Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Employment

NAICS 71 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry employed 2,700.8K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of +30.9K over 12 months. Source: BLS CES.

Monthly Employment (thousands, SA) — last 5 years

Show full history (1990–present, 435 months)
Monthly seasonally-adjusted employment (thousands) for Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 2,700.8 +14
Feb 2026 2,686.8 +18.2
Jan 2026 2,668.6 -10.9
Dec 2025 2,679.5 +14.7
Nov 2025 2,664.8 -32.8
Oct 2025 2,697.6 -4.1
Sep 2025 2,701.7 +0.5
Aug 2025 2,701.2 +5.5
Jul 2025 2,695.7 +6.3
Jun 2025 2,689.4 +8.6
May 2025 2,680.8 +12.9
Apr 2025 2,667.9 -2
Mar 2025 2,669.9 +10.1
Feb 2025 2,659.8 +7.5
Jan 2025 2,652.3 +0.2
Dec 2024 2,652.1 +5.1
Nov 2024 2,647.0 +16.3
Oct 2024 2,630.7 +11.3
Sep 2024 2,619.4 -12
Aug 2024 2,631.4 +7.3
Jul 2024 2,624.1 +6.7
Jun 2024 2,617.4 +5.9
May 2024 2,611.5 +5.1
Apr 2024 2,606.4 +0.2
Mar 2024 2,606.2 +17.6
Feb 2024 2,588.6 0
Jan 2024 2,588.6 +19.4
Dec 2023 2,569.2 +14.7
Nov 2023 2,554.5 -1.5
Oct 2023 2,556.0 +45.6
Sep 2023 2,510.4 -15.7
Aug 2023 2,526.1 +7.2
Jul 2023 2,518.9 +1.5
Jun 2023 2,517.4 +14.4
May 2023 2,503.0 +9.5
Apr 2023 2,493.5 +35.6
Mar 2023 2,457.9 +8
Feb 2023 2,449.9 +27.1
Jan 2023 2,422.8 +1.3
Dec 2022 2,421.5 +44
Nov 2022 2,377.5 -1.7
Oct 2022 2,379.2 +20.4
Sep 2022 2,358.8 +22.2
Aug 2022 2,336.6 +9
Jul 2022 2,327.6 +31
Jun 2022 2,296.6 -0.4
May 2022 2,297.0 +10.6
Apr 2022 2,286.4 +38.3
Mar 2022 2,248.1 +18.9
Feb 2022 2,229.2 +27.5
Jan 2022 2,201.7 +1.4
Dec 2021 2,200.3 +33.3
Nov 2021 2,167.0 +31.5
Oct 2021 2,135.5 +37.8
Sep 2021 2,097.7 +40.3
Aug 2021 2,057.4 +47.8
Jul 2021 2,009.6 +60.5
Jun 2021 1,949.1 +24.1
May 2021 1,925.0 +39.2
Apr 2021 1,885.8 —