11000
March 2017 1946600 -5700
April 2017 1945800 -800
May 2017 1943200 -2600
June 2017 1954200 11000
July 2017 1957000 2800
August 2017 1963400 6400
September 2017 1958600 -4800
October 2017 1948800 -9800
November 2017 1936700 -12100
December 2017 1928200 -8500
January 2018 1936200 8000
February 2018 1946400 10200
March 2018 1949400 3000
April 2018 1956800 7400
May 2018 1955000 -1800
June 2018 1939400 -15600
July 2018 1956800 17400
August 2018 1975000 18200
September 2018 1962300 -12700
October 2018 1959300 -3000
November 2018 1975000 15700
December 2018 1963500 -11500
January 2019 1957600 -5900
February 2019 1953900 -3700
March 2019 1952200 -1700
April 2019 1950800 -1400
May 2019 1952900 2100
June 2019 1953000 100
July 2019 1962000 9000
August 2019 1964500 2500
September 2019 1968200 3700
October 2019 1965700 -2500
November 2019 1974800 9100
December 2019 1978900 4100
January 2020 1980700 1800
February 2020 1982000 1300
March 2020 1992900 10900
April 2020 2098700 105800
May 2020 2114100 15400
June 2020 2171800 57700
July 2020 2129900 -41900
August 2020 2233500 103600
September 2020 2136300 -97200
October 2020 2140800 4500
November 2020 2145400 4600
December 2020 2109200 -36200
January 2021 2156400 47200
February 2021 2159700 3300
March 2021 2154600 -5100
April 2021 2154700 100
May 2021 2107500 -47200
June 2021 2128700 21200
July 2021 2139600 10900
August 2021 2147100 7500
September 2021 2168400 21300
October 2021 2187400 19000
November 2021 2196700 9300
December 2021 2205800 9100
January 2022 2260200 54400
February 2022 2302300 42100
March 2022 2276600 -25700
April 2022 2283100 6500
May 2022 2256900 -26200
June 2022 2255800 -1100
July 2022 2255900 100
August 2022 2258700 2800
September 2022 2246800 -11900
October 2022 2239600 -7200
November 2022 2229300 -10300
December 2022 2222900 -6400

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.