United States Payroll Employment for the Retail trade 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 retail trade industry was 15,526,800 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 14,600 jobs in the retail trade 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 Retail trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Retail trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Retail trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 15039300
February 2002 15043500 4200
March 2002 15052900 9400
April 2002 15049700 -3200
May 2002 15029400 -20300
June 2002 15018400 -11000
July 2002 15015100 -3300
August 2002 14971200 -43900
September 2002 14952000 -19200
October 2002 14959000 7000
November 2002 14944700 -14300
December 2002 14958800 14100
January 2003 14937900 -20900
February 2003 14903800 -34100
March 2003 14880100 -23700
April 2003 14889600 9500
May 2003 14881100 -8500
June 2003 14866200 -14900
July 2003 14853600 -12600
August 2003 14881600 28000
September 2003 14911400 29800
October 2003 14930100 18700
November 2003 14906100 -24000
December 2003 14903600 -2500
January 2004 14946700 43100
February 2004 14945800 -900
March 2004 14995300 49500
April 2004 15015300 20000
May 2004 15030400 15100
June 2004 15053300 22900
July 2004 15036700 -16600
August 2004 15038300 1600
September 2004 15061700 23400
October 2004 15089800 28100
November 2004 15111200 21400
December 2004 15104500 -6700
January 2005 15123500 19000
February 2005 15163700 40200
March 2005 15166500 2800
April 2005 15216200 49700
May 2005 15232200 16000
June 2005 15266800 34600
July 2005 15307800 41000
August 2005 15323800 16000
September 2005 15296600 -27200
October 2005 15293300 -3300
November 2005 15325200 31900
December 2005 15331700 6500
January 2006 15318900 -12800
February 2006 15324700 5800
March 2006 15351400 26700
April 2006 15317700 -33700
May 2006 15285300 -32400
June 2006 15298200 12900
July 2006 15299300 1100
August 2006 15301900 2600
September 2006 15304000 2100
October 2006 15337400 33400
November 2006 15375500 38100
December 2006 15377600 2100
January 2007 15412900 35300
February 2007 15438300 25400
March 2007 15497200 58900
April 2007 15478400 -18800
May 2007 15494300 15900
June 2007 15479100 -15200
July 2007 15484000 4900
August 2007 15484400 400
September 2007 15491800 7400
October 2007 15484600 -7200
November 2007 15551400 66800
December 2007 15546500 -4900
January 2008 15528200 -18300
February 2008 15487800 -40400
March 2008 15477700 -10100
April 2008 15397500 -80200
May 2008 15332900 -64600
June 2008 15309500 -23400
July 2008 15271100 -38400
August 2008 15210200 -60900
September 2008 15142700 -67500
October 2008 15082700 -60000
November 2008 14953200 -129500
December 2008 14848600 -104600
January 2009 14766400 -82200
February 2009 14677400 -89000
March 2009 14592500 -84900
April 2009 14531700 -60800
May 2009 14515400 -16300
June 2009 14500900 -14500
July 2009 14447200 -53700
August 2009 14439600 -7600
September 2009 14405900 -33700
October 2009 14359000 -46900
November 2009 14340400 -18600
December 2009 14309700 -30700
January 2010 14361600 51900
February 2010 14355200 -6400
March 2010 14390800 35600
April 2010 14389400 -1400
May 2010 14396800 7400
June 2010 14398500 1700
July 2010 14402200 3700
August 2010 14414900 12700
September 2010 14419900 5000
October 2010 14461600 41700
November 2010 14446000 -15600
December 2010 14443100 -2900
January 2011 14494400 51300
February 2011 14515700 21300
March 2011 14536400 20700
April 2011 14604600 68200
May 2011 14604500 -100
June 2011 14637400 32900
July 2011 14676200 38800
August 2011 14678100 1900
September 2011 14686100 8000
October 2011 14698100 12000
November 2011 14715100 17000
