United States Payroll Employment for the Private Construction 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 construction industry was 8,106,765. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 141,103.

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.

Related Topics: US BLS Topic List.
US Payroll Employment for the Private Construction Industry
US Number of Jobs Added to the Private Construction Industry
US Payroll Employment for the Private Construction Industry
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 7027199
February 2019 7030040 2841
March 2019 7148291 118251
April 2019 7341346 193055
May 2019 7507225 165879
June 2019 7632806 125581
July 2019 7684219 51413
August 2019 7712789 28570
September 2019 7659491 -53298
October 2019 7661026 1535
November 2019 7574970 -86056
December 2019 7438307 -136663
January 2020 7197851 -240456
February 2020 7229152 31301
March 2020 7272336 43184
April 2020 6473053 -799283
May 2020 7011931 538878
June 2020 7281245 269314
July 2020 7316621 35376
August 2020 7367181 50560
September 2020 7329031 -38150
October 2020 7397969 68938
November 2020 7320976 -76993
December 2020 7242002 -78974
February 2021 6979645 -262357
March 2021 6941702 -37943
April 2021 7143968 202266
May 2021 7360724 216756
June 2021 7465447 104723
July 2021 7562750 97303
August 2021 7639950 77200
September 2021 7623829 -16121
October 2021 7579238 -44591
November 2021 7645892 66654
December 2021 7598851 -47041
January 2022 7496891 -101960
February 2022 7216707 -280184
March 2022 7320796 104089
April 2022 7433476 112680
May 2022 7635343 201867
June 2022 7763246 127903
July 2022 7884962 121716
August 2022 7945263 60301
September 2022 7947479 2216
October 2022 7930116 -17363
November 2022 7923932 -6184
December 2022 7844620 -79312
January 2023 7732834 -111786
February 2023 7501754 -231080
March 2023 7580962 79208
April 2023 7664869 83907
May 2023 7827979 163110
June 2023 7965662 137683
July 2023 8106765 141103