United States Payroll Employment for the Telecommunications 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 telecommunications industry was 650,100 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US lost 3,100 jobs in the telecommunications 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 Telecommunications Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Telecommunications Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Telecommunications Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1345600
February 2002 1332100 -13500
March 2002 1320600 -11500
April 2002 1307000 -13600
May 2002 1298300 -8700
June 2002 1286000 -12300
July 2002 1273800 -12200
August 2002 1262400 -11400
September 2002 1248400 -14000
October 2002 1245000 -3400
November 2002 1237500 -7500
December 2002 1214700 -22800
January 2003 1204600 -10100
February 2003 1192800 -11800
March 2003 1181800 -11000
April 2003 1177600 -4200
May 2003 1171400 -6200
June 2003 1166300 -5100
July 2003 1160200 -6100
August 2003 1157200 -3000
September 2003 1154300 -2900
October 2003 1150600 -3700
November 2003 1144000 -6600
December 2003 1141500 -2500
January 2004 1141600 100
February 2004 1136800 -4800
March 2004 1133800 -3000
April 2004 1128600 -5200
May 2004 1122600 -6000
June 2004 1119600 -3000
July 2004 1116800 -2800
August 2004 1110300 -6500
September 2004 1099200 -11100
October 2004 1092900 -6300
November 2004 1090200 -2700
December 2004 1089200 -1000
January 2005 1087000 -2200
February 2005 1084400 -2600
March 2005 1081500 -2900
April 2005 1079400 -2100
May 2005 1076800 -2600
June 2005 1073900 -2900
July 2005 1070400 -3500
August 2005 1065900 -4500
September 2005 1063700 -2200
October 2005 1060000 -3700
November 2005 1059400 -600
December 2005 1055200 -4200
January 2006 1052600 -2600
February 2006 1053400 800
March 2006 1053300 -100
April 2006 1053700 400
May 2006 1052800 -900
June 2006 1045900 -6900
July 2006 1044200 -1700
August 2006 1046000 1800
September 2006 1046700 700
October 2006 1043600 -3100
November 2006 1039000 -4600
December 2006 1039900 900
January 2007 1036500 -3400
February 2007 1036400 -100
March 2007 1031100 -5300
April 2007 1030300 -800
May 2007 1030100 -200
June 2007 1029500 -600
July 2007 1030100 600
August 2007 1026400 -3700
September 2007 1026300 -100
October 2007 1028700 2400
November 2007 1029200 500
December 2007 1031600 2400
January 2008 1030800 -800
February 2008 1027100 -3700
March 2008 1026800 -300
April 2008 1025600 -1200
May 2008 1026300 700
June 2008 1025800 -500
July 2008 1022200 -3600
August 2008 1019900 -2300
September 2008 1017400 -2500
October 2008 1009000 -8400
November 2008 1003900 -5100
December 2008 998800 -5100
January 2009 995800 -3000
February 2009 993700 -2100
March 2009 989800 -3900
April 2009 978100 -11700
May 2009 973800 -4300
June 2009 965600 -8200
July 2009 961400 -4200
August 2009 955800 -5600
September 2009 951300 -4500
October 2009 948700 -2600
November 2009 940700 -8000
December 2009 934200 -6500
January 2010 928200 -6000
February 2010 918900 -9300
March 2010 913100 -5800
April 2010 905400 -7700
May 2010 901500 -3900
June 2010 900300 -1200
July 2010 897300 -3000
August 2010 896900 -400
September 2010 894200 -2700
October 2010 893500 -700
November 2010 894100 600
December 2010 891200 -2900
January 2011 885000 -6200
February 2011 886100 1100
March 2011 882600 -3500
April 2011 883800 1200
May 2011 882700 -1100
June 2011 883500 800
July 2011 876900 -6600
