United States Payroll Employment for the Private Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry
Updated on January 3, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July 2023, the number of payroll employments in the US for the private trade, transportation, and utilities industry was 28,575,259. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 140,806.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2019 to July 2023. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can also see similar information for each state, and MSA.

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US Payroll Employment for the Private Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry
US Number of Jobs Added to the Private Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry
US Payroll Employment for the Private Trade, transportation, and utilities Industry
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 27403605
February 2019 27108331 -295274
March 2019 27113495 5164
April 2019 27162684 49189
May 2019 27316136 153452
June 2019 27437346 121210
July 2019 27426433 -10913
August 2019 27448958 22525
September 2019 27367548 -81410
October 2019 27642130 274582
November 2019 28344185 702055
December 2019 28556603 212418
January 2020 27545056 -1011547
February 2020 27284794 -260262
March 2020 27198631 -86163
April 2020 23850137 -3348494
May 2020 24593470 743333
June 2020 25682164 1088694
July 2020 26081862 399698
August 2020 26314843 232981
September 2020 26468461 153618
October 2020 27034657 566196
November 2020 27654834 620177
December 2020 27930494 275660
February 2021 27107281 -823213
March 2021 26919582 -187699
April 2021 26988585 69003
May 2021 26952365 -36220
June 2021 27155155 202790
July 2021 27329414 174259
August 2021 27452614 123200
September 2021 27467653 15039
October 2021 27402911 -64742
November 2021 28033187 630276
December 2021 28695925 662738
January 2022 29044390 348465
February 2022 27998537 -1045853
March 2022 28143922 145385
April 2022 28106706 -37216
May 2022 28168172 61466
June 2022 28223768 55596
July 2022 28267164 43396
August 2022 28397662 130498
September 2022 28404997 7335
October 2022 28357898 -47099
November 2022 28597137 239239
December 2022 29114692 517555
January 2023 29354489 239797
February 2023 28514896 -839593
March 2023 28318339 -196557
April 2023 28298733 -19606
May 2023 28282325 -16408
June 2023 28434453 152128
July 2023 28575259 140806