United States Payroll Employment for the Primary metals 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 primary metals industry was 368,100 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 1,800 jobs to the primary metals 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.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Primary metals Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Primary metals Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Primary metals Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 523200
February 2002 518300 -4900
March 2002 514500 -3800
April 2002 512800 -1700
May 2002 511100 -1700
June 2002 509700 -1400
July 2002 508500 -1200
August 2002 507000 -1500
September 2002 505200 -1800
October 2002 502700 -2500
November 2002 500600 -2100
December 2002 495500 -5100
January 2003 495900 400
February 2003 491400 -4500
March 2003 489200 -2200
April 2003 485200 -4000
May 2003 480100 -5100
June 2003 475000 -5100
July 2003 471600 -3400
August 2003 470800 -800
September 2003 467600 -3200
October 2003 467200 -400
November 2003 466000 -1200
December 2003 466900 900
January 2004 464400 -2500
February 2004 464300 -100
March 2004 463800 -500
April 2004 464900 1100
May 2004 466000 1100
June 2004 468200 2200
July 2004 469200 1000
August 2004 468600 -600
September 2004 468500 -100
October 2004 468100 -400
November 2004 467300 -800
December 2004 468800 1500
January 2005 467500 -1300
February 2005 469000 1500
March 2005 468900 -100
April 2005 468000 -900
May 2005 467400 -600
June 2005 465700 -1700
July 2005 463900 -1800
August 2005 463500 -400
September 2005 465200 1700
October 2005 465200 0
November 2005 464900 -300
December 2005 463800 -1100
January 2006 465200 1400
February 2006 461900 -3300
March 2006 464200 2300
April 2006 463800 -400
May 2006 466000 2200
June 2006 468700 2700
July 2006 467200 -1500
August 2006 466300 -900
September 2006 462400 -3900
October 2006 461700 -700
November 2006 458100 -3600
December 2006 458500 400
January 2007 459000 500
February 2007 461000 2000
March 2007 459600 -1400
April 2007 459900 300
May 2007 459400 -500
June 2007 456200 -3200
July 2007 456500 300
August 2007 453800 -2700
September 2007 450700 -3100
October 2007 449500 -1200
November 2007 450100 600
December 2007 450700 600
January 2008 451300 600
February 2008 451600 300
March 2008 451200 -400
April 2008 450200 -1000
May 2008 448400 -1800
June 2008 446600 -1800
July 2008 443500 -3100
August 2008 440000 -3500
September 2008 439200 -800
October 2008 435200 -4000
November 2008 426600 -8600
December 2008 417700 -8900
January 2009 405700 -12000
February 2009 391200 -14500
March 2009 382400 -8800
April 2009 369300 -13100
May 2009 359500 -9800
June 2009 349600 -9900
July 2009 348000 -1600
August 2009 349800 1800
September 2009 347800 -2000
October 2009 346600 -1200
November 2009 346600 0
December 2009 347200 600
January 2010 347300 100
February 2010 350800 3500
March 2010 354400 3600
April 2010 357600 3200
May 2010 360600 3000
June 2010 363900 3300
July 2010 366500 2600
August 2010 366500 0
September 2010 367400 900
October 2010 368600 1200
November 2010 370100 1500
December 2010 372900 2800
January 2011 372900 0
February 2011 379100 6200
March 2011 381000 1900
April 2011 385400 4400
May 2011 388100 2700
June 2011 389500 1400
July 2011 390600 1100
August 2011 391000 400
September 2011 392600 1600
October 2011 395200 2600
November 2011 397300 2100
December 2011 398000 700
January 2012 399700 1700
February 2012 400600 900
March 2012 400700 100
April 2012 401500 800
May 2012 403700 2200
June 2012 405200 1500
July 2012 406900 1700
August 2012 404800 -2100
September 2012 402200 -2600
October 2012 402500 300
November 2012 400000 -2500
December 2012 397900 -2100
January 2013 398400 500
February 2013 397400 -1000
March 2013 398000 600
April 2013 397100 -900
May 2013 395700 -1400
June 2013 393800 -1900
July 2013 391800 -2000
August 2013 394700 2900
September 2013 394700 0
October 2013 392800 -1900
November 2013 393500 700
December 2013 395700 2200
January 2014 394600 -1100
February 2014 396100 1500
March 2014 396200 100
April 2014 396200 0
May 2014 396200 0
June 2014 397800 1600
July 2014 398800 1000
August 2014 399500 700
September 2014 401300 1800
October 2014 401500 200
November 2014 402000 500
December 2014 402500 500
January 2015 401800 -700
February 2015 400100 -1700
March 2015 399500 -600
April 2015 397800 -1700
May 2015 395400 -2400
June 2015 395600 200
July 2015 393700 -1900
August 2015 393100 -600
September 2015 389000 -4100
October 2015 389000 0
November 2015 388000 -1000
December 2015 384900 -3100
January 2016 384000 -900
February 2016 382000 -2000
March 2016 379900 -2100
April 2016 378400 -1500
May 2016 376700 -1700
June 2016 374100 -2600
July 2016 372800 -1300
August 2016 371000 -1800
September 2016 370900 -100
October 2016 370600 -300
November 2016 367800 -2800
December 2016 368200 400
January 2017 368100 -100
February 2017 367500 -600
March 2017 367700 200
April 2017 369300 1600
May 2017 371300 2000
June 2017 372100 800
July 2017 372700 600
August 2017 373300 600
September 2017 373000 -300
October 2017 373600 600
November 2017 373100 -500
December 2017 375600 2500
January 2018 375100 -500
February 2018 377000 1900
March 2018 375900 -1100
April 2018 377400 1500
May 2018 378200 800
June 2018 380600 2400
July 2018 380300 -300
August 2018 381000 700
September 2018 382000 1000
October 2018 383600 1600
November 2018 385400 1800
December 2018 387000 1600
January 2019 388500 1500
February 2019 389300 800
March 2019 389600 300
April 2019 388800 -800
May 2019 388500 -300
June 2019 389000 500
July 2019 388600 -400
August 2019 387900 -700
September 2019 387700 -200
October 2019 383700 -4000
November 2019 383500 -200
December 2019 380900 -2600
January 2020 379400 -1500
February 2020 379300 -100
March 2020 379000 -300
April 2020 349300 -29700
May 2020 340500 -8800
June 2020 345600 5100
July 2020 343900 -1700
August 2020 344300 400
September 2020 342600 -1700
October 2020 344200 1600
November 2020 345400 1200
December 2020 344700 -700
January 2021 344100 -600
February 2021 343200 -900
March 2021 345800 2600
April 2021 347900 2100
May 2021 348900 1000
June 2021 351100 2200
July 2021 354000 2900
August 2021 353200 -800
September 2021 353400 200
October 2021 354400 1000
November 2021 354600 200
December 2021 356600 2000
January 2022 357800 1200
February 2022 360200 2400
March 2022 359800 -400
April 2022 360300 500
May 2022 361100 800
June 2022 361400 300
July 2022 363300 1900
August 2022 364200 900
September 2022 366800 2600
October 2022 368000 1200
November 2022 365600 -2400
December 2022 366500 900
January 2023 366000 -500
February 2023 366300 300
March 2023 368100 1800