United States Payroll Employment for the Leisure and hospitality 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 leisure and hospitality payroll employment was 16,577,000; this means that the United States added 72,000 jobs to the leisure and hospitality 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 leisure and hospitality 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.

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

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Leisure and hospitality Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Leisure and hospitality Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Leisure and hospitality Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	12006000
February 2002	11962000	-44000
March 2002	11965000	3000
April 2002	11928000	-37000
May 2002	11936000	8000
June 2002	11905000	-31000
July 2002	11912000	7000
August 2002	11936000	24000
September 2002	11991000	55000
October 2002	12070000	79000
November 2002	12109000	39000
December 2002	12112000	3000
January 2003	12173000	61000
February 2003	12130000	-43000
March 2003	12109000	-21000
April 2003	12085000	-24000
May 2003	12092000	7000
June 2003	12121000	29000
July 2003	12143000	22000
August 2003	12177000	34000
September 2003	12208000	31000
October 2003	12259000	51000
November 2003	12284000	25000
December 2003	12320000	36000
January 2004	12346000	26000
February 2004	12372000	26000
March 2004	12425000	53000
April 2004	12435000	10000
May 2004	12481000	46000
June 2004	12495000	14000
July 2004	12495000	0
August 2004	12485000	-10000
September 2004	12550000	65000
October 2004	12582000	32000
November 2004	12606000	24000
December 2004	12630000	24000
January 2005	12665000	35000
February 2005	12690000	25000
March 2005	12718000	28000
April 2005	12802000	84000
May 2005	12797000	-5000
June 2005	12837000	40000
July 2005	12867000	30000
August 2005	12891000	24000
September 2005	12862000	-29000
October 2005	12840000	-22000
November 2005	12884000	44000
December 2005	12905000	21000
January 2006	12945000	40000
February 2006	12980000	35000
March 2006	13034000	54000
April 2006	13074000	40000
May 2006	13052000	-22000
June 2006	13061000	9000
July 2006	13130000	69000
August 2006	13152000	22000
September 2006	13150000	-2000
October 2006	13187000	37000
November 2006	13251000	64000
December 2006	13292000	41000
January 2007	13338000	46000
February 2007	13361000	23000
March 2007	13363000	2000
April 2007	13375000	12000
May 2007	13404000	29000
June 2007	13413000	9000
July 2007	13417000	4000
August 2007	13419000	2000
September 2007	13461000	42000
October 2007	13499000	38000
November 2007	13535000	36000
December 2007	13550000	15000
January 2008	13542000	-8000
February 2008	13543000	1000
March 2008	13531000	-12000
April 2008	13511000	-20000
May 2008	13498000	-13000
June 2008	13482000	-16000
July 2008	13463000	-19000
August 2008	13431000	-32000
September 2008	13379000	-52000
October 2008	13352000	-27000
November 2008	13300000	-52000
December 2008	13256000	-44000
January 2009	13222000	-34000
February 2009	13193000	-29000
March 2009	13127000	-66000
April 2009	13056000	-71000
May 2009	13106000	50000
June 2009	13076000	-30000
July 2009	13078000	2000
August 2009	13046000	-32000
September 2009	13054000	8000
October 2009	12995000	-59000
November 2009	12986000	-9000
December 2009	12944000	-42000
January 2010	12932000	-12000
February 2010	12927000	-5000
March 2010	12943000	16000
April 2010	12979000	36000
May 2010	13012000	33000
June 2010	13034000	22000
July 2010	13048000	14000
August 2010	13081000	33000
September 2010	13137000	56000
October 2010	13127000	-10000
November 2010	13126000	-1000
December 2010	13157000	31000
January 2011	13149000	-8000
February 2011	13188000	39000
March 2011	13247000	59000
April 2011	13298000	51000
May 2011	13293000	-5000
June 2011	13343000	50000
July 2011	13370000	27000
August 2011	13395000	25000
