United States Payroll Employment for the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Seas Adj.)

Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted independent artists, writers, and performers payroll employment was 52,800; this means that the United States added 1,600 jobs to the independent artists, writers, and performers 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 the United State's seasonally adjusted historical independent artists, writers, and performers payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 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.

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

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Independent artists, writers, and performers Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	39300
February 2002	39600	300
March 2002	40000	400
April 2002	40200	200
May 2002	39600	-600
June 2002	38600	-1000
July 2002	38400	-200
August 2002	39400	1000
September 2002	40200	800
October 2002	40700	500
November 2002	40700	0
December 2002	42600	1900
January 2003	41100	-1500
February 2003	42300	1200
March 2003	41300	-1000
April 2003	40400	-900
May 2003	42200	1800
June 2003	43100	900
July 2003	42700	-400
August 2003	40900	-1800
September 2003	43500	2600
October 2003	43900	400
November 2003	44000	100
December 2003	44000	0
January 2004	43600	-400
February 2004	42700	-900
March 2004	42100	-600
April 2004	41700	-400
May 2004	41300	-400
June 2004	39900	-1400
July 2004	40500	600
August 2004	40100	-400
September 2004	40500	400
October 2004	42600	2100
November 2004	41500	-1100
December 2004	41200	-300
January 2005	42400	1200
February 2005	41500	-900
March 2005	42500	1000
April 2005	42400	-100
May 2005	43700	1300
June 2005	44100	400
July 2005	44900	800
August 2005	45100	200
September 2005	46400	1300
October 2005	45800	-600
November 2005	44900	-900
December 2005	46100	1200
January 2006	45500	-600
February 2006	45800	300
March 2006	46800	1000
April 2006	47600	800
May 2006	47600	0
June 2006	48900	1300
July 2006	49000	100
August 2006	48500	-500
September 2006	47600	-900
October 2006	47500	-100
November 2006	48600	1100
December 2006	48900	300
January 2007	48400	-500
February 2007	49000	600
March 2007	48700	-300
April 2007	50400	1700
May 2007	50200	-200
June 2007	50200	0
July 2007	50200	0
August 2007	50100	-100
September 2007	49700	-400
October 2007	49400	-300
November 2007	48800	-600
December 2007	48700	-100
January 2008	48600	-100
February 2008	49500	900
March 2008	49200	-300
April 2008	48600	-600
May 2008	48700	100
June 2008	48900	200
July 2008	48100	-800
August 2008	48500	400
September 2008	48000	-500
October 2008	49300	1300
November 2008	49500	200
December 2008	47000	-2500
January 2009	48500	1500
February 2009	47500	-1000
March 2009	46000	-1500
April 2009	46900	900
May 2009	43000	-3900
June 2009	43100	100
July 2009	43000	-100
August 2009	42600	-400
September 2009	43400	800
October 2009	43100	-300
November 2009	43800	700
December 2009	44000	200
January 2010	42200	-1800
February 2010	42500	300
March 2010	43100	600
April 2010	43300	200
May 2010	43800	500
June 2010	44500	700
July 2010	45000	500
August 2010	45800	800
September 2010	44100	-1700
October 2010	42700	-1400
November 2010	43900	1200
December 2010	45500	1600
January 2011	45600	100
February 2011	45500	-100
March 2011	45000	-500
April 2011	45200	200
May 2011	45500	300
June 2011	45700	200
July 2011	46100	400
August 2011	46300	200
September 2011	45900	-400
October 2011	44900	-1000
November 2011	44200	-700
December 2011	44000	-200
January 2012	44700	700
February 2012	45700	1000
March 2012	47000	1300
April 2012	46700	-300
May 2012	46500	-200
June 2012	46200	-300
July 2012	45500	-700
August 2012	50800	5300
September 2012	47200	-3600
October 2012	48100	900
November 2012	49100	1000
December 2012	46900	-2200
January 2013	47400	500
February 2013	47100	-300
March 2013	48500	1400
April 2013	49700	1200
May 2013	47900	-1800
June 2013	47200	-700
July 2013	46100	-1100
August 2013	47400	1300
September 2013	48400	1000
October 2013	49000	600
November 2013	48800	-200
December 2013	49800	1000
January 2014	50000	200
February 2014	49000	-1000
March 2014	49400	400
April 2014	49100	-300
May 2014	48800	-300
June 2014	50100	1300
July 2014	49800	-300
August 2014	48300	-1500
September 2014	48700	400
October 2014	49700	1000
November 2014	51200	1500
December 2014	50000	-1200
January 2015	48800	-1200
February 2015	49500	700
March 2015	50100	600
April 2015	49900	-200
May 2015	51300	1400
June 2015	50600	-700
July 2015	50800	200
August 2015	51700	900
September 2015	52200	500
October 2015	52000	-200
November 2015	52800	800
December 2015	51900	-900
January 2016	52000	100
February 2016	52700	700
March 2016	51700	-1000
April 2016	53600	1900
May 2016	52700	-900
June 2016	52800	100
July 2016	53100	300
August 2016	51700	-1400
September 2016	49500	-2200
October 2016	49800	300
November 2016	49400	-400
December 2016	50900	1500
January 2017	50900	0
February 2017	50600	-300
March 2017	50200	-400
April 2017	49800	-400
May 2017	50700	900
June 2017	52900	2200
July 2017	50800	-2100
August 2017	49300	-1500
September 2017	51000	1700
October 2017	50600	-400
November 2017	49500	-1100
December 2017	49200	-300
January 2018	49300	100
February 2018	48700	-600
March 2018	49800	1100
April 2018	49100	-700
May 2018	47200	-1900
June 2018	50000	2800
July 2018	51000	1000
August 2018	53100	2100
September 2018	53200	100
October 2018	52800	-400
November 2018	53900	1100
December 2018	52900	-1000
January 2019	50900	-2000
February 2019	53600	2700
March 2019	52600	-1000
April 2019	54500	1900
May 2019	54300	-200
June 2019	54000	-300
July 2019	53300	-700
August 2019	52800	-500
September 2019	53500	700
October 2019	53700	200
November 2019	53100	-600
December 2019	52900	-200
January 2020	52900	0
February 2020	52200	-700
March 2020	52000	-200
April 2020	32600	-19400
May 2020	33000	400
June 2020	36100	3100
July 2020	35000	-1100
August 2020	36100	1100
September 2020	36900	800
October 2020	41000	4100
November 2020	40700	-300
December 2020	42900	2200
January 2021	42700	-200
February 2021	44300	1600
March 2021	45100	800
April 2021	45900	800
May 2021	46500	600
June 2021	47400	900
July 2021	49800	2400
August 2021	51000	1200
September 2021	51300	300
October 2021	52800	1500
November 2021	54200	1400
December 2021	55100	900
January 2022	48700	-6400
February 2022	55400	6700
March 2022	57000	1600
April 2022	57900	900
May 2022	58800	900
June 2022	58000	-800
July 2022	56900	-1100
August 2022	55700	-1200
September 2022	57100	1400
October 2022	55900	-1200
November 2022	52200	-3700
December 2022	52300	100
January 2023	51200	-1100
February 2023	52800	1600

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.