United States Payroll Employment for the Wholesale trade 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 wholesale trade industry was 6,055,300 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 6,700 jobs to the wholesale trade 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 Wholesale trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Wholesale trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Wholesale trade Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 5640500
February 2002 5626400 -14100
March 2002 5618800 -7600
April 2002 5607900 -10900
May 2002 5607000 -900
June 2002 5609800 2800
July 2002 5607500 -2300
August 2002 5598000 -9500
September 2002 5598200 200
October 2002 5596300 -1900
November 2002 5581300 -15000
December 2002 5585500 4200
January 2003 5574300 -11200
February 2003 5582300 8000
March 2003 5577300 -5000
April 2003 5572000 -5300
May 2003 5566100 -5900
June 2003 5555100 -11000
July 2003 5546600 -8500
August 2003 5540000 -6600
September 2003 5537400 -2600
October 2003 5537100 -300
November 2003 5539200 2100
December 2003 5551400 12200
January 2004 5562800 11400
February 2004 5568500 5700
March 2004 5575100 6600
April 2004 5595300 20200
May 2004 5597800 2500
June 2004 5602100 4300
July 2004 5610600 8500
August 2004 5619000 8400
September 2004 5631700 12700
October 2004 5636300 4600
November 2004 5637900 1600
December 2004 5651600 13700
January 2005 5645500 -6100
February 2005 5658900 13400
March 2005 5668600 9700
April 2005 5679700 11100
May 2005 5691900 12200
June 2005 5702600 10700
July 2005 5712600 10000
August 2005 5722700 10100
September 2005 5728300 5600
October 2005 5737100 8800
November 2005 5748700 11600
December 2005 5761000 12300
January 2006 5780600 19600
February 2006 5796200 15600
March 2006 5811700 15500
April 2006 5823600 11900
May 2006 5835400 11800
June 2006 5839300 3900
July 2006 5847900 8600
August 2006 5856100 8200
September 2006 5865000 8900
October 2006 5863300 -1700
November 2006 5874500 11200
December 2006 5899700 25200
January 2007 5903600 3900
February 2007 5918400 14800
March 2007 5921900 3500
April 2007 5937600 15700
May 2007 5945300 7700
June 2007 5955200 9900
July 2007 5962000 6800
August 2007 5961500 -500
September 2007 5962400 900
October 2007 5969400 7000
November 2007 5969600 200
December 2007 5970000 400
January 2008 5967000 -3000
February 2008 5956900 -10100
March 2008 5947500 -9400
April 2008 5925600 -21900
May 2008 5912600 -13000
June 2008 5899500 -13100
July 2008 5878400 -21100
August 2008 5857500 -20900
September 2008 5845300 -12200
October 2008 5806300 -39000
November 2008 5769900 -36400
December 2008 5729500 -40400
January 2009 5698600 -30900
February 2009 5650700 -47900
March 2009 5608200 -42500
April 2009 5562000 -46200
May 2009 5537300 -24700
June 2009 5513300 -24000
July 2009 5488200 -25100
August 2009 5471000 -17200
September 2009 5454200 -16800
October 2009 5433300 -20900
November 2009 5423500 -9800
December 2009 5409600 -13900
January 2010 5390000 -19600
February 2010 5379300 -10700
March 2010 5378700 -600
April 2010 5378700 0
May 2010 5375000 -3700
June 2010 5379000 4000
July 2010 5380800 1800
August 2010 5382600 1800
September 2010 5388800 6200
October 2010 5396300 7500
November 2010 5401700 5400
December 2010 5408500 6800
January 2011 5414700 6200
February 2011 5427600 12900
March 2011 5443800 16200
April 2011 5456900 13100
May 2011 5462600 5700
June 2011 5470600 8000
July 2011 5478800 8200
August 2011 5488200 9400
September 2011 5492800 4600
October 2011 5507800 15000