September 2011	13426000	31000
October 2011	13464000	38000
November 2011	13511000	47000
December 2011	13538000	27000
January 2012	13600000	62000
February 2012	13641000	41000
March 2012	13706000	65000
April 2012	13709000	3000
May 2012	13705000	-4000
June 2012	13702000	-3000
July 2012	13735000	33000
August 2012	13804000	69000
September 2012	13872000	68000
October 2012	13883000	11000
November 2012	13910000	27000
December 2012	13978000	68000
January 2013	14037000	59000
February 2013	14082000	45000
March 2013	14113000	31000
April 2013	14152000	39000
May 2013	14193000	41000
June 2013	14252000	59000
July 2013	14288000	36000
August 2013	14327000	39000
September 2013	14339000	12000
October 2013	14395000	56000
November 2013	14432000	37000
December 2013	14454000	22000
January 2014	14489000	35000
February 2014	14509000	20000
March 2014	14564000	55000
April 2014	14614000	50000
May 2014	14670000	56000
June 2014	14693000	23000
July 2014	14703000	10000
August 2014	14725000	22000
September 2014	14768000	43000
October 2014	14811000	43000
November 2014	14849000	38000
December 2014	14892000	43000
January 2015	14915000	23000
February 2015	14972000	57000
March 2015	14981000	9000
April 2015	15023000	42000
May 2015	15103000	80000
June 2015	15108000	5000
July 2015	15168000	60000
August 2015	15201000	33000
September 2015	15279000	78000
October 2015	15316000	37000
November 2015	15374000	58000
December 2015	15406000	32000
January 2016	15454000	48000
February 2016	15494000	40000
March 2016	15535000	41000
April 2016	15562000	27000
May 2016	15583000	21000
June 2016	15639000	56000
July 2016	15679000	40000
August 2016	15725000	46000
September 2016	15785000	60000
October 2016	15780000	-5000
November 2016	15826000	46000
December 2016	15845000	19000
January 2017	15874000	29000
February 2017	15917000	43000
March 2017	15941000	24000
April 2017	16006000	65000
May 2017	16046000	40000
June 2017	16087000	41000
July 2017	16122000	35000
August 2017	16150000	28000
September 2017	16140000	-10000
October 2017	16133000	-7000
November 2017	16160000	27000
December 2017	16183000	23000
January 2018	16209000	26000
February 2018	16231000	22000
March 2018	16239000	8000
April 2018	16226000	-13000
May 2018	16261000	35000
June 2018	16310000	49000
July 2018	16329000	19000
August 2018	16343000	14000
September 2018	16325000	-18000
October 2018	16356000	31000
November 2018	16361000	5000
December 2018	16412000	51000
January 2019	16517000	105000
February 2019	16498000	-19000
March 2019	16523000	25000
April 2019	16520000	-3000
May 2019	16505000	-15000
June 2019	16499000	-6000
July 2019	16511000	12000
August 2019	16574000	63000
September 2019	16645000	71000
October 2019	16710000	65000
November 2019	16745000	35000
December 2019	16794000	49000
January 2020	16853000	59000
February 2020	16945000	92000
March 2020	16198000	-747000
April 2020	8710000	-7488000
May 2020	9945000	1235000
June 2020	11754000	1809000
July 2020	12261000	507000
August 2020	12542000	281000
September 2020	13029000	487000
October 2020	13271000	242000
November 2020	13289000	18000
December 2020	12780000	-509000
January 2021	12835000	55000
February 2021	13207000	372000
March 2021	13352000	145000
April 2021	13558000	206000
May 2021	13782000	224000
June 2021	14055000	273000
July 2021	14339000	284000
August 2021	14565000	226000
September 2021	14765000	200000
October 2021	14931000	166000
November 2021	15108000	177000
December 2021	15258000	150000
January 2022	15374000	116000
February 2022	15536000	162000
March 2022	15590000	54000
April 2022	15626000	36000
May 2022	15699000	73000
June 2022	15774000	75000
July 2022	15887000	113000
August 2022	15935000	48000
September 2022	16074000	139000
October 2022	16135000	61000
November 2022	16258000	123000
December 2022	16316000	58000
January 2023	16415000	99000
February 2023	16505000	90000
March 2023	16577000	72000

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.