United States Payroll Employment for the Service-providing 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 service-providing industry was 134,063,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 243,000 jobs to the service-providing 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 Service-providing Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Service-providing Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Service-providing Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 107891000
February 2002 107855000 -36000
March 2002 107935000 80000
April 2002 107928000 -7000
May 2002 108029000 101000
June 2002 108104000 75000
July 2002 108062000 -42000
August 2002 108138000 76000
September 2002 108102000 -36000
October 2002 108297000 195000
November 2002 108336000 39000
December 2002 108281000 -55000
January 2003 108433000 152000
February 2003 108420000 -13000
March 2003 108288000 -132000
April 2003 108312000 24000
May 2003 108365000 53000
June 2003 108404000 39000
July 2003 108475000 71000
August 2003 108448000 -27000
September 2003 108552000 104000
October 2003 108748000 196000
November 2003 108794000 46000
December 2003 108893000 99000
January 2004 109051000 158000
February 2004 109128000 77000
March 2004 109381000 253000
April 2004 109607000 226000
May 2004 109813000 206000
June 2004 109904000 91000
July 2004 109948000 44000
August 2004 109993000 45000
September 2004 110125000 132000
October 2004 110430000 305000
November 2004 110512000 82000
December 2004 110628000 116000
January 2005 110819000 191000
February 2005 110997000 178000
March 2005 111087000 90000
April 2005 111380000 293000
May 2005 111515000 135000
June 2005 111755000 240000
July 2005 112092000 337000
August 2005 112268000 176000
September 2005 112325000 57000
October 2005 112352000 27000
November 2005 112643000 291000
December 2005 112785000 142000
January 2006 112958000 173000
February 2006 113196000 238000
March 2006 113469000 273000
April 2006 113581000 112000
May 2006 113650000 69000
June 2006 113730000 80000
July 2006 113932000 202000
August 2006 114117000 185000
September 2006 114287000 170000
October 2006 114392000 105000
November 2006 114661000 269000
December 2006 114849000 188000
January 2007 115037000 188000
February 2007 115220000 183000
March 2007 115390000 170000
April 2007 115494000 104000
May 2007 115670000 176000
June 2007 115748000 78000
July 2007 115765000 17000
August 2007 115852000 87000
September 2007 116009000 157000
October 2007 116118000 109000
November 2007 116277000 159000
December 2007 116422000 145000
January 2008 116451000 29000
February 2008 116426000 -25000
March 2008 116436000 10000
April 2008 116358000 -78000
May 2008 116247000 -111000
June 2008 116206000 -41000
July 2008 116132000 -74000
August 2008 115959000 -173000
September 2008 115656000 -303000
October 2008 115399000 -257000
November 2008 114922000 -477000
December 2008 114528000 -394000
January 2009 114180000 -348000
February 2009 113736000 -444000
March 2009 113266000 -470000
April 2009 112931000 -335000
May 2009 112815000 -116000
June 2009 112580000 -235000
July 2009 112383000 -197000
August 2009 112330000 -53000
September 2009 112197000 -133000
October 2009 112148000 -49000
November 2009 112190000 42000
December 2009 112016000 -174000
January 2010 112089000 73000
February 2010 112072000 -17000
March 2010 112192000 120000
April 2010 112386000 194000
May 2010 112904000 518000
June 2010 112739000 -165000
July 2010 112643000 -96000
August 2010 112631000 -12000
September 2010 112552000 -79000
October 2010 112819000 267000
November 2010 112926000 107000
December 2010 113039000 113000
January 2011 113057000 18000
February 2011 113208000 151000
March 2011 113371000 163000
April 2011 113647000 276000
May 2011 113697000 50000
June 2011 113892000 195000
July 2011 113897000 5000
August 2011 114004000 107000
September 2011 114178000 174000
October 2011 114370000 192000
November 2011 114513000 143000
