United States Payroll Employment for the Total private 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 total private payroll employment was 133,012,000; this means that the United States added 189,000 jobs to the total private 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 total private 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 Total private Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Total private Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Total private Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 109475000
February 2002 109342000 -133000
March 2002 109290000 -52000
April 2002 109174000 -116000
May 2002 109119000 -55000
June 2002 109134000 15000
July 2002 109039000 -95000
August 2002 108998000 -41000
September 2002 108952000 -46000
October 2002 109062000 110000
November 2002 109037000 -25000
December 2002 108882000 -155000
January 2003 108953000 71000
February 2003 108819000 -134000
March 2003 108623000 -196000
April 2003 108581000 -42000
May 2003 108630000 49000
June 2003 108586000 -44000
July 2003 108550000 -36000
August 2003 108597000 47000
September 2003 108748000 151000
October 2003 108881000 133000
November 2003 108947000 66000
December 2003 109049000 102000
January 2004 109227000 178000
February 2004 109272000 45000
March 2004 109551000 279000
April 2004 109796000 245000
May 2004 110080000 284000
June 2004 110188000 108000
July 2004 110243000 55000
August 2004 110310000 67000
September 2004 110447000 137000
October 2004 110777000 330000
November 2004 110817000 40000
December 2004 110940000 123000
January 2005 111043000 103000
February 2005 111289000 246000
March 2005 111413000 124000
April 2005 111762000 349000
May 2005 111906000 144000
June 2005 112177000 271000
July 2005 112440000 263000
August 2005 112632000 192000
September 2005 112706000 74000
October 2005 112815000 109000
November 2005 113142000 327000
December 2005 113282000 140000
January 2006 113578000 296000
February 2006 113853000 275000
March 2006 114137000 284000
April 2006 114292000 155000
May 2006 114321000 29000
June 2006 114406000 85000
July 2006 114549000 143000
August 2006 114677000 128000
September 2006 114742000 65000
October 2006 114780000 38000
November 2006 114986000 206000
December 2006 115165000 179000
January 2007 115381000 216000
February 2007 115423000 42000
March 2007 115632000 209000
April 2007 115668000 36000
May 2007 115800000 132000
June 2007 115865000 65000
July 2007 115871000 6000
August 2007 115791000 -80000
September 2007 115824000 33000
October 2007 115877000 53000
November 2007 115958000 81000
December 2007 116022000 64000
January 2008 116011000 -11000
February 2008 115906000 -105000
March 2008 115812000 -94000
April 2008 115588000 -224000
May 2008 115364000 -224000
June 2008 115172000 -192000
July 2008 114924000 -248000
August 2008 114642000 -282000
September 2008 114221000 -421000
October 2008 113745000 -476000
November 2008 112986000 -759000
December 2008 112293000 -693000
January 2009 111490000 -803000
February 2009 110735000 -755000
March 2009 109933000 -802000
April 2009 109148000 -785000
May 2009 108853000 -295000
June 2009 108426000 -427000
July 2009 108140000 -286000
August 2009 107943000 -197000
September 2009 107789000 -154000
October 2009 107538000 -251000
November 2009 107526000 -12000
December 2009 107326000 -200000
January 2010 107307000 -19000
February 2010 107224000 -83000
March 2010 107346000 122000
April 2010 107546000 200000
May 2010 107649000 103000
June 2010 107761000 112000
July 2010 107851000 90000
August 2010 108004000 153000
September 2010 108092000 88000
October 2010 108323000 231000
November 2010 108467000 144000
December 2010 108569000 102000
January 2011 108584000 15000
February 2011 108837000 253000
March 2011 109085000 248000
April 2011 109420000 335000
May 2011 109575000 155000
June 2011 109772000 197000
July 2011 109942000 170000
August 2011 110107000 165000
September 2011 110362000 255000
October 2011 110559000 197000
November 2011 110730000 171000