August 2011 829100 -47800
September 2011 872000 42900
October 2011 868100 -3900
November 2011 867200 -900
December 2011 867500 300
January 2012 869300 1800
February 2012 867000 -2300
March 2012 865400 -1600
April 2012 862000 -3400
May 2012 854500 -7500
June 2012 855400 900
July 2012 856900 1500
August 2012 851300 -5600
September 2012 850300 -1000
October 2012 851600 1300
November 2012 849000 -2600
December 2012 848100 -900
January 2013 854200 6100
February 2013 852300 -1900
March 2013 851900 -400
April 2013 852400 500
May 2013 852100 -300
June 2013 851600 -500
July 2013 854300 2700
August 2013 855800 1500
September 2013 853000 -2800
October 2013 852600 -400
November 2013 851300 -1300
December 2013 855600 4300
January 2014 848200 -7400
February 2014 849200 1000
March 2014 849400 200
April 2014 844300 -5100
May 2014 842200 -2100
June 2014 839600 -2600
July 2014 837100 -2500
August 2014 836400 -700
September 2014 837400 1000
October 2014 829500 -7900
November 2014 826200 -3300
December 2014 821500 -4700
January 2015 816000 -5500
February 2015 811900 -4100
March 2015 808000 -3900
April 2015 812700 4700
May 2015 813400 700
June 2015 805700 -7700
July 2015 809900 4200
August 2015 809200 -700
September 2015 811000 1800
October 2015 816200 5200
November 2015 809300 -6900
December 2015 807300 -2000
January 2016 805600 -1700
February 2016 803500 -2100
March 2016 803700 200
April 2016 806600 2900
May 2016 775100 -31500
June 2016 805100 30000
July 2016 805900 800
August 2016 799500 -6400
September 2016 806600 7100
October 2016 798100 -8500
November 2016 799000 900
December 2016 805000 6000
January 2017 794400 -10600
February 2017 794800 400
March 2017 790200 -4600
April 2017 781400 -8800
May 2017 779100 -2300
June 2017 784500 5400
July 2017 778700 -5800
August 2017 776600 -2100
September 2017 781000 4400
October 2017 768800 -12200
November 2017 768900 100
December 2017 771200 2300
January 2018 763200 -8000
February 2018 764300 1100
March 2018 759300 -5000
April 2018 758100 -1200
May 2018 753900 -4200
June 2018 753700 -200
July 2018 750100 -3600
August 2018 745000 -5100
September 2018 741900 -3100
October 2018 739900 -2000
November 2018 737500 -2400
December 2018 733100 -4400
January 2019 729600 -3500
February 2019 726100 -3500
March 2019 723600 -2500
April 2019 716500 -7100
May 2019 718500 2000
June 2019 715700 -2800
July 2019 707700 -8000
August 2019 710200 2500
September 2019 707700 -2500
October 2019 710500 2800
November 2019 709400 -1100
December 2019 708900 -500
January 2020 707500 -1400
February 2020 704300 -3200
March 2020 701500 -2800
April 2020 696000 -5500
May 2020 691900 -4100
June 2020 686200 -5700
July 2020 683200 -3000
August 2020 680000 -3200
September 2020 680500 500
October 2020 675600 -4900
November 2020 672600 -3000
December 2020 673100 500
January 2021 679300 6200
February 2021 678800 -500
March 2021 672300 -6500
April 2021 670300 -2000
May 2021 666100 -4200
June 2021 665100 -1000
July 2021 663700 -1400
August 2021 664000 300
September 2021 660100 -3900
October 2021 662200 2100
November 2021 659100 -3100
December 2021 657400 -1700
January 2022 657300 -100
February 2022 654300 -3000
March 2022 658500 4200
April 2022 664200 5700
May 2022 664700 500
June 2022 665700 1000
July 2022 668800 3100
August 2022 667300 -1500
September 2022 666100 -1200
October 2022 663900 -2200
November 2022 661200 -2700
December 2022 658100 -3100
January 2023 655000 -3100
February 2023 653200 -1800
March 2023 650100 -3100