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Washington Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)

Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Washington's seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 578,500; this means that Washington added 2,700 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Washington's seasonally adjusted historical government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Washington's industries and links for many more of Washington's industries at this link.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Washington Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)

Washington Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)

Washington Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2007	529600
February 2007	529800	200
March 2007	528700	-1100
April 2007	531400	2700
May 2007	531800	400
June 2007	532900	1100
July 2007	535100	2200
August 2007	536500	1400
September 2007	537500	1000
October 2007	536000	-1500
November 2007	537200	1200
December 2007	537700	500
January 2008	539900	2200
February 2008	542200	2300
March 2008	541200	-1000
April 2008	541100	-100
May 2008	541700	600
June 2008	545300	3600
July 2008	548400	3100
August 2008	552600	4200
September 2008	549500	-3100
October 2008	549100	-400
November 2008	551800	2700
December 2008	551300	-500
January 2009	549600	-1700
February 2009	549700	100
March 2009	550500	800
April 2009	554600	4100
May 2009	553300	-1300
June 2009	548900	-4400
July 2009	548400	-500
August 2009	547900	-500
September 2009	547500	-400
October 2009	548900	1400
November 2009	548500	-400
December 2009	547500	-1000
January 2010	548400	900
February 2010	548200	-200
March 2010	548600	400
April 2010	550600	2000
May 2010	560400	9800
June 2010	554800	-5600
July 2010	551900	-2900
August 2010	549800	-2100
September 2010	545900	-3900
October 2010	547100	1200
November 2010	547000	-100
December 2010	546600	-400
January 2011	546800	200
February 2011	546300	-500
March 2011	545500	-800
April 2011	544600	-900
May 2011	544700	100
June 2011	543800	-900
July 2011	544100	300
August 2011	544100	0
September 2011	540700	-3400
October 2011	541400	700
November 2011	540500	-900
December 2011	539600	-900
January 2012	539700	100
February 2012	538600	-1100
March 2012	540600	2000
April 2012	541100	500
May 2012	540700	-400
June 2012	541700	1000
July 2012	541800	100
August 2012	540700	-1100
September 2012	540300	-400
October 2012	543000	2700
November 2012	542400	-600
December 2012	542500	100
January 2013	543500	1000
February 2013	543500	0
March 2013	543100	-400
April 2013	543000	-100
May 2013	543000	0
June 2013	542800	-200
July 2013	540800	-2000
August 2013	542700	1900
September 2013	541600	-1100
October 2013	543700	2100
November 2013	543500	-200
December 2013	545100	1600
January 2014	545600	500
February 2014	546300	700
March 2014	547700	1400
April 2014	548300	600
May 2014	548200	-100
June 2014	549200	1000
July 2014	551000	1800
August 2014	552500	1500
September 2014	554300	1800
October 2014	554300	0
November 2014	553300	-1000
December 2014	555200	1900
January 2015	556300	1100
February 2015	557300	1000
March 2015	559400	2100
April 2015	560400	1000
May 2015	560300	-100
June 2015	561200	900
July 2015	562900	1700
August 2015	564600	1700
September 2015	566500	1900
October 2015	563500	-3000
November 2015	564800	1300
December 2015	566000	1200
January 2016	568400	2400
February 2016	570300	1900
March 2016	571300	1000
April 2016	572100	800
May 2016	574600	2500
June 2016	574000	-600
July 2016	575400	1400
August 2016	577200	1800
September 2016	580800	3600
October 2016	579700	-1100
November 2016	581700	2000
December 2016	581900	200
January 2017	580600	-1300
February 2017	582400	1800
March 2017	583900	1500
April 2017	584500	600
May 2017	585700	1200
June 2017	586100	400
July 2017	589200	3100
August 2017	584600	-4600
September 2017	586000	1400
October 2017	588800	2800
November 2017	588900	100
December 2017	589400	500
January 2018	590000	600
February 2018	590300	300
March 2018	590200	-100
April 2018	590200	0
May 2018	589500	-700
June 2018	588200	-1300
July 2018	585000	-3200
August 2018	583500	-1500
September 2018	586100	2600
October 2018	587300	1200
November 2018	584800	-2500
December 2018	584500	-300
January 2019	587200	2700
February 2019	586800	-400
March 2019	587000	200
April 2019	587300	300
May 2019	587500	200
June 2019	588000	500
July 2019	585500	-2500
August 2019	585600	100
September 2019	586900	1300
October 2019	588000	1100
November 2019	588700	700
December 2019	590200	1500
January 2020	592900	2700
February 2020	595400	2500
March 2020	595800	400
April 2020	564100	-31700
May 2020	541600	-22500
June 2020	546500	4900
July 2020	550500	4000
August 2020	566800	16300
September 2020	558100	-8700
October 2020	543900	-14200
November 2020	542200	-1700
December 2020	544400	2200
January 2021	546300	1900
February 2021	549300	3000
March 2021	553500	4200
April 2021	560100	6600
May 2021	559100	-1000
June 2021	561300	2200
July 2021	562500	1200
August 2021	566400	3900
September 2021	567100	700
October 2021	561900	-5200
November 2021	562800	900
December 2021	562500	-300
January 2022	559900	-2600
February 2022	561600	1700
March 2022	562800	1200
April 2022	562700	-100
May 2022	563000	300
June 2022	563500	500
July 2022	566100	2600
August 2022	569600	3500
September 2022	568300	-1300
October 2022	571900	3600
November 2022	573500	1600
December 2022	574700	1200
January 2023	575800	1100
February 2023	578500	2700

Washington's 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 Washington industries. You can also see the seasonally adjusted Washington payroll employment for many more industries at this link.