December 2011 110947000 217000
January 2012 111300000 353000
February 2012 111571000 271000
March 2012 111801000 230000
April 2012 111896000 95000
May 2012 112024000 128000
June 2012 112077000 53000
July 2012 112240000 163000
August 2012 112414000 174000
September 2012 112587000 173000
October 2012 112768000 181000
November 2012 112951000 183000
December 2012 113188000 237000
January 2013 113396000 208000
February 2013 113663000 267000
March 2013 113819000 156000
April 2013 114007000 188000
May 2013 114227000 220000
June 2013 114429000 202000
July 2013 114576000 147000
August 2013 114804000 228000
September 2013 114984000 180000
October 2013 115209000 225000
November 2013 115471000 262000
December 2013 115548000 77000
January 2014 115738000 190000
February 2014 115882000 144000
March 2014 116153000 271000
April 2014 116445000 292000
May 2014 116669000 224000
June 2014 116938000 269000
July 2014 117175000 237000
August 2014 117403000 228000
September 2014 117666000 263000
October 2014 117888000 222000
November 2014 118157000 269000
December 2014 118419000 262000
January 2015 118602000 183000
February 2015 118851000 249000
March 2015 118954000 103000
April 2015 119197000 243000
May 2015 119528000 331000
June 2015 119680000 152000
July 2015 119939000 259000
August 2015 120070000 131000
September 2015 120225000 155000
October 2015 120529000 304000
November 2015 120729000 200000
December 2015 120986000 257000
January 2016 121084000 98000
February 2016 121272000 188000
March 2016 121488000 216000
April 2016 121672000 184000
May 2016 121702000 30000
June 2016 121972000 270000
July 2016 122226000 254000
August 2016 122380000 154000
September 2016 122638000 258000
October 2016 122774000 136000
November 2016 122912000 138000
December 2016 123104000 192000
January 2017 123323000 219000
February 2017 123519000 196000
March 2017 123646000 127000
April 2017 123837000 191000
May 2017 124042000 205000
June 2017 124228000 186000
July 2017 124398000 170000
August 2017 124597000 199000
September 2017 124666000 69000
October 2017 124786000 120000
November 2017 124998000 212000
December 2017 125137000 139000
January 2018 125296000 159000
February 2018 125639000 343000
March 2018 125854000 215000
April 2018 125982000 128000
May 2018 126306000 324000
June 2018 126484000 178000
July 2018 126586000 102000
August 2018 126804000 218000
September 2018 126887000 83000
October 2018 127047000 160000
November 2018 127149000 102000
December 2018 127294000 145000
January 2019 127590000 296000
February 2019 127556000 -34000
March 2019 127747000 191000
April 2019 127953000 206000
May 2019 128061000 108000
June 2019 128220000 159000
July 2019 128337000 117000
August 2019 128497000 160000
September 2019 128673000 176000
October 2019 128772000 99000
November 2019 128948000 176000
December 2019 129041000 93000
January 2020 129315000 274000
February 2020 129500000 185000
March 2020 128103000 -1397000
April 2020 108503000 -19600000
May 2020 111659000 3156000
June 2020 116213000 4554000
July 2020 117555000 1342000
August 2020 118788000 1233000
September 2020 119841000 1053000
October 2020 120712000 871000
November 2020 121062000 350000
December 2020 120804000 -258000
January 2021 121188000 384000
February 2021 121751000 563000
March 2021 122452000 701000
April 2021 122685000 233000
May 2021 123166000 481000
June 2021 123790000 624000
July 2021 124521000 731000
August 2021 125121000 600000
September 2021 125704000 583000
October 2021 126522000 818000
November 2021 127135000 613000
December 2021 127686000 551000
January 2022 128031000 345000
February 2022 128928000 897000
March 2022 129351000 423000
April 2022 129577000 226000
May 2022 129920000 343000
June 2022 130302000 382000
July 2022 130795000 493000
August 2022 131101000 306000
September 2022 131445000 344000
October 2022 131744000 299000
November 2022 131972000 228000
December 2022 132204000 232000
January 2023 132557000 353000
February 2023 132823000 266000
March 2023 133012000 189000

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.