United States Payroll Employment for the Payroll services 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 payroll services payroll employment was 216,600; this means that the United States lost 500 jobs in the payroll services 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 payroll services 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.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Payroll services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Payroll services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Payroll services Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 127500
February 2002 125000 -2500
March 2002 124900 -100
April 2002 124000 -900
May 2002 126300 2300
June 2002 132400 6100
July 2002 129100 -3300
August 2002 128700 -400
September 2002 130700 2000
October 2002 133500 2800
November 2002 133100 -400
December 2002 133300 200
January 2003 133100 -200
February 2003 134700 1600
March 2003 134700 0
April 2003 134700 0
May 2003 134000 -700
June 2003 130600 -3400
July 2003 131300 700
August 2003 133400 2100
September 2003 132600 -800
October 2003 131500 -1100
November 2003 129300 -2200
December 2003 128700 -600
January 2004 128500 -200
February 2004 129900 1400
March 2004 125600 -4300
April 2004 121700 -3900
May 2004 125400 3700
June 2004 125800 400
July 2004 125000 -800
August 2004 123900 -1100
September 2004 121700 -2200
October 2004 124100 2400
November 2004 128100 4000
December 2004 131800 3700
January 2005 130300 -1500
February 2005 127700 -2600
March 2005 131800 4100
April 2005 133500 1700
May 2005 135200 1700
June 2005 137400 2200
July 2005 140400 3000
August 2005 143300 2900
September 2005 142700 -600
October 2005 142200 -500
November 2005 138300 -3900
December 2005 140800 2500
January 2006 143000 2200
February 2006 144500 1500
March 2006 149500 5000
April 2006 148200 -1300
May 2006 147900 -300
June 2006 151700 3800
July 2006 150500 -1200
August 2006 148000 -2500
September 2006 150000 2000
October 2006 151400 1400
November 2006 154600 3200
December 2006 158000 3400
January 2007 161200 3200
February 2007 163000 1800
March 2007 160800 -2200
April 2007 163700 2900
May 2007 167600 3900
June 2007 168100 500
July 2007 170500 2400
August 2007 174000 3500
September 2007 178300 4300
October 2007 179000 700
November 2007 172200 -6800
December 2007 176600 4400
January 2008 174000 -2600
February 2008 173000 -1000
March 2008 174100 1100
April 2008 174500 400
May 2008 173300 -1200
June 2008 170800 -2500
July 2008 166000 -4800
August 2008 162100 -3900
September 2008 162000 -100
October 2008 163000 1000
November 2008 162800 -200
December 2008 161400 -1400
January 2009 157600 -3800
February 2009 156100 -1500
March 2009 153700 -2400
April 2009 150900 -2800
May 2009 149100 -1800
June 2009 148000 -1100
July 2009 148700 700
August 2009 148300 -400
September 2009 145900 -2400
October 2009 148900 3000
November 2009 142400 -6500
December 2009 142900 500
January 2010 143100 200
February 2010 145000 1900
March 2010 146600 1600
April 2010 151600 5000
May 2010 149800 -1800
June 2010 148500 -1300
July 2010 155100 6600
August 2010 159400 4300
September 2010 155800 -3600
October 2010 156300 500
November 2010 158700 2400
December 2010 159800 1100
January 2011 162400 2600
February 2011 162200 -200
March 2011 164600 2400
April 2011 164700 100
May 2011 164700 0
June 2011 165700 1000
July 2011 165200 -500
August 2011 162900 -2300
September 2011 167500 4600
October 2011 168400 900
November 2011 168100 -300
December 2011 167500 -600
January 2012 166200 -1300
February 2012 164100 -2100
March 2012 160900 -3200
April 2012 160000 -900
May 2012 162700 2700
June 2012 161000 -1700
July 2012 161100 100
August 2012 162900 1800
September 2012 162600 -300
October 2012 164600 2000
November 2012 164400 -200
December 2012 165800 1400
January 2013 167800 2000
February 2013 171800 4000
March 2013 174100 2300
April 2013 175400 1300
May 2013 176900 1500
June 2013 175100 -1800
July 2013 175100 0
August 2013 172500 -2600
September 2013 175700 3200
October 2013 174700 -1000
November 2013 176700 2000
December 2013 176500 -200
January 2014 176500 0
February 2014 179400 2900
March 2014 178500 -900
April 2014 180500 2000
May 2014 178100 -2400
June 2014 177400 -700
July 2014 180600 3200
August 2014 179900 -700
September 2014 177500 -2400
October 2014 174600 -2900
November 2014 176600 2000
December 2014 178900 2300
January 2015 177800 -1100
February 2015 176700 -1100
March 2015 176900 200
April 2015 173300 -3600
May 2015 171100 -2200
June 2015 172400 1300
July 2015 171100 -1300
August 2015 168000 -3100
September 2015 165800 -2200
October 2015 165300 -500
November 2015 163300 -2000
December 2015 163300 0
January 2016 165600 2300
February 2016 162400 -3200
March 2016 161000 -1400
April 2016 161800 800
May 2016 160900 -900
June 2016 162300 1400
July 2016 162700 400
August 2016 162400 -300
September 2016 166200 3800
October 2016 168700 2500
November 2016 170800 2100
December 2016 168800 -2000
January 2017 170500 1700
February 2017 168900 -1600
March 2017 164100 -4800
April 2017 169700 5600
May 2017 169800 100
June 2017 168400 -1400
July 2017 168600 200
August 2017 170600 2000
September 2017 171500 900
October 2017 171300 -200
November 2017 168600 -2700
December 2017 171200 2600
January 2018 172200 1000
February 2018 171400 -800
March 2018 170600 -800
April 2018 169700 -900
May 2018 171300 1600
June 2018 171100 -200
July 2018 170100 -1000
August 2018 172000 1900
September 2018 171100 -900
October 2018 171900 800
November 2018 173000 1100
December 2018 174400 1400
January 2019 173600 -800
February 2019 174000 400
March 2019 173900 -100
April 2019 174400 500
May 2019 174000 -400
June 2019 176900 2900
July 2019 177100 200
August 2019 174500 -2600
September 2019 175700 1200
October 2019 174700 -1000
November 2019 175000 300
December 2019 174400 -600
January 2020 172900 -1500
February 2020 178800 5900
March 2020 177700 -1100
April 2020 155100 -22600
May 2020 147200 -7900
June 2020 149100 1900
July 2020 151800 2700
August 2020 153900 2100
September 2020 157500 3600
October 2020 160200 2700
November 2020 159700 -500
December 2020 164500 4800
January 2021 169700 5200
February 2021 170000 300
March 2021 174500 4500
April 2021 176900 2400
May 2021 179500 2600
June 2021 181600 2100
July 2021 184900 3300
August 2021 189200 4300
September 2021 190500 1300
October 2021 194600 4100
November 2021 196500 1900
December 2021 198600 2100
January 2022 197800 -800
February 2022 203400 5600
March 2022 205600 2200
April 2022 207300 1700
May 2022 209800 2500
June 2022 211000 1200
July 2022 214600 3600
August 2022 211700 -2900
September 2022 213700 2000
October 2022 214100 400
November 2022 218800 4700
December 2022 219700 900
January 2023 217100 -2600
February 2023 216600 -500

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.