United States Payroll Employment for the Trade, transportation, and utilities 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 trade, transportation, and utilities industry was 28,863,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 4,000 jobs to the trade, transportation, and utilities 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 Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 25484000
February 2002 25480000 -4000
March 2002 25472000 -8000
April 2002 25458000 -14000
May 2002 25442000 -16000
June 2002 25442000 0
July 2002 25448000 6000
August 2002 25397000 -51000
September 2002 25348000 -49000
October 2002 25363000 15000
November 2002 25330000 -33000
December 2002 25345000 15000
January 2003 25296000 -49000
February 2003 25273000 -23000
March 2003 25229000 -44000
April 2003 25213000 -16000
May 2003 25192000 -21000
June 2003 25154000 -38000
July 2003 25124000 -30000
August 2003 25147000 23000
September 2003 25184000 37000
October 2003 25212000 28000
November 2003 25192000 -20000
December 2003 25187000 -5000
January 2004 25271000 84000
February 2004 25279000 8000
March 2004 25352000 73000
April 2004 25386000 34000
May 2004 25415000 29000
June 2004 25455000 40000
July 2004 25455000 0
August 2004 25468000 13000
September 2004 25516000 48000
October 2004 25556000 40000
November 2004 25575000 19000
December 2004 25600000 25000
January 2005 25624000 24000
February 2005 25690000 66000
March 2005 25710000 20000
April 2005 25786000 76000
May 2005 25823000 37000
June 2005 25869000 46000
July 2005 25933000 64000
August 2005 25964000 31000
September 2005 25945000 -19000
October 2005 25957000 12000
November 2005 26013000 56000
December 2005 26035000 22000
January 2006 26057000 22000
February 2006 26089000 32000
March 2006 26128000 39000
April 2006 26124000 -4000
May 2006 26115000 -9000
June 2006 26136000 21000
July 2006 26161000 25000
August 2006 26171000 10000
September 2006 26192000 21000
October 2006 26232000 40000
November 2006 26294000 62000
December 2006 26342000 48000
January 2007 26383000 41000
February 2007 26424000 41000
March 2007 26491000 67000
April 2007 26492000 1000
May 2007 26520000 28000
June 2007 26514000 -6000
July 2007 26529000 15000
August 2007 26526000 -3000
September 2007 26556000 30000
October 2007 26551000 -5000
November 2007 26615000 64000
December 2007 26610000 -5000
January 2008 26590000 -20000
February 2008 26543000 -47000
March 2008 26524000 -19000
April 2008 26427000 -97000
May 2008 26338000 -89000
June 2008 26289000 -49000
July 2008 26227000 -62000
August 2008 26127000 -100000
September 2008 26012000 -115000
October 2008 25900000 -112000
November 2008 25695000 -205000
December 2008 25523000 -172000
January 2009 25387000 -136000
February 2009 25226000 -161000
March 2009 25065000 -161000
April 2009 24910000 -155000
May 2009 24850000 -60000
June 2009 24794000 -56000
July 2009 24692000 -102000
August 2009 24656000 -36000
September 2009 24598000 -58000
October 2009 24515000 -83000
November 2009 24480000 -35000
December 2009 24384000 -96000
January 2010 24437000 53000
February 2010 24419000 -18000
March 2010 24465000 46000
April 2010 24469000 4000
May 2010 24484000 15000
June 2010 24505000 21000
July 2010 24527000 22000
August 2010 24538000 11000
September 2010 24564000 26000
October 2010 24626000 62000
November 2010 24624000 -2000
December 2010 24655000 31000
January 2011 24678000 23000
February 2011 24745000 67000
March 2011 24792000 47000
April 2011 24893000 101000
May 2011 24906000 13000
June 2011 24963000 57000
July 2011 25010000 47000
August 2011 25029000 19000
September 2011 25047000 18000
October 2011 25082000 35000
November 2011 25111000 29000
December 2011 25122000 11000
