United States Payroll Employment for the Rail transportation 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 rail transportation industry was 149,400 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 200 jobs in the rail transportation 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 Rail transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Rail transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Rail transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 195500
February 2002 194100 -1400
March 2002 191200 -2900
April 2002 188000 -3200
May 2002 187000 -1000
June 2002 182600 -4400
July 2002 184400 1800
August 2002 184300 -100
September 2002 183000 -1300
October 2002 182600 -400
November 2002 184400 1800
December 2002 183700 -700
January 2003 182700 -1000
February 2003 182200 -500
March 2003 181700 -500
April 2003 182900 1200
May 2003 183000 100
June 2003 184300 1300
July 2003 184800 500
August 2003 183300 -1500
September 2003 185700 2400
October 2003 185800 100
November 2003 186500 700
December 2003 187000 500
January 2004 187400 400
February 2004 188000 600
March 2004 188900 900
April 2004 189500 600
May 2004 189800 300
June 2004 191500 1700
July 2004 191800 300
August 2004 191900 100
September 2004 192800 900
October 2004 193300 500
November 2004 192800 -500
December 2004 192600 -200
January 2005 193000 400
February 2005 192900 -100
March 2005 193200 300
April 2005 193100 -100
May 2005 193600 500
June 2005 193000 -600
July 2005 193200 200
August 2005 192500 -700
September 2005 192400 -100
October 2005 192400 0
November 2005 191800 -600
December 2005 191400 -400
January 2006 190900 -500
February 2006 190500 -400
March 2006 190300 -200
April 2006 191300 1000
May 2006 192100 800
June 2006 192200 100
July 2006 192900 700
August 2006 192600 -300
September 2006 192700 100
October 2006 193700 1000
November 2006 193700 0
December 2006 196400 2700
January 2007 197300 900
February 2007 198700 1400
March 2007 199500 800
April 2007 198800 -700
May 2007 199000 200
June 2007 197100 -1900
July 2007 197600 500
August 2007 198200 600
September 2007 197900 -300
October 2007 196500 -1400
November 2007 196200 -300
December 2007 195400 -800
January 2008 195800 400
February 2008 195500 -300
March 2008 195400 -100
April 2008 196100 700
May 2008 196000 -100
June 2008 194500 -1500
July 2008 196000 1500
August 2008 195200 -800
September 2008 194200 -1000
October 2008 196000 1800
November 2008 195500 -500
December 2008 194400 -1100
January 2009 195200 800
February 2009 192700 -2500
March 2009 190200 -2500
April 2009 188200 -2000
May 2009 185000 -3200
June 2009 181900 -3100
July 2009 182000 100
August 2009 181800 -200
September 2009 181000 -800
October 2009 179600 -1400
November 2009 178600 -1000
December 2009 178700 100
January 2010 177900 -800
February 2010 178200 300
March 2010 178800 600
April 2010 179400 600
May 2010 180500 1100
June 2010 182300 1800
July 2010 184100 1800
August 2010 184600 500
September 2010 186000 1400
October 2010 187100 1100
November 2010 188400 1300
December 2010 188600 200
January 2011 188600 0
February 2011 190100 1500
March 2011 191400 1300
April 2011 191500 100
May 2011 192800 1300
June 2011 193700 900
July 2011 193600 -100
August 2011 194900 1300
September 2011 194600 -300
October 2011 195000 400
November 2011 194700 -300
December 2011 194600 -100
January 2012 195100 500
February 2012 194700 -400
March 2012 195200 500
April 2012 196500 1300
May 2012 195800 -700
June 2012 195400 -400
July 2012 194800 -600
August 2012 194900 100
September 2012 193500 -1400
October 2012 195000 1500
November 2012 194800 -200
December 2012 195600 800
January 2013 196200 600
February 2013 196600 400
March 2013 196700 100
April 2013 196700 0
May 2013 195800 -900
June 2013 195900 100
July 2013 195400 -500
August 2013 194000 -1400
September 2013 194700 700
October 2013 194300 -400
November 2013 195200 900
December 2013 195200 0
January 2014 195100 -100
February 2014 195400 300
March 2014 195500 100
April 2014 196400 900
May 2014 198100 1700
June 2014 198500 400
July 2014 200000 1500
August 2014 200700 700
September 2014 202800 2100
October 2014 203100 300
November 2014 204300 1200
December 2014 205800 1500
January 2015 208000 2200
February 2015 209200 1200
March 2015 209700 500
April 2015 209800 100
May 2015 208200 -1600
June 2015 206800 -1400
July 2015 204200 -2600
August 2015 202200 -2000
September 2015 199900 -2300
October 2015 197900 -2000
November 2015 195800 -2100
December 2015 192000 -3800
January 2016 187800 -4200
February 2016 184600 -3200
March 2016 183300 -1300
April 2016 182300 -1000
May 2016 182200 -100
June 2016 181900 -300
July 2016 183100 1200
August 2016 183500 400
September 2016 183600 100
October 2016 183700 100
November 2016 184000 300
December 2016 183700 -300
January 2017 182900 -800
February 2017 183700 800
March 2017 184500 800
April 2017 183700 -800
May 2017 183500 -200
June 2017 182700 -800
July 2017 181400 -1300
August 2017 181100 -300
September 2017 180600 -500
October 2017 180000 -600
November 2017 179400 -600
December 2017 179300 -100
January 2018 179000 -300
February 2018 179400 400
March 2018 179400 0
April 2018 180400 1000
May 2018 181600 1200
June 2018 181700 100
July 2018 181900 200
August 2018 182400 500
September 2018 183000 600
October 2018 183800 800
November 2018 184100 300
December 2018 183400 -700
January 2019 183100 -300
February 2019 182000 -1100
March 2019 180900 -1100
April 2019 179900 -1000
May 2019 177700 -2200
June 2019 175800 -1900
July 2019 174700 -1100
August 2019 172400 -2300
September 2019 169700 -2700
October 2019 166800 -2900
November 2019 164900 -1900
December 2019 163400 -1500
January 2020 160000 -3400
February 2020 159100 -900
March 2020 158900 -200
April 2020 154800 -4100
May 2020 148300 -6500
June 2020 144900 -3400
July 2020 145600 700
August 2020 146300 700
September 2020 147100 800
October 2020 146200 -900
November 2020 145300 -900
December 2020 148200 2900
January 2021 145300 -2900
February 2021 146100 800
March 2021 146800 700
April 2021 147100 300
May 2021 147200 100
June 2021 147300 100
July 2021 146700 -600
August 2021 145600 -1100
September 2021 145600 0
October 2021 145500 -100
November 2021 145700 200
December 2021 145900 200
January 2022 144000 -1900
February 2022 145800 1800
March 2022 146100 300
April 2022 146300 200
May 2022 146700 400
June 2022 146700 0
July 2022 146200 -500
August 2022 146500 300
September 2022 147100 600
October 2022 147600 500
November 2022 148400 800
December 2022 148800 400
January 2023 149200 400
February 2023 149600 400
March 2023 149400 -200