United States Payroll Employment for the Petroleum 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 petroleum payroll employment was 99,300; this means that the United States lost 200 jobs in the petroleum 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 petroleum 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 Petroleum Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Petroleum Industry (Seas Adj.)

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Petroleum Industry (Seas Adj.)

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Month	Number of Payrolls	Jobs Added
January 2002	117000
February 2002	115400	-1600
March 2002	114800	-600
April 2002	115000	200
May 2002	115200	200
June 2002	114200	-1000
July 2002	114900	700
August 2002	113200	-1700
September 2002	113200	0
October 2002	113400	200
November 2002	111900	-1500
December 2002	112200	300
January 2003	111000	-1200
February 2003	110700	-300
March 2003	110500	-200
April 2003	110200	-300
May 2003	110300	100
June 2003	109200	-1100
July 2003	109100	-100
August 2003	109200	100
September 2003	108000	-1200
October 2003	108100	100
November 2003	108700	600
December 2003	107700	-1000
January 2004	107000	-700
February 2004	106200	-800
March 2004	105600	-600
April 2004	105200	-400
May 2004	104000	-1200
June 2004	104100	100
July 2004	104300	200
August 2004	104200	-100
September 2004	105000	800
October 2004	104900	-100
November 2004	105300	400
December 2004	104300	-1000
January 2005	106200	1900
February 2005	105000	-1200
March 2005	104700	-300
April 2005	104400	-300
May 2005	104300	-100
June 2005	105200	900
July 2005	104800	-400
August 2005	105700	900
September 2005	104500	-1200
October 2005	104200	-300
November 2005	103800	-400
December 2005	104200	400
January 2006	104700	500
February 2006	105900	1200
March 2006	105800	-100
April 2006	106300	500
May 2006	106300	0
June 2006	105600	-700
July 2006	104800	-800
August 2006	104700	-100
September 2006	105100	400
October 2006	104200	-900
November 2006	104100	-100
December 2006	105100	1000
January 2007	104700	-400
February 2007	104400	-300
March 2007	105700	1300
April 2007	107000	1300
May 2007	105700	-1300
June 2007	105800	100
July 2007	106700	900
August 2007	106000	-700
September 2007	105700	-300
October 2007	106400	700
November 2007	106400	0
December 2007	106300	-100
January 2008	106100	-200
February 2008	105800	-300
March 2008	105800	0
April 2008	105300	-500
May 2008	105300	0
June 2008	105600	300
July 2008	105000	-600
August 2008	105200	200
September 2008	105300	100
October 2008	105900	600
November 2008	104300	-1600
December 2008	103400	-900
January 2009	103200	-200
February 2009	102800	-400
March 2009	102700	-100
April 2009	102500	-200
May 2009	102700	200
June 2009	101300	-1400
July 2009	101000	-300
August 2009	100900	-100
September 2009	100100	-800
October 2009	99900	-200
November 2009	100100	200
December 2009	99300	-800
January 2010	100400	1100
February 2010	99900	-500
March 2010	98900	-1000
April 2010	99100	200
May 2010	97700	-1400
June 2010	98300	600
July 2010	98000	-300
August 2010	97900	-100
September 2010	98200	300
October 2010	99500	1300
November 2010	98900	-600
December 2010	99800	900
January 2011	98400	-1400
February 2011	97700	-700
March 2011	97400	-300
April 2011	96900	-500
May 2011	97200	300
June 2011	97800	600
July 2011	98300	500
August 2011	98400	100
September 2011	98000	-400
October 2011	97800	-200
November 2011	97700	-100
December 2011	98600	900
January 2012	99400	800
February 2012	98900	-500
March 2012	99300	400
April 2012	99500	200
May 2012	100700	1200
June 2012	99400	-1300
July 2012	99800	400
August 2012	99600	-200
September 2012	99200	-400
October 2012	98600	-600
November 2012	99300	700
December 2012	99500	200
January 2013	99500	0
February 2013	100300	800
March 2013	100200	-100
April 2013	100500	300
May 2013	99800	-700
June 2013	100800	1000
July 2013	100800	0
August 2013	100700	-100
September 2013	101400	700
October 2013	101300	-100
November 2013	101100	-200
December 2013	101100	0
January 2014	102800	1700
February 2014	102800	0
March 2014	103300	500
April 2014	104100	800
May 2014	104900	800
June 2014	105400	500
July 2014	105700	300
August 2014	105000	-700
September 2014	106000	1000
October 2014	106200	200
November 2014	106600	400
December 2014	107000	400
January 2015	104500	-2500
February 2015	104600	100
March 2015	104900	300
April 2015	103600	-1300
May 2015	103700	100
June 2015	102900	-800
July 2015	102900	0
August 2015	102800	-100
September 2015	102300	-500
October 2015	102300	0
November 2015	101800	-500
December 2015	100800	-1000
January 2016	100900	100
February 2016	101500	600
March 2016	101200	-300
April 2016	101400	200
May 2016	101300	-100
June 2016	101700	400
July 2016	101500	-200
August 2016	101900	400
September 2016	102300	400
October 2016	102200	-100
November 2016	101600	-600
December 2016	101800	200
January 2017	101900	100
February 2017	101300	-600
March 2017	101000	-300
April 2017	100800	-200
May 2017	100700	-100
June 2017	100500	-200
July 2017	100100	-400
August 2017	99800	-300
September 2017	100700	900
October 2017	101800	1100
November 2017	101300	-500
December 2017	101300	0
January 2018	101600	300
February 2018	100900	-700
March 2018	102700	1800
April 2018	102400	-300
May 2018	102500	100
June 2018	102100	-400
July 2018	102500	400
August 2018	102500	0
September 2018	102400	-100
October 2018	102100	-300
November 2018	102100	0
December 2018	102200	100
January 2019	102100	-100
February 2019	102500	400
March 2019	102600	100
April 2019	102700	100
May 2019	105500	2800
June 2019	105100	-400
July 2019	105100	0
August 2019	104700	-400
September 2019	104700	0
October 2019	104700	0
November 2019	104900	200
December 2019	104600	-300
January 2020	105200	600
February 2020	103500	-1700
March 2020	102600	-900
April 2020	101400	-1200
May 2020	100300	-1100
June 2020	99500	-800
July 2020	98500	-1000
August 2020	98400	-100
September 2020	97900	-500
October 2020	97900	0
November 2020	96900	-1000
December 2020	97600	700
January 2021	97600	0
February 2021	97600	0
March 2021	95700	-1900
April 2021	97700	2000
May 2021	100200	2500
June 2021	99800	-400
July 2021	99600	-200
August 2021	98600	-1000
September 2021	98200	-400
October 2021	97600	-600
November 2021	97900	300
December 2021	97800	-100
January 2022	97900	100
February 2022	97400	-500
March 2022	98400	1000
April 2022	98600	200
May 2022	98900	300
June 2022	99600	700
July 2022	99500	-100
August 2022	99400	-100
September 2022	99500	100
October 2022	99900	400
November 2022	99800	-100
December 2022	99400	-400
January 2023	99500	100
February 2023	99300	-200

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.