United States Payroll Employment for the Petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments 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 petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments payroll employment was 55,900; this means that the United States lost 300 jobs in the petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments 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 petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments 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 Petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic dyes, and pigments Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	81500
February 2002	81000	-500
March 2002	80500	-500
April 2002	79900	-600
May 2002	79400	-500
June 2002	78700	-700
July 2002	78800	100
August 2002	78600	-200
September 2002	78500	-100
October 2002	78500	0
November 2002	78200	-300
December 2002	78000	-200
January 2003	77900	-100
February 2003	77000	-900
March 2003	76000	-1000
April 2003	75400	-600
May 2003	74900	-500
June 2003	74200	-700
July 2003	73200	-1000
August 2003	73100	-100
September 2003	72400	-700
October 2003	72900	500
November 2003	73100	200
December 2003	72600	-500
January 2004	72300	-300
February 2004	72400	100
March 2004	72000	-400
April 2004	72100	100
May 2004	70700	-1400
June 2004	70600	-100
July 2004	70300	-300
August 2004	69900	-400
September 2004	69600	-300
October 2004	69300	-300
November 2004	68900	-400
December 2004	68900	0
January 2005	68700	-200
February 2005	68600	-100
March 2005	68800	200
April 2005	68700	-100
May 2005	68500	-200
June 2005	67800	-700
July 2005	67900	100
August 2005	66900	-1000
September 2005	66100	-800
October 2005	64900	-1200
November 2005	64600	-300
December 2005	64500	-100
January 2006	64200	-300
February 2006	63800	-400
March 2006	63800	0
April 2006	64300	500
May 2006	64300	0
June 2006	64200	-100
July 2006	64100	-100
August 2006	64300	200
September 2006	64100	-200
October 2006	64600	500
November 2006	64300	-300
December 2006	63600	-700
January 2007	62600	-1000
February 2007	63100	500
March 2007	62900	-200
April 2007	62600	-300
May 2007	62900	300
June 2007	63400	500
July 2007	63800	400
August 2007	63200	-600
September 2007	63400	200
October 2007	62700	-700
November 2007	62600	-100
December 2007	62700	100
January 2008	63200	500
February 2008	62900	-300
March 2008	62400	-500
April 2008	62600	200
May 2008	62400	-200
June 2008	62500	100
July 2008	61100	-1400
August 2008	62000	900
September 2008	61200	-800
October 2008	61800	600
November 2008	62400	600
December 2008	62300	-100
January 2009	60800	-1500
February 2009	60000	-800
March 2009	59700	-300
April 2009	58300	-1400
May 2009	57900	-400
June 2009	57400	-500
July 2009	57100	-300
August 2009	56400	-700
September 2009	56300	-100
October 2009	56400	100
November 2009	56500	100
December 2009	56200	-300
January 2010	56200	0
February 2010	56100	-100
March 2010	55800	-300
April 2010	54900	-900
May 2010	55800	900
June 2010	55600	-200
July 2010	55400	-200
August 2010	55900	500
September 2010	56000	100
October 2010	56200	200
November 2010	55800	-400
December 2010	56100	300
January 2011	56000	-100
February 2011	56200	200
March 2011	56200	0
April 2011	56700	500
May 2011	56300	-400
June 2011	56000	-300
July 2011	56300	300
August 2011	56700	400
September 2011	56600	-100
October 2011	56300	-300
November 2011	55900	-400
December 2011	55600	-300
January 2012	55100	-500
February 2012	55300	200
March 2012	56200	900
April 2012	56200	0
May 2012	55800	-400
June 2012	55800	0
July 2012	55900	100
August 2012	55600	-300
September 2012	55800	200
October 2012	55800	0
November 2012	53200	-2600
December 2012	56000	2800
January 2013	55800	-200
February 2013	55800	0
March 2013	55900	100
April 2013	55600	-300
May 2013	55700	100
June 2013	55800	100
July 2013	56000	200
August 2013	55900	-100
September 2013	55800	-100
October 2013	55300	-500
November 2013	55900	600
December 2013	56400	500
January 2014	56100	-300
February 2014	56300	200
March 2014	56500	200
April 2014	56400	-100
May 2014	56900	500
June 2014	57400	500
July 2014	57600	200
August 2014	57800	200
September 2014	57900	100
October 2014	58300	400
November 2014	58200	-100
December 2014	58200	0
January 2015	58200	0
February 2015	58400	200
March 2015	58300	-100
April 2015	58200	-100
May 2015	58100	-100
June 2015	57700	-400
July 2015	57700	0
August 2015	57600	-100
September 2015	57600	0
October 2015	57800	200
November 2015	58300	500
December 2015	58100	-200
January 2016	58300	200
February 2016	57600	-700
March 2016	58000	400
April 2016	58400	400
May 2016	58800	400
June 2016	58600	-200
July 2016	58200	-400
August 2016	57600	-600
September 2016	57600	0
October 2016	57400	-200
November 2016	57400	0
December 2016	57600	200
January 2017	57900	300
February 2017	57800	-100
March 2017	57800	0
April 2017	57800	0
May 2017	57600	-200
June 2017	57600	0
July 2017	57400	-200
August 2017	57200	-200
September 2017	57000	-200
October 2017	57100	100
November 2017	57300	200
December 2017	57000	-300
January 2018	57000	0
February 2018	56900	-100
March 2018	56800	-100
April 2018	56400	-400
May 2018	56500	100
June 2018	56400	-100
July 2018	56400	0
August 2018	56600	200
September 2018	56700	100
October 2018	56800	100
November 2018	56300	-500
December 2018	56200	-100
January 2019	55100	-1100
February 2019	56600	1500
March 2019	57000	400
April 2019	57500	500
May 2019	57400	-100
June 2019	56900	-500
July 2019	57000	100
August 2019	57200	200
September 2019	57000	-200
October 2019	56800	-200
November 2019	57000	200
December 2019	56500	-500
January 2020	55000	-1500
February 2020	55200	200
March 2020	56400	1200
April 2020	55200	-1200
May 2020	53600	-1600
June 2020	54400	800
July 2020	53800	-600
August 2020	55400	1600
September 2020	55200	-200
October 2020	55100	-100
November 2020	54800	-300
December 2020	55100	300
January 2021	55200	100
February 2021	54500	-700
March 2021	54400	-100
April 2021	54600	200
May 2021	54200	-400
June 2021	54300	100
July 2021	54300	0
August 2021	54300	0
September 2021	54600	300
October 2021	54700	100
November 2021	54800	100
December 2021	54800	0
January 2022	55000	200
February 2022	55300	300
March 2022	55400	100
April 2022	54000	-1400
May 2022	54800	800
June 2022	55000	200
July 2022	55400	400
August 2022	55600	200
September 2022	55800	200
October 2022	56200	400
November 2022	56400	200
December 2022	55900	-500
January 2023	56200	300
February 2023	55900	-300

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.