United States Payroll Employment for the Plastics and rubber products Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted plastics and rubber products payroll employment was 748,700; this means that the United States lost 2,200 jobs in the plastics and rubber products industry in the month of March 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 plastics and rubber products payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 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 Plastics and rubber products Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Plastics and rubber products Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Plastics and rubber products Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 856800
February 2002 851800 -5000
March 2002 853200 1400
April 2002 852200 -1000
May 2002 849600 -2600
June 2002 848800 -800
July 2002 854300 5500
August 2002 845000 -9300
September 2002 842000 -3000
October 2002 838800 -3200
November 2002 835800 -3000
December 2002 830100 -5700
January 2003 831100 1000
February 2003 828800 -2300
March 2003 826000 -2800
April 2003 819700 -6300
May 2003 817100 -2600
June 2003 812000 -5100
July 2003 808800 -3200
August 2003 807200 -1600
September 2003 806100 -1100
October 2003 804800 -1300
November 2003 802800 -2000
December 2003 804300 1500
January 2004 803300 -1000
February 2004 802600 -700
March 2004 803400 800
April 2004 804200 800
May 2004 806200 2000
June 2004 806200 0
July 2004 807000 800
August 2004 804600 -2400
September 2004 805400 800
October 2004 804700 -700
November 2004 805100 400
December 2004 802900 -2200
January 2005 801000 -1900
February 2005 799500 -1500
March 2005 803600 4100
April 2005 801100 -2500
May 2005 800100 -1000
June 2005 799400 -700
July 2005 801000 1600
August 2005 801700 700
September 2005 804000 2300
October 2005 804000 0
November 2005 804900 900
December 2005 804800 -100
January 2006 804400 -400
February 2006 804400 0
March 2006 803300 -1100
April 2006 799800 -3500
May 2006 793200 -6600
June 2006 793500 300
July 2006 789200 -4300
August 2006 784100 -5100
September 2006 778600 -5500
October 2006 762500 -16100
November 2006 760100 -2400
December 2006 755700 -4400
January 2007 767700 12000
February 2007 764700 -3000
March 2007 762000 -2700
April 2007 761800 -200
May 2007 761500 -300
June 2007 757800 -3700
July 2007 754900 -2900
August 2007 753000 -1900
September 2007 750700 -2300
October 2007 750300 -400
November 2007 748700 -1600
December 2007 750800 2100
January 2008 748700 -2100
February 2008 749200 500
March 2008 747400 -1800
April 2008 744400 -3000
May 2008 741700 -2700
June 2008 739100 -2600
July 2008 735000 -4100
August 2008 728200 -6800
September 2008 721900 -6300
October 2008 711200 -10700
November 2008 696300 -14900
December 2008 683300 -13000
January 2009 665500 -17800
February 2009 655600 -9900
March 2009 642400 -13200
April 2009 632700 -9700
May 2009 623200 -9500
June 2009 617300 -5900
July 2009 610800 -6500
August 2009 609000 -1800
September 2009 608600 -400
October 2009 607500 -1100
November 2009 610700 3200
December 2009 611200 500
January 2010 615100 3900
February 2010 615300 200
March 2010 617000 1700
April 2010 622700 5700
May 2010 625100 2400
June 2010 627300 2200
July 2010 630400 3100
August 2010 629400 -1000
September 2010 628300 -1100
October 2010 629900 1600
November 2010 629900 0
December 2010 630200 300
January 2011 635500 5300
February 2011 633600 -1900
March 2011 634500 900
April 2011 632900 -1600
May 2011 634500 1600
June 2011 632400 -2100
July 2011 634300 1900
August 2011 636100 1800
September 2011 637600 1500
October 2011 636100 -1500
November 2011 638000 1900
December 2011 638400 400
January 2012 638500 100
February 2012 639600 1100
March 2012 642800 3200
April 2012 642600 -200
May 2012 641700 -900
June 2012 645600 3900
July 2012 646500 900
August 2012 649000 2500
September 2012 649200 200
October 2012 650100 900
November 2012 650400 300
December 2012 650300 -100
January 2013 652400 2100
February 2013 653900 1500
March 2013 655200 1300
April 2013 656400 1200
May 2013 658200 1800
June 2013 658000 -200
July 2013 660700 2700
August 2013 660200 -500
September 2013 662100 1900
October 2013 663800 1700
November 2013 665000 1200
December 2013 666300 1300
January 2014 667900 1600
February 2014 670600 2700
March 2014 669300 -1300
April 2014 670900 1600
May 2014 670700 -200
June 2014 672600 1900
July 2014 672700 100
August 2014 673800 1100
September 2014 674200 400
October 2014 676900 2700
November 2014 685200 8300
December 2014 681200 -4000
January 2015 681900 700
February 2015 683300 1400
March 2015 684100 800
April 2015 685800 1700
May 2015 687400 1600
June 2015 687800 400
July 2015 690500 2700
August 2015 690000 -500
September 2015 691800 1800
October 2015 693200 1400
November 2015 694700 1500
December 2015 695700 1000
January 2016 696500 800
February 2016 697300 800
March 2016 699100 1800
April 2016 700400 1300
May 2016 704500 4100
June 2016 704500 0
July 2016 705500 1000
August 2016 703700 -1800
September 2016 705100 1400
October 2016 705400 300
November 2016 703900 -1500
December 2016 705700 1800
January 2017 708000 2300
February 2017 711000 3000
March 2017 712500 1500
April 2017 712400 -100
May 2017 712900 500
June 2017 714500 1600
July 2017 717300 2800
August 2017 720900 3600
September 2017 721800 900
October 2017 723600 1800
November 2017 725000 1400
December 2017 725100 100
January 2018 727900 2800
February 2018 727100 -800
March 2018 727500 400
April 2018 729100 1600
May 2018 729600 500
June 2018 730200 600
July 2018 731300 1100
August 2018 731400 100
September 2018 732500 1100
October 2018 733400 900
November 2018 734400 1000
December 2018 734700 300
January 2019 734700 0
February 2019 733600 -1100
March 2019 732900 -700
April 2019 731500 -1400
May 2019 731300 -200
June 2019 731300 0
July 2019 730700 -600
August 2019 735600 4900
September 2019 732500 -3100
October 2019 730800 -1700
November 2019 729500 -1300
December 2019 728200 -1300
January 2020 731900 3700
February 2020 729300 -2600
March 2020 726700 -2600
April 2020 657700 -69000
May 2020 677700 20000
June 2020 701400 23700
July 2020 699200 -2200
August 2020 705100 5900
September 2020 707300 2200
October 2020 711200 3900
November 2020 712800 1600
December 2020 714900 2100
January 2021 716100 1200
February 2021 718600 2500
March 2021 717600 -1000
April 2021 714000 -3600
May 2021 718800 4800
June 2021 713900 -4900
July 2021 720700 6800
August 2021 733400 12700
September 2021 732900 -500
October 2021 736900 4000
November 2021 740000 3100
December 2021 741900 1900
January 2022 742800 900
February 2022 745900 3100
March 2022 749300 3400
April 2022 752100 2800
May 2022 753600 1500
June 2022 756700 3100
July 2022 759200 2500
August 2022 762300 3100
September 2022 765700 3400
October 2022 768800 3100
November 2022 759700 -9100
December 2022 754700 -5000
January 2023 755300 600
February 2023 750900 -4400
March 2023 748700 -2200

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.