Rhode Island Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Updated on January 4, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July 2023, the number of payroll employment in Rhode Island for all business establishments was 498,817. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 8,512.

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 Rhode Island counties, for other states, and for the United States as well.

Rhode Island Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Rhode Island Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
Rhode Island Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 473281
February 2019 475184 1903
March 2019 474883 -301
April 2019 482129 7246
May 2019 488936 6807
June 2019 494762 5826
July 2019 486162 -8600
August 2019 487524 1362
September 2019 491827 4303
October 2019 491154 -673
November 2019 491559 405
December 2019 490250 -1309
January 2020 476037 -14213
February 2020 478397 2360
March 2020 474135 -4262
April 2020 380135 -94000
May 2020 400412 20277
June 2020 429219 28807
July 2020 433689 4470
August 2020 443299 9610
September 2020 452494 9195
October 2020 458070 5576
November 2020 457430 -640
December 2020 449867 -7563
February 2021 439874 -9993
March 2021 443727 3853
April 2021 448217 4490
May 2021 457723 9506
June 2021 465414 7691
July 2021 472788 7374
August 2021 468622 -4166
September 2021 468036 -586
October 2021 472414 4378
November 2021 475987 3573
December 2021 477277 1290
January 2022 475229 -2048
February 2022 459901 -15328
March 2022 466181 6280
April 2022 468549 2368
May 2022 480426 11877
June 2022 485324 4898
July 2022 492254 6930
August 2022 486534 -5720
September 2022 486860 326
October 2022 487502 642
November 2022 488287 785
December 2022 488439 152
January 2023 485842 -2597
February 2023 472807 -13035
March 2023 476005 3198
April 2023 478514 2509
May 2023 481034 2520
June 2023 490305 9271
July 2023 498817 8512