United States Payroll Employment for the Performing arts and spectator sports 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 performing arts and spectator sports industry was 521,700 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 3,000 jobs to the performing arts and spectator sports 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.

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US Payroll Employment for the Performing arts and spectator sports Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Performing arts and spectator sports Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Performing arts and spectator sports Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 377500
February 2002 371200 -6300
March 2002 369800 -1400
April 2002 357800 -12000
May 2002 356100 -1700
June 2002 350600 -5500
July 2002 341600 -9000
August 2002 354400 12800
September 2002 361000 6600
October 2002 368300 7300
November 2002 380400 12100
December 2002 376800 -3600
January 2003 373700 -3100
February 2003 373400 -300
March 2003 375400 2000
April 2003 377100 1700
May 2003 371800 -5300
June 2003 369900 -1900
July 2003 369400 -500
August 2003 369100 -300
September 2003 373400 4300
October 2003 371700 -1700
November 2003 371300 -400
December 2003 371700 400
January 2004 373100 1400
February 2004 373500 400
March 2004 371000 -2500
April 2004 364400 -6600
May 2004 365600 1200
June 2004 364700 -900
July 2004 361900 -2800
August 2004 360300 -1600
September 2004 363000 2700
October 2004 369100 6100
November 2004 367700 -1400
December 2004 367400 -300
January 2005 367300 -100
February 2005 366900 -400
March 2005 369900 3000
April 2005 373700 3800
May 2005 370800 -2900
June 2005 377500 6700
July 2005 380300 2800
August 2005 383900 3600
September 2005 384100 200
October 2005 375800 -8300
November 2005 380400 4600
December 2005 380500 100
January 2006 378000 -2500
February 2006 385700 7700
March 2006 387300 1600
April 2006 397600 10300
May 2006 398600 1000
June 2006 399600 1000
July 2006 407500 7900
August 2006 405700 -1800
September 2006 400800 -4900
October 2006 403600 2800
November 2006 402100 -1500
December 2006 402500 400
January 2007 405500 3000
February 2007 405900 400
March 2007 406100 200
April 2007 402400 -3700
May 2007 405400 3000
June 2007 405000 -400
July 2007 397500 -7500
August 2007 398600 1100
September 2007 404900 6300
October 2007 407300 2400
November 2007 410700 3400
December 2007 415000 4300
January 2008 412000 -3000
February 2008 412100 100
March 2008 409200 -2900
April 2008 410100 900
May 2008 410400 300
June 2008 412600 2200
July 2008 405400 -7200
August 2008 405500 100
September 2008 399400 -6100
October 2008 401200 1800
November 2008 399900 -1300
December 2008 402200 2300
January 2009 404400 2200
February 2009 398500 -5900
March 2009 397800 -700
April 2009 393100 -4700
May 2009 396700 3600
June 2009 395300 -1400
July 2009 396700 1400
August 2009 395800 -900
September 2009 399100 3300
October 2009 396300 -2800
November 2009 395100 -1200
December 2009 391500 -3600
January 2010 389800 -1700
February 2010 395300 5500
March 2010 389000 -6300
April 2010 401800 12800
May 2010 408600 6800
June 2010 407700 -900
July 2010 412000 4300
August 2010 416900 4900
September 2010 418100 1200
October 2010 402300 -15800
November 2010 403700 1400
December 2010 405300 1600
January 2011 396100 -9200
February 2011 399000 2900
March 2011 396400 -2600
April 2011 396900 500
May 2011 384400 -12500
June 2011 393900 9500
July 2011 393600 -300
August 2011 390200 -3400
September 2011 393800 3600
October 2011 396700 2900
November 2011 397800 1100
December 2011 394500 -3300
January 2012 403800 9300
February 2012 400000 -3800
March 2012 404100 4100
April 2012 400000 -4100
May 2012 399000 -1000
June 2012 395800 -3200
July 2012 399800 4000
August 2012 404300 4500
September 2012 406000 1700
October 2012 404400 -1600
November 2012 401800 -2600
December 2012 409400 7600
January 2013 412700 3300
February 2013 416200 3500
March 2013 418300 2100
April 2013 420800 2500
May 2013 416700 -4100
June 2013 416000 -700
July 2013 409600 -6400
August 2013 415700 6100
September 2013 416500 800
October 2013 424900 8400
November 2013 435100 10200
December 2013 431100 -4000
January 2014 437800 6700
February 2014 438900 1100
March 2014 437900 -1000
April 2014 440100 2200
May 2014 442600 2500
June 2014 443800 1200
July 2014 441400 -2400
August 2014 441800 400
September 2014 446800 5000
October 2014 447100 300
November 2014 451200 4100
December 2014 448300 -2900
January 2015 444900 -3400
February 2015 441000 -3900
March 2015 447000 6000
April 2015 445800 -1200
May 2015 454600 8800
June 2015 448800 -5800
July 2015 447900 -900
August 2015 451100 3200
September 2015 454500 3400
October 2015 453900 -600
November 2015 453600 -300
December 2015 453500 -100
January 2016 452000 -1500
February 2016 456000 4000
March 2016 457900 1900
April 2016 461200 3300
May 2016 450800 -10400
June 2016 467000 16200
July 2016 478900 11900
August 2016 475700 -3200
September 2016 467300 -8400
October 2016 467300 0
November 2016 468900 1600
December 2016 474400 5500
January 2017 479800 5400
February 2017 479900 100
March 2017 473800 -6100
April 2017 487000 13200
May 2017 496100 9100
June 2017 506900 10800
July 2017 503100 -3800
August 2017 502700 -400
September 2017 500300 -2400
October 2017 499700 -600
November 2017 495800 -3900
December 2017 499000 3200
January 2018 499900 900
February 2018 499800 -100
March 2018 500700 900
April 2018 503100 2400
May 2018 503100 0
June 2018 500900 -2200
July 2018 501200 300
August 2018 500900 -300
September 2018 505100 4200
October 2018 531600 26500
November 2018 514300 -17300
December 2018 515500 1200
January 2019 513400 -2100
February 2019 515800 2400
March 2019 519100 3300
April 2019 518000 -1100
May 2019 520500 2500
June 2019 518900 -1600
July 2019 516500 -2400
August 2019 516100 -400
September 2019 522800 6700
October 2019 521600 -1200
November 2019 521300 -300
December 2019 519800 -1500
January 2020 520500 700
February 2020 525300 4800
March 2020 498200 -27100
April 2020 267800 -230400
May 2020 245100 -22700
June 2020 255900 10800
July 2020 256200 300
August 2020 267500 11300
September 2020 269500 2000
October 2020 301800 32300
November 2020 316200 14400
December 2020 312300 -3900
January 2021 327300 15000
February 2021 325600 -1700
March 2021 330100 4500
April 2021 331600 1500
May 2021 338300 6700
June 2021 355900 17600
July 2021 373500 17600
August 2021 405100 31600
September 2021 431800 26700
October 2021 454800 23000
November 2021 470400 15600
December 2021 485600 15200
January 2022 464600 -21000
February 2022 476900 12300
March 2022 484300 7400
April 2022 499700 15400
May 2022 503600 3900
June 2022 507300 3700
July 2022 513600 6300
August 2022 506900 -6700
September 2022 522600 15700
October 2022 520000 -2600
November 2022 510300 -9700
December 2022 513400 3100
January 2023 513400 0
February 2023 518700 5300
March 2023 521700 3000