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Text in the next-to-last paragraph incorrectly stated that employment for golf courses and country clubs was 294,000 in January 2016. Text was corrected to reflect January 2016 employment was 264,000.
For some industries, employment peaks in summer months in response to increased demand for that industry's products and services. Some of these industries include amusement parks; RV parks and campgrounds; recreational and vacation camps; golf courses and country clubs; marinas; hotels and motels (except casinos); and historical sites and other similar institutions.
Month | Nursery, garden, and farm supply stores | