United States Payroll Employment for the State government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted state government payroll employment was 5,184,000; this means that the United States added 13,000 jobs to the state government industry in the month of March 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 state government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 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 State government Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the State government Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the State government Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 5005000
February 2002 4997000 -8000
March 2002 5011000 14000
April 2002 5016000 5000
May 2002 5038000 22000
June 2002 5063000 25000
July 2002 5067000 4000
August 2002 5069000 2000
September 2002 5022000 -47000
October 2002 5013000 -9000
November 2002 5023000 10000
December 2002 5026000 3000
January 2003 5034000 8000
February 2003 5032000 -2000
March 2003 5022000 -10000
April 2003 5017000 -5000
May 2003 5009000 -8000
June 2003 4997000 -12000
July 2003 4981000 -16000
August 2003 4975000 -6000
September 2003 4980000 5000
October 2003 4987000 7000
November 2003 4988000 1000
December 2003 4981000 -7000
January 2004 4965000 -16000
February 2004 4967000 2000
March 2004 4973000 6000
April 2004 4973000 0
May 2004 4971000 -2000
June 2004 4978000 7000
July 2004 4982000 4000
August 2004 4985000 3000
September 2004 4985000 0
October 2004 4993000 8000
November 2004 4998000 5000
December 2004 4995000 -3000
January 2005 5019000 24000
February 2005 5015000 -4000
March 2005 5013000 -2000
April 2005 5019000 6000
May 2005 5022000 3000
June 2005 5029000 7000
July 2005 5040000 11000
August 2005 5038000 -2000
September 2005 5040000 2000
October 2005 5037000 -3000
November 2005 5045000 8000
December 2005 5061000 16000
January 2006 5033000 -28000
February 2006 5049000 16000
March 2006 5059000 10000
April 2006 5064000 5000
May 2006 5072000 8000
June 2006 5069000 -3000
July 2006 5075000 6000
August 2006 5084000 9000
September 2006 5099000 15000
October 2006 5097000 -2000
November 2006 5100000 3000
December 2006 5098000 -2000
January 2007 5087000 -11000
February 2007 5114000 27000
March 2007 5118000 4000
April 2007 5121000 3000
May 2007 5121000 0
June 2007 5131000 10000
July 2007 5119000 -12000
August 2007 5110000 -9000
September 2007 5137000 27000
October 2007 5132000 -5000
November 2007 5137000 5000
December 2007 5139000 2000
January 2008 5148000 9000
February 2008 5145000 -3000
March 2008 5153000 8000
April 2008 5157000 4000
May 2008 5162000 5000
June 2008 5179000 17000
July 2008 5191000 12000
August 2008 5214000 23000
September 2008 5184000 -30000
October 2008 5182000 -2000
November 2008 5194000 12000
December 2008 5191000 -3000
January 2009 5206000 15000
February 2009 5190000 -16000
March 2009 5180000 -10000
April 2009 5182000 2000
May 2009 5187000 5000
June 2009 5176000 -11000
July 2009 5122000 -54000
August 2009 5170000 48000
September 2009 5144000 -26000
October 2009 5158000 14000
November 2009 5152000 -6000
December 2009 5150000 -2000
January 2010 5145000 -5000
February 2010 5147000 2000
March 2010 5140000 -7000
April 2010 5136000 -4000
May 2010 5135000 -1000
June 2010 5139000 4000
July 2010 5136000 -3000
August 2010 5130000 -6000
September 2010 5122000 -8000
October 2010 5139000 17000
November 2010 5139000 0
December 2010 5133000 -6000
January 2011 5138000 5000
February 2011 5106000 -32000
March 2011 5096000 -10000
April 2011 5091000 -5000
May 2011 5083000 -8000
June 2011 5079000 -4000
July 2011 5058000 -21000
August 2011 5079000 21000
September 2011 5072000 -7000
October 2011 5056000 -16000
November 2011 5050000 -6000
December 2011 5047000 -3000
January 2012 5045000 -2000
February 2012 5048000 3000
March 2012 5051000 3000
April 2012 5055000 4000
May 2012 5052000 -3000
June 2012 5059000 7000
July 2012 5055000 -4000
August 2012 5063000 8000
September 2012 5076000 13000
October 2012 5055000 -21000
November 2012 5052000 -3000
December 2012 5048000 -4000
January 2013 5029000 -19000
February 2013 5045000 16000
March 2013 5052000 7000
April 2013 5047000 -5000
May 2013 5049000 2000
June 2013 5038000 -11000
July 2013 5025000 -13000
August 2013 5045000 20000
September 2013 5050000 5000
October 2013 5057000 7000
November 2013 5056000 -1000
December 2013 5053000 -3000
January 2014 5052000 -1000
February 2014 5057000 5000
March 2014 5055000 -2000
April 2014 5055000 0
May 2014 5051000 -4000
June 2014 5058000 7000
July 2014 5035000 -23000
August 2014 5016000 -19000
September 2014 5041000 25000
October 2014 5046000 5000
November 2014 5053000 7000
December 2014 5059000 6000
January 2015 5065000 6000
February 2015 5071000 6000
March 2015 5067000 -4000
April 2015 5070000 3000
May 2015 5074000 4000
June 2015 5073000 -1000
July 2015 5073000 0
August 2015 5077000 4000
September 2015 5083000 6000
October 2015 5084000 1000
November 2015 5090000 6000
December 2015 5088000 -2000
January 2016 5090000 2000
February 2016 5085000 -5000
March 2016 5092000 7000
April 2016 5097000 5000
May 2016 5092000 -5000
June 2016 5107000 15000
July 2016 5115000 8000
August 2016 5115000 0
September 2016 5150000 35000
October 2016 5132000 -18000
November 2016 5135000 3000
December 2016 5139000 4000
January 2017 5156000 17000
February 2017 5160000 4000
March 2017 5163000 3000
April 2017 5169000 6000
May 2017 5181000 12000
June 2017 5174000 -7000
July 2017 5178000 4000
August 2017 5169000 -9000
September 2017 5144000 -25000
October 2017 5152000 8000
November 2017 5161000 9000
December 2017 5159000 -2000
January 2018 5152000 -7000
February 2018 5156000 4000
March 2018 5164000 8000
April 2018 5177000 13000
May 2018 5174000 -3000
June 2018 5179000 5000
July 2018 5175000 -4000
August 2018 5174000 -1000
September 2018 5183000 9000
October 2018 5183000 0
November 2018 5165000 -18000
December 2018 5176000 11000
January 2019 5174000 -2000
February 2019 5183000 9000
March 2019 5192000 9000
April 2019 5192000 0
May 2019 5151000 -41000
June 2019 5171000 20000
July 2019 5192000 21000
August 2019 5212000 20000
September 2019 5219000 7000
October 2019 5237000 18000
November 2019 5247000 10000
December 2019 5248000 1000
January 2020 5271000 23000
February 2020 5317000 46000
March 2020 5266000 -51000
April 2020 5117000 -149000
May 2020 5060000 -57000
June 2020 5061000 1000
July 2020 5071000 10000
August 2020 5116000 45000
September 2020 5095000 -21000
October 2020 5073000 -22000
November 2020 5074000 1000
December 2020 5080000 6000
January 2021 5162000 82000
February 2021 5167000 5000
March 2021 5195000 28000
April 2021 5191000 -4000
May 2021 5179000 -12000
June 2021 5190000 11000
July 2021 5163000 -27000
August 2021 5149000 -14000
September 2021 5138000 -11000
October 2021 5132000 -6000
November 2021 5120000 -12000
December 2021 5113000 -7000
January 2022 5101000 -12000
February 2022 5088000 -13000
March 2022 5063000 -25000
April 2022 5077000 14000
May 2022 5092000 15000
June 2022 5090000 -2000
July 2022 5103000 13000
August 2022 5109000 6000
September 2022 5115000 6000
October 2022 5104000 -11000
November 2022 5116000 12000
December 2022 5087000 -29000
January 2023 5156000 69000
February 2023 5171000 15000
March 2023 5184000 13000

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.