December 2011 14706100 -9000
January 2012 14769600 63500
February 2012 14757600 -12000
March 2012 14774800 17200
April 2012 14786100 11300
May 2012 14792300 6200
June 2012 14772100 -20200
July 2012 14762500 -9600
August 2012 14773700 11200
September 2012 14800500 26800
October 2012 14816300 15800
November 2012 14897200 80900
December 2012 14865900 -31300
January 2013 14889600 23700
February 2013 14909600 20000
March 2013 14910700 1100
April 2013 14925300 14600
May 2013 14953100 27800
June 2013 15000700 47600
July 2013 15046300 45600
August 2013 15091100 44800
September 2013 15118600 27500
October 2013 15145200 26600
November 2013 15177900 32700
December 2013 15231900 54000
January 2014 15215000 -16900
February 2014 15186800 -28200
March 2014 15217200 30400
April 2014 15258700 41500
May 2014 15265000 6300
June 2014 15305600 40600
July 2014 15329100 23500
August 2014 15337300 8200
September 2014 15366800 29500
October 2014 15405100 38300
November 2014 15430700 25600
December 2014 15445000 14300
January 2015 15462300 17300
February 2015 15477300 15000
March 2015 15509900 32600
April 2015 15524100 14200
May 2015 15558200 34100
June 2015 15567300 9100
July 2015 15581800 14500
August 2015 15588300 6500
September 2015 15578000 -10300
October 2015 15619900 41900
November 2015 15626300 6400
December 2015 15631600 5300
January 2016 15666700 35100
February 2016 15715000 48300
March 2016 15770400 55400
April 2016 15768000 -2400
May 2016 15773100 5100
June 2016 15789500 16400
July 2016 15804300 14800
August 2016 15821200 16900
September 2016 15826300 5100
October 2016 15829900 3600
November 2016 15786900 -43000
December 2016 15818300 31400
January 2017 15876800 58500
February 2017 15852300 -24500
March 2017 15823900 -28400
April 2017 15804000 -19900
May 2017 15784600 -19400
June 2017 15776200 -8400
July 2017 15767800 -8400
August 2017 15761700 -6100
September 2017 15750200 -11500
October 2017 15748200 -2000
November 2017 15785300 37100
December 2017 15744200 -41100
January 2018 15709200 -35000
February 2018 15756900 47700
March 2018 15772400 15500
April 2018 15772700 300
May 2018 15788100 15400
June 2018 15740700 -47400
July 2018 15725000 -15700
August 2018 15725500 500
September 2018 15686200 -39300
October 2018 15643400 -42800
November 2018 15686700 43300
December 2018 15632600 -54100
January 2019 15612200 -20400
February 2019 15593000 -19200
March 2019 15578500 -14500
April 2019 15573300 -5200
May 2019 15558700 -14600
June 2019 15530600 -28100
July 2019 15528300 -2300
August 2019 15519300 -9000
September 2019 15525600 6300
October 2019 15536100 10500
November 2019 15527800 -8300
December 2019 15544800 17000
January 2020 15528600 -16200
February 2020 15519900 -8700
March 2020 15431000 -88900
April 2020 13253800 -2177200
May 2020 13639200 385400
June 2020 14440700 801500
July 2020 14663200 222500
August 2020 14957400 294200
September 2020 14998100 40700
October 2020 15107800 109700
November 2020 15113700 5900
December 2020 15117700 4000
January 2021 15177300 59600
February 2021 15207600 30300
March 2021 15233900 26300
April 2021 15201700 -32200
May 2021 15220500 18800
June 2021 15256400 35900
July 2021 15222600 -33800
August 2021 15234500 11900
September 2021 15305400 70900
October 2021 15359000 53600
November 2021 15354000 -5000
December 2021 15365200 11200
January 2022 15395300 30100
February 2022 15564100 168800
March 2022 15542000 -22100
April 2022 15504600 -37400
May 2022 15453200 -51400
June 2022 15467300 14100
July 2022 15476700 9400
August 2022 15513400 36700
September 2022 15502300 -11100
October 2022 15496700 -5600
November 2022 15451100 -45600
December 2022 15477800 26700
January 2023 15500100 22300
February 2023 15541400 41300
March 2023 15526800 -14600