| Date | Employment in couriers and messengers (thousands) | Employment in warehousing and storage (thousands) | E-commerce share of total retail sales (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan 2000 |
593.2 | 510.2 | 0.8 |
|
Feb 2000 |
592.1 | 511.3 | 0.8 |
|
Mar 2000 |
597.7 | 512.7 | 0.8 |
|
Apr 2000 |
600.1 | 514.2 | 0.9 |
|
May 2000 |
599.4 | 514.1 | 0.9 |
|
Jun 2000 |
603.4 | 519.3 | 0.9 |
|
Jul 2000 |
605.1 | 518.7 | 1.0 |
|
Aug 2000 |
606.8 | 520.0 | 1.0 |
|
Sep 2000 |
606.4 | 520.8 | 1.0 |
|
Oct 2000 |
611.9 | 521.3 | 1.0 |
|
Nov 2000 |
621.7 | 524.2 | 1.0 |
|
Dec 2000 |
635.1 | 526.7 | 1.0 |
|
Jan 2001 |
599.7 | 524.5 | 1.1 |
|
Feb 2001 |
597.5 | 523.4 | 1.1 |
|
Mar 2001 |
594.4 | 523.9 | 1.1 |
|
Apr 2001 |
592.8 | 523.7 | 1.1 |
|
May 2001 |
593.6 | 522.9 | 1.1 |
|
Jun 2001 |
589.8 | 520.6 | 1.1 |
|
Jul 2001 |
583.5 | 518.6 | 1.1 |
|
Aug 2001 |
585.0 | 518.4 | 1.1 |
|
Sep 2001 |
578.6 | 512.0 | 1.1 |
|
Oct 2001 |
577.3 | 508.5 | 1.2 |
|
Nov 2001 |
575.3 | 504.7 | 1.2 |
|
Dec 2001 |
577.5 | 506.4 | 1.2 |
|
Jan 2002 |
558.1 | 510.8 | 1.3 |
|
Feb 2002 |
562.2 | 517.6 | 1.3 |
|
Mar 2002 |
560.8 | 513.3 | 1.3 |
|
Apr 2002 |
561.0 | 513.5 | 1.4 |
|
May 2002 |
560.6 | 516.1 | 1.4 |
|
Jun 2002 |
558.5 | 518.4 | 1.4 |
|
Jul 2002 |
559.5 | 517.6 | 1.5 |
|
Aug 2002 |
560.1 | 524.6 | 1.5 |
|
Sep 2002 |
563.2 | 526.0 | 1.5 |
|
Oct 2002 |
563.5 | 527.7 | 1.5 |
|
Nov 2002 |
563.9 | 527.3 | 1.5 |
|
Dec 2002 |
563.8 | 527.0 | 1.5 |
|
Jan 2003 |
565.3 | 525.3 | 1.6 |
|
Feb 2003 |
567.8 | 532.5 | 1.6 |
|
Mar 2003 |
568.9 | 526.6 | 1.6 |
|
Apr 2003 |
566.2 | 528.5 | 1.7 |
|
May 2003 |
563.6 | 529.5 | 1.7 |
|
Jun 2003 |
562.6 | 528.8 | 1.7 |
|
Jul 2003 |
563.0 | 529.7 | 1.8 |
|
Aug 2003 |
559.8 | 531.9 | 1.8 |
|
Sep 2003 |
557.2 | 535.5 | 1.8 |
|
Oct 2003 |
556.9 | 538.6 | 1.9 |
|
Nov 2003 |
555.6 | 540.2 | 1.9 |
|
Dec 2003 |
542.6 | 534.3 | 1.9 |
|
Jan 2004 |
558.0 | 546.9 | 2.0 |
|
Feb 2004 |
556.9 | 550.3 | 2.0 |
|
Mar 2004 |
557.7 | 555.5 | 2.0 |
|
Apr 2004 |
552.8 | 558.4 | 2.0 |
|
May 2004 |
555.7 | 554.5 | 2.0 |
|
Jun 2004 |
560.3 | 558.7 | 2.0 |
|
Jul 2004 |
559.1 | 562.1 | 2.1 |
|
Aug 2004 |
559.9 | 562.9 | 2.1 |
|
Sep 2004 |
561.8 | 566.9 | 2.1 |
|
Oct 2004 |
560.2 | 576.7 | 2.2 |
|
Nov 2004 |
560.5 | 575.0 | 2.2 |
|
Dec 2004 |
562.3 | 575.3 | 2.2 |
|
Jan 2005 |