November 2011 5515000 7200
December 2011 5534900 19900
January 2012 5549900 15000
February 2012 5562200 12300
March 2012 5568600 6400
April 2012 5582900 14300
May 2012 5593200 10300
June 2012 5599000 5800
July 2012 5610000 11000
August 2012 5610000 0
September 2012 5606600 -3400
October 2012 5617600 11000
November 2012 5620700 3100
December 2012 5626500 5800
January 2013 5639600 13100
February 2013 5643300 3700
March 2013 5645300 2000
April 2013 5645600 300
May 2013 5650000 4400
June 2013 5655400 5400
July 2013 5663200 7800
August 2013 5669400 6200
September 2013 5681800 12400
October 2013 5670300 -11500
November 2013 5681500 11200
December 2013 5687000 5500
January 2014 5702900 15900
February 2014 5708400 5500
March 2014 5713400 5000
April 2014 5728700 15300
May 2014 5735400 6700
June 2014 5746800 11400
July 2014 5749800 3000
August 2014 5748300 -1500
September 2014 5755000 6700
October 2014 5757200 2200
November 2014 5760400 3200
December 2014 5768300 7900
January 2015 5769300 1000
February 2015 5781100 11800
March 2015 5782900 1800
April 2015 5779200 -3700
May 2015 5786000 6800
June 2015 5784500 -1500
July 2015 5784400 -100
August 2015 5785300 900
September 2015 5775700 -9600
October 2015 5777200 1500
November 2015 5778600 1400
December 2015 5776400 -2200
January 2016 5778500 2100
February 2016 5776200 -2300
March 2016 5780000 3800
April 2016 5784900 4900
May 2016 5782500 -2400
June 2016 5778800 -3700
July 2016 5781800 3000
August 2016 5784300 2500
September 2016 5795200 10900
October 2016 5797100 1900
November 2016 5800900 3800
December 2016 5796900 -4000
January 2017 5804900 8000
February 2017 5807500 2600
March 2017 5808500 1000
April 2017 5807500 -1000
May 2017 5805800 -1700
June 2017 5811600 5800
July 2017 5814300 2700
August 2017 5816200 1900
September 2017 5814600 -1600
October 2017 5820800 6200
November 2017 5822400 1600
December 2017 5824700 2300
January 2018 5824100 -600
February 2018 5826400 2300
March 2018 5839900 13500
April 2018 5815600 -24300
May 2018 5820900 5300
June 2018 5823700 2800
July 2018 5836600 12900
August 2018 5854900 18300
September 2018 5850900 -4000
October 2018 5857400 6500
November 2018 5865800 8400
December 2018 5870600 4800
January 2019 5881000 10400
February 2019 5888300 7300
March 2019 5886000 -2300
April 2019 5889800 3800
May 2019 5886200 -3600
June 2019 5878000 -8200
July 2019 5887600 9600
August 2019 5885500 -2100
September 2019 5886900 1400
October 2019 5896600 9700
November 2019 5895200 -1400
December 2019 5898300 3100
January 2020 5898900 600
February 2020 5892900 -6000
March 2020 5878300 -14600
April 2020 5487000 -391300
May 2020 5502800 15800
June 2020 5538800 36000
July 2020 5521200 -17600
August 2020 5537100 15900
September 2020 5564300 27200
October 2020 5575700 11400
November 2020 5589500 13800
December 2020 5601300 11800
January 2021 5614300 13000
February 2021 5623200 8900
March 2021 5637600 14400
April 2021 5653200 15600
May 2021 5671000 17800
June 2021 5693100 22100
July 2021 5719300 26200
August 2021 5737100 17800
September 2021 5757100 20000
October 2021 5778000 20900
November 2021 5800000 22000
December 2021 5830900 30900
January 2022 5854700 23800
February 2022 5882000 27300
March 2022 5917900 35900
April 2022 5942800 24900
May 2022 5961100 18300
June 2022 5966300 5200
July 2022 5982300 16000
August 2022 5995500 13200
September 2022 6003800 8300
October 2022 6019600 15800
November 2022 6019200 -400
December 2022 6028800 9600
January 2023 6037700 8900
February 2023 6048600 10900
March 2023 6055300 6700