United States Payroll Employment for the Special food services 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 special food services payroll employment was 719,100; this means that the United States lost 3,500 jobs in the special food services 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 special food services 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 Special food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Special food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Special food services Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 503100
February 2002 501500 -1600
March 2002 501500 0
April 2002 503300 1800
May 2002 504600 1300
June 2002 505400 800
July 2002 511600 6200
August 2002 514300 2700
September 2002 521800 7500
October 2002 529800 8000
November 2002 515000 -14800
December 2002 527900 12900
January 2003 507600 -20300
February 2003 508300 700
March 2003 510200 1900
April 2003 512400 2200
May 2003 511600 -800
June 2003 525600 14000
July 2003 503800 -21800
August 2003 502000 -1800
September 2003 530800 28800
October 2003 525200 -5600
November 2003 524500 -700
December 2003 529600 5100
January 2004 528700 -900
February 2004 525700 -3000
March 2004 524100 -1600
April 2004 520500 -3600
May 2004 525600 5100
June 2004 526000 400
July 2004 521100 -4900
August 2004 509700 -11400
September 2004 521000 11300
October 2004 530600 9600
November 2004 526000 -4600
December 2004 522700 -3300
January 2005 529300 6600
February 2005 532900 3600
March 2005 535400 2500
April 2005 540800 5400
May 2005 539000 -1800
June 2005 541000 2000
July 2005 539900 -1100
August 2005 539800 -100
September 2005 540000 200
October 2005 532600 -7400
November 2005 534800 2200
December 2005 543900 9100
January 2006 541100 -2800
February 2006 536700 -4400
March 2006 541000 4300
April 2006 540200 -800
May 2006 537100 -3100
June 2006 541400 4300
July 2006 560300 18900
August 2006 578100 17800
September 2006 547200 -30900
October 2006 550800 3600
November 2006 558200 7400
December 2006 549800 -8400
January 2007 548000 -1800
February 2007 547100 -900
March 2007 545800 -1300
April 2007 550700 4900
May 2007 556800 6100
June 2007 559700 2900
July 2007 562200 2500
August 2007 567900 5700
September 2007 557800 -10100
October 2007 552500 -5300
November 2007 547200 -5300
December 2007 549700 2500
January 2008 555600 5900
February 2008 553800 -1800
March 2008 549300 -4500
April 2008 546600 -2700
May 2008 551600 5000
June 2008 547500 -4100
July 2008 550200 2700
August 2008 545100 -5100
September 2008 539700 -5400
October 2008 541700 2000
November 2008 542100 400
December 2008 541100 -1000
January 2009 534200 -6900
February 2009 532600 -1600
March 2009 530700 -1900
April 2009 514900 -15800
May 2009 522700 7800
June 2009 532000 9300
July 2009 537100 5100
August 2009 530100 -7000
September 2009 524900 -5200
October 2009 525400 500
November 2009 522800 -2600
December 2009 525500 2700
January 2010 529500 4000
February 2010 525100 -4400
March 2010 531300 6200
April 2010 537300 6000
May 2010 536800 -500
June 2010 536600 -200
July 2010 528700 -7900
August 2010 538100 9400
September 2010 555900 17800
October 2010 557700 1800
November 2010 555500 -2200
December 2010 553300 -2200
January 2011 550500 -2800
February 2011 556700 6200
March 2011 554100 -2600
April 2011 554400 300
May 2011 556900 2500
June 2011 555600 -1300
July 2011 552400 -3200
August 2011 555500 3100
September 2011 559800 4300
October 2011 559900 100
November 2011 568100 8200
December 2011 565300 -2800
January 2012 562200 -3100
February 2012 568000 5800
March 2012 570700 2700
April 2012 571700 1000
May 2012 577400 5700
June 2012 568000 -9400
July 2012 565700 -2300
August 2012 583600 17900
September 2012 593600 10000
October 2012 586300 -7300
November 2012 584800 -1500
December 2012 588600 3800
January 2013 590300 1700
February 2013 595500 5200
March 2013 596600 1100
April 2013 611900 15300
May 2013 600200 -11700
June 2013 595100 -5100
July 2013 603100 8000
August 2013 600100 -3000
September 2013 603200 3100
October 2013 606400 3200
November 2013 609000 2600
December 2013 607800 -1200
January 2014 610000 2200
February 2014 611300 1300
March 2014 621500 10200
April 2014 627400 5900
May 2014 631300 3900
June 2014 634700 3400
July 2014 635700 1000
August 2014 641800 6100
September 2014 650500 8700
October 2014 649700 -800
November 2014 647700 -2000
December 2014 660200 12500
January 2015 645000 -15200
February 2015 652000 7000
March 2015 645400 -6600
April 2015 656500 11100
May 2015 644700 -11800
June 2015 642800 -1900
July 2015 641400 -1400
August 2015 640900 -500
September 2015 642200 1300
October 2015 650600 8400
November 2015 656900 6300
December 2015 660000 3100
January 2016 664000 4000
February 2016 664900 900
March 2016 666400 1500
April 2016 661800 -4600
May 2016 667000 5200
June 2016 667300 300
July 2016 671800 4500
August 2016 677000 5200
September 2016 684500 7500
October 2016 683000 -1500
November 2016 685000 2000
December 2016 686700 1700
January 2017 682500 -4200
February 2017 681900 -600
March 2017 690700 8800
April 2017 683900 -6800
May 2017 697200 13300
June 2017 708100 10900
July 2017 712200 4100
August 2017 712400 200
September 2017 706200 -6200
October 2017 702500 -3700
November 2017 702200 -300
December 2017 698900 -3300
January 2018 701000 2100
February 2018 710600 9600
March 2018 715100 4500
April 2018 723300 8200
May 2018 723200 -100
June 2018 719200 -4000
July 2018 724100 4900
August 2018 724800 700
September 2018 723600 -1200
October 2018 724700 1100
November 2018 722600 -2100
December 2018 729900 7300
January 2019 735900 6000
February 2019 736500 600
March 2019 737500 1000
April 2019 745100 7600
May 2019 727400 -17700
June 2019 711000 -16400
July 2019 706300 -4700
August 2019 715000 8700
September 2019 730500 15500
October 2019 739500 9000
November 2019 732300 -7200
December 2019 735500 3200
January 2020 721900 -13600
February 2020 742200 20300
March 2020 702400 -39800
April 2020 374200 -328200
May 2020 383300 9100
June 2020 408200 24900
July 2020 421600 13400
August 2020 436800 15200
September 2020 440200 3400
October 2020 447200 7000
November 2020 452600 5400
December 2020 418400 -34200
January 2021 466700 48300
February 2021 468100 1400
March 2021 471300 3200
April 2021 484100 12800
May 2021 503000 18900
June 2021 522900 19900
July 2021 548000 25100
August 2021 549600 1600
September 2021 550600 1000
October 2021 570700 20100
November 2021 589800 19100
December 2021 602200 12400
January 2022 655400 53200
February 2022 632700 -22700
March 2022 644000 11300
April 2022 648800 4800
May 2022 665000 16200
June 2022 676700 11700
July 2022 681500 4800
August 2022 686400 4900
September 2022 693600 7200
October 2022 706600 13000
November 2022 717300 10700
December 2022 722700 5400
January 2023 722600 -100
February 2023 719100 -3500

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.