January 2012 25219000 97000
February 2012 25245000 26000
March 2012 25274000 29000
April 2012 25287000 13000
May 2012 25336000 49000
June 2012 25323000 -13000
July 2012 25329000 6000
August 2012 25360000 31000
September 2012 25388000 28000
October 2012 25424000 36000
November 2012 25498000 74000
December 2012 25508000 10000
January 2013 25546000 38000
February 2013 25568000 22000
March 2013 25564000 -4000
April 2013 25595000 31000
May 2013 25624000 29000
June 2013 25683000 59000
July 2013 25725000 42000
August 2013 25791000 66000
September 2013 25858000 67000
October 2013 25879000 21000
November 2013 25941000 62000
December 2013 26011000 70000
January 2014 26029000 18000
February 2014 26001000 -28000
March 2014 26054000 53000
April 2014 26124000 70000
May 2014 26165000 41000
June 2014 26237000 72000
July 2014 26292000 55000
August 2014 26315000 23000
September 2014 26363000 48000
October 2014 26425000 62000
November 2014 26476000 51000
December 2014 26528000 52000
January 2015 26556000 28000
February 2015 26599000 43000
March 2015 26646000 47000
April 2015 26664000 18000
May 2015 26729000 65000
June 2015 26762000 33000
July 2015 26802000 40000
August 2015 26821000 19000
September 2015 26809000 -12000
October 2015 26853000 44000
November 2015 26876000 23000
December 2015 26910000 34000
January 2016 26916000 6000
February 2016 26979000 63000
March 2016 27055000 76000
April 2016 27073000 18000
May 2016 27090000 17000
June 2016 27109000 19000
July 2016 27152000 43000
August 2016 27198000 46000
September 2016 27209000 11000
October 2016 27231000 22000
November 2016 27210000 -21000
December 2016 27270000 60000
January 2017 27320000 50000
February 2017 27314000 -6000
March 2017 27301000 -13000
April 2017 27298000 -3000
May 2017 27307000 9000
June 2017 27320000 13000
July 2017 27324000 4000
August 2017 27332000 8000
September 2017 27351000 19000
October 2017 27372000 21000
November 2017 27421000 49000
December 2017 27406000 -15000
January 2018 27377000 -29000
February 2018 27454000 77000
March 2018 27521000 67000
April 2018 27518000 -3000
May 2018 27569000 51000
June 2018 27544000 -25000
July 2018 27546000 2000
August 2018 27600000 54000
September 2018 27577000 -23000
October 2018 27570000 -7000
November 2018 27640000 70000
December 2018 27576000 -64000
January 2019 27633000 57000
February 2019 27601000 -32000
March 2019 27605000 4000
April 2019 27631000 26000
May 2019 27638000 7000
June 2019 27639000 1000
July 2019 27654000 15000
August 2019 27650000 -4000
September 2019 27670000 20000
October 2019 27697000 27000
November 2019 27700000 3000
December 2019 27739000 39000
January 2020 27782000 43000
February 2020 27746000 -36000
March 2020 27662000 -84000
April 2020 24570000 -3092000
May 2020 24992000 422000
June 2020 25954000 962000
July 2020 26214000 260000
August 2020 26626000 412000
September 2020 26764000 138000
October 2020 26965000 201000
November 2020 27089000 124000
December 2020 27109000 20000
January 2021 27220000 111000
February 2021 27310000 90000
March 2021 27431000 121000
April 2021 27402000 -29000
May 2021 27471000 69000
June 2021 27582000 111000
July 2021 27625000 43000
August 2021 27715000 90000
September 2021 27866000 151000
October 2021 28015000 149000
November 2021 28085000 70000
December 2021 28189000 104000
January 2022 28289000 100000
February 2022 28561000 272000
March 2022 28600000 39000
April 2022 28621000 21000
May 2022 28634000 13000
June 2022 28671000 37000
July 2022 28717000 46000
August 2022 28777000 60000
September 2022 28784000 7000
October 2022 28815000 31000
November 2022 28731000 -84000
December 2022 28767000 36000
January 2023 28828000 61000
February 2023 28859000 31000
March 2023 28863000 4000