United States Payroll Employment for the Water transportation 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 water transportation industry was 66,200 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 100 jobs to the water transportation 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 Water transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Water transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Water transportation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 53500
February 2002 53700 200
March 2002 53600 -100
April 2002 53400 -200
May 2002 52400 -1000
June 2002 51800 -600
July 2002 51600 -200
August 2002 51500 -100
September 2002 52000 500
October 2002 52100 100
November 2002 53300 1200
December 2002 53000 -300
January 2003 52700 -300
February 2003 54300 1600
March 2003 53800 -500
April 2003 53200 -600
May 2003 53900 700
June 2003 54300 400
July 2003 54800 500
August 2003 55200 400
September 2003 54600 -600
October 2003 55100 500
November 2003 54900 -200
December 2003 55000 100
January 2004 55400 400
February 2004 55100 -300
March 2004 55600 500
April 2004 56500 900
May 2004 57100 600
June 2004 57900 800
July 2004 57500 -400
August 2004 56000 -1500
September 2004 56200 200
October 2004 56300 100
November 2004 55500 -800
December 2004 56300 800
January 2005 57500 1200
February 2005 58100 600
March 2005 59000 900
April 2005 59600 600
May 2005 60300 700
June 2005 60600 300
July 2005 60300 -300
August 2005 61000 700
September 2005 61400 400
October 2005 62400 1000
November 2005 62700 300
December 2005 63200 500
January 2006 63100 -100
February 2006 62400 -700
March 2006 62500 100
April 2006 62600 100
May 2006 62300 -300
June 2006 61700 -600
July 2006 62100 400
August 2006 62700 600
September 2006 63500 800
October 2006 63100 -400
November 2006 63400 300
December 2006 64000 600
January 2007 63400 -600
February 2007 64300 900
March 2007 63500 -800
April 2007 63100 -400
May 2007 64600 1500
June 2007 65800 1200
July 2007 66800 1000
August 2007 67000 200
September 2007 66800 -200
October 2007 66900 100
November 2007 67200 300
December 2007 66900 -300
January 2008 67100 200
February 2008 65500 -1600
March 2008 65100 -400
April 2008 66600 1500
May 2008 66900 300
June 2008 68100 1200
July 2008 69400 1300
August 2008 68100 -1300
September 2008 68000 -100
October 2008 67700 -300
November 2008 66600 -1100
December 2008 63900 -2700
January 2009 64200 300
February 2009 66000 1800
March 2009 65000 -1000
April 2009 64600 -400
May 2009 63500 -1100
June 2009 62400 -1100
July 2009 62000 -400
August 2009 62400 400
September 2009 62700 300
October 2009 62600 -100
November 2009 62500 -100
December 2009 62500 0
January 2010 62500 0
February 2010 60000 -2500
March 2010 62300 2300
April 2010 61900 -400
May 2010 62500 600
June 2010 63300 800
July 2010 62600 -700
August 2010 62300 -300
September 2010 62100 -200
October 2010 62400 300
November 2010 63300 900
December 2010 64100 800
January 2011 63500 -600
February 2011 63000 -500
March 2011 62300 -700
April 2011 62100 -200
May 2011 61900 -200
June 2011 60800 -1100
July 2011 59500 -1300
August 2011 60500 1000
September 2011 60800 300
October 2011 61000 200
November 2011 60500 -500
December 2011 60900 400
January 2012 62700 1800
February 2012 64000 1300
March 2012 63600 -400
April 2012 62500 -1100
May 2012 62500 0
June 2012 63000 500
July 2012 63800 800
August 2012 64300 500
September 2012 64600 300
October 2012 65300 700
November 2012 65200 -100
December 2012 64800 -400
January 2013 64400 -400
February 2013 64800 400
March 2013 65700 900
April 2013 65700 0
May 2013 65300 -400
June 2013 64900 -400
July 2013 65100 200
August 2013 65000 -100
September 2013 65300 300
October 2013 65300 0
November 2013 65900 600
December 2013 66100 200
January 2014 66400 300
February 2014 67200 800
March 2014 66500 -700
April 2014 67100 600
May 2014 67300 200
June 2014 67500 200
July 2014 67500 0
August 2014 67900 400
September 2014 67300 -600
October 2014 67200 -100
November 2014 67900 700
December 2014 67900 0
January 2015 67200 -700
February 2015 67100 -100
March 2015 66800 -300
April 2015 66700 -100
May 2015 66100 -600
June 2015 66100 0
July 2015 65600 -500
August 2015 65000 -600
September 2015 65300 300
October 2015 65200 -100
November 2015 64700 -500
December 2015 64400 -300
January 2016 64700 300
February 2016 64800 100
March 2016 65700 900
April 2016 65900 200
May 2016 66100 200
June 2016 66500 400
July 2016 66500 0
August 2016 66600 100
September 2016 65300 -1300
October 2016 65000 -300
November 2016 64800 -200
December 2016 64800 0
January 2017 64700 -100
February 2017 64600 -100
March 2017 64700 100
April 2017 65000 300
May 2017 65300 300
June 2017 64900 -400
July 2017 64800 -100
August 2017 65100 300
September 2017 65400 300
October 2017 64900 -500
November 2017 65000 100
December 2017 65200 200
January 2018 65000 -200
February 2018 64000 -1000
March 2018 64000 0
April 2018 64700 700
May 2018 65100 400
June 2018 65500 400
July 2018 65000 -500
August 2018 65000 0
September 2018 65000 0
October 2018 65400 400
November 2018 65100 -300
December 2018 65600 500
January 2019 65900 300
February 2019 66100 200
March 2019 65700 -400
April 2019 65800 100
May 2019 66200 400
June 2019 66100 -100
July 2019 66000 -100
August 2019 66200 200
September 2019 66700 500
October 2019 67900 1200
November 2019 67700 -200
December 2019 67100 -600
January 2020 67500 400
February 2020 67300 -200
March 2020 66800 -500
April 2020 61800 -5000
May 2020 59300 -2500
June 2020 57800 -1500
July 2020 56800 -1000
August 2020 56900 100
September 2020 57200 300
October 2020 57500 300
November 2020 57000 -500
December 2020 56500 -500
January 2021 55600 -900
February 2021 56300 700
March 2021 57700 1400
April 2021 58000 300
May 2021 57400 -600
June 2021 57100 -300
July 2021 57600 500
August 2021 57600 0
September 2021 57600 0
October 2021 58000 400
November 2021 58700 700
December 2021 59900 1200
January 2022 60300 400
February 2022 61400 1100
March 2022 62200 800
April 2022 62700 500
May 2022 63400 700
June 2022 64600 1200
July 2022 66100 1500
August 2022 65600 -500
September 2022 65900 300
October 2022 66200 300
November 2022 64800 -1400
December 2022 65700 900
January 2023 65800 100
February 2023 66100 300
March 2023 66200 100