565.4 | 578.6 | 2.3 |
|
Feb 2005 |
567.4 | 582.7 | 2.3 |
|
Mar 2005 |
567.7 | 584.6 | 2.3 |
|
Apr 2005 |
572.1 | 587.3 | 2.4 |
|
May 2005 |
574.0 | 590.5 | 2.4 |
|
Jun 2005 |
573.3 | 601.6 | 2.4 |
|
Jul 2005 |
571.4 | 600.7 | 2.5 |
|
Aug 2005 |
576.9 | 605.4 | 2.5 |
|
Sep 2005 |
575.9 | 609.0 | 2.5 |
|
Oct 2005 |
578.0 | 611.0 | 2.6 |
|
Nov 2005 |
579.2 | 614.8 | 2.6 |
|
Dec 2005 |
579.7 | 619.2 | 2.6 |
|
Jan 2006 |
579.2 | 624.3 | 2.7 |
|
Feb 2006 |
577.2 | 629.9 | 2.7 |
|
Mar 2006 |
576.2 | 631.4 | 2.7 |
|
Apr 2006 |
577.9 | 634.5 | 2.8 |
|
May 2006 |
581.5 | 638.3 | 2.8 |
|
Jun 2006 |
579.7 | 642.9 | 2.8 |
|
Jul 2006 |
581.7 | 646.0 | 3.0 |
|
Aug 2006 |
580.3 | 647.7 | 3.0 |
|
Sep 2006 |
581.3 | 648.5 | 3.0 |
|
Oct 2006 |
585.1 | 651.3 | 3.1 |
|
Nov 2006 |
589.4 | 654.6 | 3.1 |
|
Dec 2006 |
590.7 | 660.6 | 3.1 |
|
Jan 2007 |
582.4 | 660.8 | 3.2 |
|
Feb 2007 |
582.6 | 661.5 | 3.2 |
|
Mar 2007 |
585.8 | 661.5 | 3.2 |
|
Apr 2007 |
583.6 | 664.7 | 3.4 |
|
May 2007 |
584.6 | 667.7 | 3.4 |
|
Jun 2007 |
582.5 | 668.5 | 3.4 |
|
Jul 2007 |
581.2 | 669.4 | 3.5 |
|
Aug 2007 |
580.2 | 668.5 | 3.5 |
|
Sep 2007 |
582.9 | 675.4 | 3.5 |
|
Oct 2007 |
578.9 | 680.2 | 3.5 |
|
Nov 2007 |
579.3 | 680.5 | 3.5 |
|
Dec 2007 |
580.8 | 680.1 | 3.5 |
|
Jan 2008 |
582.5 | 679.1 | 3.6 |
|
Feb 2008 |
583.2 | 680.4 | 3.6 |
|
Mar 2008 |
581.2 | 682.1 | 3.6 |
|
Apr 2008 |
581.1 | 684.0 | 3.6 |
|
May 2008 |
581.0 | 683.0 | 3.6 |
|
Jun 2008 |
580.2 | 681.1 | 3.6 |
|
Jul 2008 |
579.9 | 679.4 | 3.6 |
|
Aug 2008 |
576.1 | 676.6 | 3.6 |
|
Sep 2008 |
572.1 | 673.8 | 3.6 |
|
Oct 2008 |
565.9 | 671.6 | 3.6 |
|
Nov 2008 |
555.6 | 666.8 | 3.6 |
|
Dec 2008 |
552.3 | 662.3 | 3.6 |
|
Jan 2009 |
567.2 | 662.2 | 3.8 |
|
Feb 2009 |
564.9 | 654.9 | 3.8 |
|
Mar 2009 |
561.3 | 653.3 | 3.8 |
|
Apr 2009 |
558.3 | 647.8 | 4.0 |
|
May 2009 |
554.0 | 643.6 | 4.0 |
|
Jun 2009 |
551.6 | 642.1 | 4.0 |
|
Jul 2009 |
550.3 | 639.5 | 4.1 |
|
Aug 2009 |
546.4 | 637.1 | 4.1 |
|
Sep 2009 |
541.6 | 633.7 | 4.1 |
|
Oct 2009 |
538.8 | 629.5 | 4.1 |
|
Nov 2009 |
534.1 | 628.3 | 4.1 |
|
Dec 2009 |
493.4 | 628.7 | 4.1 |
|
Jan 2010 |
516.7 | 629.2 | 4.2 |
|
Feb 2010 |
523.7 | 628.9 | 4.2 |
|
Mar 2010 |
523.3 | 633.7 | 4.2 |
|
Apr 2010 |
524.9 | 635.3 | 4.4 |
|
May 2010 |
525.4 | 637.5 | 4.4 |
|
Jun 2010 |
527.2 | 640.9 | 4.4 |
|
Jul 2010 |
527.5 | 637.0 | 4.6 |
