Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Employment

NAICS 53 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry employed 2,444.0K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of -14.1K 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 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 2,444.0 +1.3
Feb 2026 2,442.7 +5.9
Jan 2026 2,436.8 -14.9
Dec 2025 2,451.7 +1.7
Nov 2025 2,450.0 +4.2
Oct 2025 2,445.8 -5.5
Sep 2025 2,451.3 -0.2
Aug 2025 2,451.5 -4.9
Jul 2025 2,456.4 -6.3
Jun 2025 2,462.7 -3.2
May 2025 2,465.9 +1.1
Apr 2025 2,464.8 +6.7
Mar 2025 2,458.1 -0.6
Feb 2025 2,458.7 +2.5
Jan 2025 2,456.2 +0.6
Dec 2024 2,455.6 +1.1
Nov 2024 2,454.5 -1.4
Oct 2024 2,455.9 +3.8
Sep 2024 2,452.1 -0.8
Aug 2024 2,452.9 +4.2
Jul 2024 2,448.7 -0.7
Jun 2024 2,449.4 -1.2
May 2024 2,450.6 -2.8
Apr 2024 2,453.4 -9.3
Mar 2024 2,462.7 -1.1
Feb 2024 2,463.8 -3.1
Jan 2024 2,466.9 -4.9
Dec 2023 2,471.8 +3.3
Nov 2023 2,468.5 +3.3
Oct 2023 2,465.2 -0.8
Sep 2023 2,466.0 +2.6
Aug 2023 2,463.4 +1.5
Jul 2023 2,461.9 +8.2
Jun 2023 2,453.7 +5
May 2023 2,448.7 -8.7
Apr 2023 2,457.4 +16.7
Mar 2023 2,440.7 -5
Feb 2023 2,445.7 +17.4
Jan 2023 2,428.3 -6.3
Dec 2022 2,434.6 +10.2
Nov 2022 2,424.4 +14.2
Oct 2022 2,410.2 -0.3
Sep 2022 2,410.5 +10.7
Aug 2022 2,399.8 +13.4
Jul 2022 2,386.4 +2.1
Jun 2022 2,384.3 +6.1
May 2022 2,378.2 +16.4
Apr 2022 2,361.8 +10.2
Mar 2022 2,351.6 +17.1
Feb 2022 2,334.5 +17.3
Jan 2022 2,317.2 -8.7
Dec 2021 2,325.9 +8
Nov 2021 2,317.9 +13.4
Oct 2021 2,304.5 +13
Sep 2021 2,291.5 +9.5
Aug 2021 2,282.0 +11.5
Jul 2021 2,270.5 +17.7
Jun 2021 2,252.8 +10.8
May 2021 2,242.0 +13.4
Apr 2021 2,228.6 —