December 2011 114657000 144000
January 2012 114942000 285000
February 2012 115183000 241000
March 2012 115372000 189000
April 2012 115443000 71000
May 2012 115549000 106000
June 2012 115596000 47000
July 2012 115706000 110000
August 2012 115872000 166000
September 2012 116051000 179000
October 2012 116199000 148000
November 2012 116357000 158000
December 2012 116543000 186000
January 2013 116684000 141000
February 2013 116906000 222000
March 2013 117029000 123000
April 2013 117223000 194000
May 2013 117400000 177000
June 2013 117546000 146000
July 2013 117686000 140000
August 2013 117880000 194000
September 2013 118009000 129000
October 2013 118183000 174000
November 2013 118404000 221000
December 2013 118487000 83000
January 2014 118615000 128000
February 2014 118719000 104000
March 2014 118949000 230000
April 2014 119195000 246000
May 2014 119360000 165000
June 2014 119639000 279000
July 2014 119812000 173000
August 2014 119942000 130000
September 2014 120192000 250000
October 2014 120386000 194000
November 2014 120633000 247000
December 2014 120885000 252000
January 2015 121063000 178000
February 2015 121292000 229000
March 2015 121419000 127000
April 2015 121649000 230000
May 2015 121959000 310000
June 2015 122103000 144000
July 2015 122362000 259000
August 2015 122501000 139000
September 2015 122624000 123000
October 2015 122905000 281000
November 2015 123099000 194000
December 2015 123345000 246000
January 2016 123452000 107000
February 2016 123694000 242000
March 2016 123955000 261000
April 2016 124124000 169000
May 2016 124214000 90000
June 2016 124444000 230000
July 2016 124757000 313000
August 2016 124933000 176000
September 2016 125201000 268000
October 2016 125281000 80000
November 2016 125377000 96000
December 2016 125587000 210000
January 2017 125785000 198000
February 2017 125929000 144000
March 2017 126021000 92000
April 2017 126187000 166000
May 2017 126374000 187000
June 2017 126525000 151000
July 2017 126700000 175000
August 2017 126753000 53000
September 2017 126822000 69000
October 2017 126938000 116000
November 2017 127111000 173000
December 2017 127204000 93000
January 2018 127316000 112000
February 2018 127584000 268000
March 2018 127763000 179000
April 2018 127861000 98000
May 2018 128098000 237000
June 2018 128253000 155000
July 2018 128263000 10000
August 2018 128461000 198000
September 2018 128503000 42000
October 2018 128628000 125000
November 2018 128722000 94000
December 2018 128870000 148000
January 2019 129110000 240000
February 2019 129133000 23000
March 2019 129336000 203000
April 2019 129546000 210000
May 2019 129592000 46000
June 2019 129732000 140000
July 2019 129801000 69000
August 2019 130035000 234000
September 2019 130226000 191000
October 2019 130400000 174000
November 2019 130594000 194000
December 2019 130741000 147000
January 2020 131040000 299000
February 2020 131292000 252000
March 2020 130009000 -1283000
April 2020 111870000 -18139000
May 2020 113806000 1936000
June 2020 117894000 4088000
July 2020 119283000 1389000
August 2020 120970000 1687000
September 2020 121844000 874000
October 2020 122488000 644000
November 2020 122713000 225000
December 2020 122364000 -349000
January 2021 122860000 496000
February 2021 123490000 630000
March 2021 124109000 619000
April 2021 124424000 315000
May 2021 124887000 463000
June 2021 125553000 666000
July 2021 126233000 680000
August 2021 126831000 598000
September 2021 127305000 474000
October 2021 127981000 676000
November 2021 128501000 520000
December 2021 128985000 484000
January 2022 129321000 336000
February 2022 130104000 783000
March 2022 130427000 323000
April 2022 130614000 187000
May 2022 130917000 303000
June 2022 131237000 320000
July 2022 131734000 497000
August 2022 132049000 315000
September 2022 132355000 306000
October 2022 132622000 267000
November 2022 132871000 249000
December 2022 133074000 203000
January 2023 133505000 431000
February 2023 133820000 315000
March 2023 134063000 243000