|
Aug 2010 |
527.9 | 638.2 | 4.6 |
|
Sep 2010 |
531.1 | 640.3 | 4.6 |
|
Oct 2010 |
531.3 | 642.5 | 4.6 |
|
Nov 2010 |
530.0 | 645.2 | 4.6 |
|
Dec 2010 |
550.9 | 646.0 | 4.6 |
|
Jan 2011 |
518.6 | 647.0 | 4.7 |
|
Feb 2011 |
530.1 | 648.4 | 4.7 |
|
Mar 2011 |
531.2 | 648.8 | 4.7 |
|
Apr 2011 |
532.9 | 651.5 | 4.8 |
|
May 2011 |
533.3 | 653.2 | 4.8 |
|
Jun 2011 |
532.9 | 656.8 | 4.8 |
|
Jul 2011 |
533.8 | 660.0 | 4.9 |
|
Aug 2011 |
534.5 | 662.8 | 4.9 |
|
Sep 2011 |
535.0 | 664.1 | 4.9 |
|
Oct 2011 |
534.9 | 664.9 | 5.1 |
|
Nov 2011 |
531.7 | 666.4 | 5.1 |
|
Dec 2011 |
522.4 | 668.9 | 5.1 |
|
Jan 2012 |
521.0 | 671.4 | 5.2 |
|
Feb 2012 |
530.5 | 675.7 | 5.2 |
|
Mar 2012 |
532.9 | 677.3 | 5.2 |
|
Apr 2012 |
532.3 | 682.8 | 5.3 |
|
May 2012 |
534.6 | 687.9 | 5.3 |
|
Jun 2012 |
537.2 | 691.1 | 5.3 |
|
Jul 2012 |
537.9 | 694.6 | 5.5 |
|
Aug 2012 |
539.4 | 696.6 | 5.5 |
|
Sep 2012 |
539.6 | 699.4 | 5.5 |
|
Oct 2012 |
535.1 | 703.4 | 5.6 |
|
Nov 2012 |
523.3 | 707.2 | 5.6 |
|
Dec 2012 |
540.6 | 714.9 | 5.6 |
|
Jan 2013 |
542.4 | 707.1 | 5.6 |
|
Feb 2013 |
539.4 | 707.2 | 5.6 |
|
Mar 2013 |
539.1 | 708.5 | 5.6 |
|
Apr 2013 |
538.3 | 709.4 | 5.8 |
|
May 2013 |
538.9 | 708.2 | 5.8 |
|
Jun 2013 |
539.1 | 711.9 | 5.8 |
|
Jul 2013 |
543.6 | 714.2 | 5.9 |
|
Aug 2013 |
547.8 | 717.6 | 5.9 |
|
Sep 2013 |
545.4 | 722.1 | 5.9 |
|
Oct 2013 |
548.3 | 724.3 | 6.1 |
|
Nov 2013 |
551.6 | 728.0 | 6.1 |
|
Dec 2013 |
551.2 | 731.9 | 6.1 |
|
Jan 2014 |
570.1 | 729.0 | 6.2 |
|
Feb 2014 |
558.0 | 731.8 | 6.2 |
|
Mar 2014 |
554.1 | 736.9 | 6.2 |
|
Apr 2014 |
558.6 | 740.8 | 6.3 |
|
May 2014 |
565.2 | 747.8 | 6.3 |
|
Jun 2014 |
572.6 | 753.7 | 6.3 |
|
Jul 2014 |
576.6 | 760.3 | 6.5 |
|
Aug 2014 |
578.9 | 764.8 | 6.5 |
|
Sep 2014 |
583.6 | 767.0 | 6.5 |
|
Oct 2014 |
587.2 | 769.0 | 6.6 |
|
Nov 2014 |
591.3 | 776.0 | 6.6 |
|
Dec 2014 |
611.5 | 777.6 | 6.6 |
|
Jan 2015 |
604.6 | 786.4 | 6.9 |
|
Feb 2015 |
604.4 | 797.7 | 6.9 |
|
Mar 2015 |
605.5 | 803.8 | 6.9 |
|
Apr 2015 |
600.3 | 809.6 | 7.0 |
|
May 2015 |
601.2 | 817.4 | 7.0 |
|
Jun 2015 |
607.1 | 829.1 | 7.0 |
|
Jul 2015 |
610.1 | 840.8 | 7.2 |
|
Aug 2015 |
611.1 | 847.1 | 7.2 |
|
Sep 2015 |
614.2 | 854.5 | 7.2 |
|
Oct 2015 |
613.4 | 864.6 | 7.4 |
|
Nov 2015 |
619.8 | 871.6 | 7.4 |
|
Dec 2015 |
643.0 | 882.1 | 7.4 |
|
Jan 2016 |
607.6 | 890.9 | 7.7 |
