United States Payroll Employment for the Plastics products 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 plastics products payroll employment was 614,500; this means that the United States lost 3,200 jobs in the plastics products 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 plastics products 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 Plastics products Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Plastics products Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Plastics products Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 670400
February 2002 667600 -2800
March 2002 668700 1100
April 2002 667900 -800
May 2002 666000 -1900
June 2002 665600 -400
July 2002 667300 1700
August 2002 662000 -5300
September 2002 658800 -3200
October 2002 656500 -2300
November 2002 654300 -2200
December 2002 650300 -4000
January 2003 649600 -700
February 2003 649700 100
March 2003 646700 -3000
April 2003 640000 -6700
May 2003 639600 -400
June 2003 635800 -3800
July 2003 633300 -2500
August 2003 632800 -500
September 2003 632200 -600
October 2003 631100 -1100
November 2003 630600 -500
December 2003 631800 1200
January 2004 632200 400
February 2004 630800 -1400
March 2004 631100 300
April 2004 631800 700
May 2004 633900 2100
June 2004 634000 100
July 2004 634200 200
August 2004 632000 -2200
September 2004 632400 400
October 2004 631700 -700
November 2004 633400 1700
December 2004 631500 -1900
January 2005 631100 -400
February 2005 629700 -1400
March 2005 634000 4300
April 2005 632600 -1400
May 2005 632300 -300
June 2005 630800 -1500
July 2005 631900 1100
August 2005 633000 1100
September 2005 635600 2600
October 2005 638500 2900
November 2005 638500 0
December 2005 639000 500
January 2006 638300 -700
February 2006 639400 1100
March 2006 640100 700
April 2006 638100 -2000
May 2006 632800 -5300
June 2006 632500 -300
July 2006 629200 -3300
August 2006 626200 -3000
September 2006 622500 -3700
October 2006 620000 -2500
November 2006 619200 -800
December 2006 616900 -2300
January 2007 616300 -600
February 2007 614400 -1900
March 2007 612700 -1700
April 2007 612900 200
May 2007 613500 600
June 2007 610500 -3000
July 2007 609000 -1500
August 2007 606300 -2700
September 2007 604600 -1700
October 2007 602400 -2200
November 2007 601400 -1000
December 2007 602700 1300
January 2008 601000 -1700
February 2008 601600 600
March 2008 599000 -2600
April 2008 596200 -2800
May 2008 593800 -2400
June 2008 592400 -1400
July 2008 589400 -3000
August 2008 584000 -5400
September 2008 579300 -4700
October 2008 570000 -9300
November 2008 559300 -10700
December 2008 547800 -11500
January 2009 532600 -15200
February 2009 525400 -7200
March 2009 515100 -10300
April 2009 507800 -7300
May 2009 500700 -7100
June 2009 496000 -4700
July 2009 492200 -3800
August 2009 490400 -1800
September 2009 490200 -200
October 2009 489700 -500
November 2009 490700 1000
December 2009 491700 1000
January 2010 494900 3200
February 2010 494900 0
March 2010 497900 3000
April 2010 500200 2300
May 2010 502000 1800
June 2010 503600 1600
July 2010 504400 800
August 2010 505000 600
September 2010 503800 -1200
October 2010 504600 800
November 2010 505100 500
December 2010 504800 -300
January 2011 507300 2500
February 2011 507600 300
March 2011 508800 1200
April 2011 507800 -1000
May 2011 508500 700
June 2011 506800 -1700
July 2011 508300 1500
August 2011 508800 500
September 2011 509800 1000
October 2011 508200 -1600
November 2011 509200 1000
December 2011 510100 900
January 2012 508000 -2100
February 2012 511000 3000
March 2012 513600 2600
April 2012 513000 -600
May 2012 512000 -1000
June 2012 515900 3900
July 2012 517100 1200
August 2012 518100 1000
September 2012 518100 0
October 2012 520000 1900
November 2012 519700 -300
December 2012 520200 500
January 2013 520900 700
February 2013 522700 1800
March 2013 524700 2000
April 2013 525600 900
May 2013 526900 1300
June 2013 527200 300
July 2013 529200 2000
August 2013 529600 400
September 2013 532200 2600
October 2013 532200 0
November 2013 534700 2500
December 2013 535700 1000
January 2014 536800 1100
February 2014 539400 2600
March 2014 537800 -1600
April 2014 538200 400
May 2014 537800 -400
June 2014 539200 1400
July 2014 539000 -200
August 2014 540800 1800
September 2014 541900 1100
October 2014 543800 1900
November 2014 550300 6500
December 2014 548000 -2300
January 2015 548900 900
February 2015 550700 1800
March 2015 551000 300
April 2015 552200 1200
May 2015 553600 1400
June 2015 554500 900
July 2015 558100 3600
August 2015 557300 -800
September 2015 559300 2000
October 2015 560700 1400
November 2015 560500 -200
December 2015 562200 1700
January 2016 562500 300
February 2016 563400 900
March 2016 565800 2400
April 2016 566900 1100
May 2016 570500 3600
June 2016 570200 -300
July 2016 570800 600
August 2016 569100 -1700
September 2016 571900 2800
October 2016 571800 -100
November 2016 570700 -1100
December 2016 572200 1500
January 2017 573300 1100
February 2017 575500 2200
March 2017 577500 2000
April 2017 577400 -100
May 2017 578200 800
June 2017 579300 1100
July 2017 581600 2300
August 2017 583900 2300
September 2017 584800 900
October 2017 586700 1900
November 2017 587500 800
December 2017 588300 800
January 2018 590900 2600
February 2018 589800 -1100
March 2018 590400 600
April 2018 592000 1600
May 2018 592400 400
June 2018 593100 700
July 2018 595000 1900
August 2018 592400 -2600
September 2018 595200 2800
October 2018 595500 300
November 2018 596700 1200
December 2018 596500 -200
January 2019 596400 -100
February 2019 596000 -400
March 2019 595500 -500
April 2019 594700 -800
May 2019 594600 -100
June 2019 596100 1500
July 2019 594500 -1600
August 2019 596100 1600
September 2019 594800 -1300
October 2019 592500 -2300
November 2019 593800 1300
December 2019 592700 -1100
January 2020 595600 2900
February 2020 592900 -2700
March 2020 590900 -2000
April 2020 531100 -59800
May 2020 550600 19500
June 2020 571900 21300
July 2020 567700 -4200
August 2020 573900 6200
September 2020 577200 3300
October 2020 581200 4000
November 2020 582900 1700
December 2020 586300 3400
January 2021 586400 100
February 2021 588300 1900
March 2021 588200 -100
April 2021 586500 -1700
May 2021 588700 2200
June 2021 587000 -1700
July 2021 591800 4800
August 2021 601300 9500
September 2021 601200 -100
October 2021 603400 2200
November 2021 605900 2500
December 2021 608300 2400
January 2022 608600 300
February 2022 610400 1800
March 2022 615400 5000
April 2022 620400 5000
May 2022 618600 -1800
June 2022 621300 2700
July 2022 622000 700
August 2022 623200 1200
September 2022 625800 2600
October 2022 627500 1700
November 2022 620500 -7000
December 2022 615400 -5100
January 2023 617700 2300
February 2023 614500 -3200

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.