United States Payroll Employment for the 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 utilities industry was 554,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 1,500 jobs to the 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 Utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Utilities Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 599000
February 2002 598300 -700
March 2002 598400 100
April 2002 598000 -400
May 2002 598300 300
June 2002 598500 200
July 2002 597400 -1100
August 2002 595800 -1600
September 2002 594800 -1000
October 2002 594300 -500
November 2002 591200 -3100
December 2002 589200 -2000
January 2003 586600 -2600
February 2003 584900 -1700
March 2003 583100 -1800
April 2003 580900 -2200
May 2003 578000 -2900
June 2003 574300 -3700
July 2003 573900 -400
August 2003 573800 -100
September 2003 573100 -700
October 2003 573000 -100
November 2003 571500 -1500
December 2003 570800 -700
January 2004 570200 -600
February 2004 568700 -1500
March 2004 568900 200
April 2004 568700 -200
May 2004 567200 -1500
June 2004 565700 -1500
July 2004 564000 -1700
August 2004 560700 -3300
September 2004 560200 -500
October 2004 558400 -1800
November 2004 555600 -2800
December 2004 555600 0
January 2005 557500 1900
February 2005 557200 -300
March 2005 555000 -2200
April 2005 554700 -300
May 2005 553900 -800
June 2005 553400 -500
July 2005 553800 400
August 2005 554300 500
September 2005 553200 -1100
October 2005 553200 0
November 2005 552300 -900
December 2005 550600 -1700
January 2006 549800 -800
February 2006 550100 300
March 2006 547500 -2600
April 2006 548900 1400
May 2006 548300 -600
June 2006 547600 -700
July 2006 547900 300
August 2006 548000 100
September 2006 548500 500
October 2006 546900 -1600
November 2006 548000 1100
December 2006 548500 500
January 2007 548600 100
February 2007 548500 -100
March 2007 549100 600
April 2007 551400 2300
May 2007 553700 2300
June 2007 554900 1200
July 2007 555000 100
August 2007 555800 800
September 2007 555400 -400
October 2007 555800 400
November 2007 555500 -300
December 2007 557100 1600
January 2008 557000 -100
February 2008 556300 -700
March 2008 556400 100
April 2008 556900 500
May 2008 556800 -100
June 2008 557800 1000
July 2008 559600 1800
August 2008 558900 -700
September 2008 559400 500
October 2008 560900 1500
November 2008 562500 1600
December 2008 562900 400
January 2009 563000 100
February 2009 563600 600
March 2009 563000 -600
April 2009 561300 -1700
May 2009 559800 -1500
June 2009 560100 300
July 2009 558800 -1300
August 2009 557900 -900
September 2009 558800 900
October 2009 558600 -200
November 2009 557500 -1100
December 2009 556000 -1500
January 2010 556000 0
February 2010 554800 -1200
March 2010 554500 -300
April 2010 554200 -300
May 2010 553600 -600
June 2010 552000 -1600
July 2010 551400 -600
August 2010 551500 100
September 2010 549400 -2100
October 2010 551600 2200
November 2010 551100 -500
December 2010 553300 2200
January 2011 551500 -1800
February 2011 553300 1800
March 2011 552700 -600
April 2011 553700 1000
May 2011 553100 -600
June 2011 553000 -100
July 2011 551600 -1400
August 2011 552100 500
September 2011 552600 500
October 2011 552100 -500
November 2011 552600 500
December 2011 552200 -400
January 2012 553300 1100
February 2012 553200 -100
March 2012 553600 400
April 2012 553400 -200
May 2012 553200 -200
June 2012 554000 800
July 2012 546600 -7400
August 2012 554200 7600
September 2012 554400 200
October 2012 553900 -500
November 2012 551500 -2400
December 2012 551500 0
January 2013 551800 300
February 2013 552200 400
March 2013 550600 -1600
April 2013 552300 1700
May 2013 553000 700
June 2013 554700 1700
July 2013 551400 -3300
August 2013 551000 -400
September 2013 551400 400
October 2013 551100 -300
November 2013 552200 1100
December 2013 550500 -1700
January 2014 549000 -1500
February 2014 549200 200
March 2014 551200 2000
April 2014 550100 -1100
May 2014 549900 -200
June 2014 550800 900
July 2014 551300 500
August 2014 553200 1900
September 2014 551400 -1800
October 2014 552200 800
November 2014 552400 200
December 2014 554000 1600
January 2015 554500 500
February 2015 554300 -200
March 2015 554600 300
April 2015 554900 300
May 2015 556300 1400
June 2015 555300 -1000
July 2015 556800 1500
August 2015 557900 1100
September 2015 556900 -1000
October 2015 556600 -300
November 2015 556700 100
December 2015 556100 -600
January 2016 556100 0
February 2016 557200 1100
March 2016 555500 -1700
April 2016 555600 100
May 2016 554600 -1000
June 2016 556100 1500
July 2016 556800 700
August 2016 556300 -500
September 2016 556400 100
October 2016 556600 200
November 2016 556900 300
December 2016 557500 600
January 2017 556300 -1200
February 2017 555700 -600
March 2017 555600 -100
April 2017 555100 -500
May 2017 554700 -400
June 2017 555300 600
July 2017 555300 0
August 2017 555500 200
September 2017 555900 400
October 2017 555200 -700
November 2017 555100 -100
December 2017 555200 100
January 2018 553400 -1800
February 2018 556200 2800
March 2018 555500 -700
April 2018 556800 1300
May 2018 555400 -1400
June 2018 554500 -900
July 2018 551200 -3300
August 2018 551200 0
September 2018 551100 -100
October 2018 551800 700
November 2018 551700 -100
December 2018 551100 -600
January 2019 551100 0
February 2019 550000 -1100
March 2019 550400 400
April 2019 547300 -3100
May 2019 549300 2000
June 2019 551700 2400
July 2019 550500 -1200
August 2019 549500 -1000
September 2019 548100 -1400
October 2019 546500 -1600
November 2019 547700 1200
December 2019 548900 1200
January 2020 547100 -1800
February 2020 547500 400
March 2020 547300 -200
April 2020 542400 -4900
May 2020 542200 -200
June 2020 539500 -2700
July 2020 539200 -300
August 2020 541300 2100
September 2020 542900 1600
October 2020 541700 -1200
November 2020 542000 300
December 2020 541500 -500
January 2021 542300 800
February 2021 542500 200
March 2021 543200 700
April 2021 543800 600
May 2021 544200 400
June 2021 544800 600
July 2021 545500 700
August 2021 544900 -600
September 2021 546100 1200
October 2021 546700 600
November 2021 547500 800
December 2021 548100 600
January 2022 550200 2100
February 2022 551200 1000
March 2022 551700 500
April 2022 551800 100
May 2022 552500 700
June 2022 552900 400
July 2022 554200 1300
August 2022 555500 1300
September 2022 555600 100
October 2022 556900 1300
November 2022 556000 -900
December 2022 555300 -700
January 2023 553700 -1600
February 2023 552500 -1200
March 2023 554000 1500