|
Feb 2016 |
621.3 | 897.4 | 7.7 |
|
Mar 2016 |
629.9 | 905.3 | 7.7 |
|
Apr 2016 |
634.4 | 914.4 | 7.8 |
|
May 2016 |
638.0 | 921.8 | 7.8 |
|
Jun 2016 |
641.6 | 927.5 | 7.8 |
|
Jul 2016 |
645.4 | 935.9 | 8.0 |
|
Aug 2016 |
649.4 | 941.9 | 8.0 |
|
Sep 2016 |
652.4 | 949.3 | 8.0 |
|
Oct 2016 |
652.3 | 956.4 | 8.2 |
|
Nov 2016 |
657.2 | 964.5 | 8.2 |
|
Dec 2016 |
674.4 | 975.2 | 8.2 |
|
Jan 2017 |
654.0 | 980.0 | 8.4 |
|
Feb 2017 |
662.1 | 984.1 | 8.4 |
|
Mar 2017 |
661.6 | 989.4 | 8.4 |
|
Apr 2017 |
665.8 | 999.2 | 8.7 |
|
May 2017 |
672.3 | 1,007.3 | 8.7 |
|
Jun 2017 |
676.1 | 1,019.0 | 8.7 |
|
Jul 2017 |
677.7 | 1,026.1 | 8.9 |
|
Aug 2017 |
683.6 | 1,037.6 | 8.9 |
|
Sep 2017 |
687.8 | 1,045.6 | 8.9 |
|
Oct 2017 |
694.9 | 1,061.5 | 9.1 |
|
Nov 2017 |
690.0 | 1,077.9 | 9.1 |
|
Dec 2017 |
690.8 | 1,091.2 | 9.1 |
|
Jan 2018 |
691.4 | 1,095.1 | 9.4 |
|
Feb 2018 |
701.4 | 1,107.6 | 9.4 |
|
Mar 2018 |
712.0 | 1,121.5 | 9.4 |
|
Apr 2018 |
724.0 | 1,124.4 | 9.5 |
|
May 2018 |
732.2 | 1,132.7 | 9.5 |
|
Jun 2018 |
737.9 | 1,134.8 | 9.5 |
|
Jul 2018 |
747.8 | 1,136.2 | 9.7 |
|
Aug 2018 |
754.8 | 1,145.4 | 9.7 |
|
Sep 2018 |
763.4 | 1,155.4 | 9.7 |
|
Oct 2018 |
777.0 | 1,168.1 | 9.9 |
|
Nov 2018 |
783.9 | 1,171.2 | 9.9 |
|
Dec 2018 |
756.7 | 1,171.9 | 9.9 |
|
Jan 2019 |
799.3 | 1,177.6 | 10.2 |
|
Feb 2019 |
794.5 | 1,181.9 | 10.2 |
|
Mar 2019 |
799.5 | 1,184.8 | 10.2 |
|
Apr 2019 |
804.0 | 1,196.7 | 10.5 |
|
May 2019 |
810.1 | 1,207.6 | 10.5 |
|
Jun 2019 |
821.2 | 1,220.0 | 10.5 |
|
Jul 2019 |
831.9 | 1,233.1 | 10.9 |
|
Aug 2019 |
839.9 | 1,245.1 | 10.9 |
|
Sep 2019 |
846.0 | 1,258.0 | 10.9 |
|
Oct 2019 |
853.4 | 1,267.0 | 11.0 |
|
Nov 2019 |
861.5 | 1,277.8 | 11.0 |
|
Dec 2019 |
867.3 | 1,288.7 | 11.0 |
|
Jan 2020 |
879.2 | 1,310.5 | 11.4 |
|
Feb 2020 |
882.8 | 1,327.7 | 11.4 |
|
Mar 2020 |
893.7 | 1,343.8 | 11.4 |
|
Apr 2020 |
889.2 | 1,237.7 | 15.7 |
|
May 2020 |
926.4 | 1,252.7 | 15.7 |
|
Jun 2020 |
950.4 | 1,321.4 | 15.7 |
|
Jul 2020 |
960.0 | 1,312.8 | 13.8 |
|
Aug 2020 |
968.9 | 1,355.0 | 13.8 |
|
Sep 2020 |
980.9 | 1,374.2 | 13.8 |
|
Oct 2020 |
992.3 | 1,407.0 | 13.6 |
|
Nov 2020 |
1,063.9 | 1,434.7 | 13.6 |
|
Dec 2020 |
1,034.3 | 1,421.2 | 13.6 |
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey; and U.S. Census Bureau. |
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