United States Payroll Employment for the Leisure and hospitality 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 leisure and hospitality industry was 16,577,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 72,000 jobs to the leisure and hospitality 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 Leisure and hospitality Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Leisure and hospitality Industry (Seas Adj.)
US 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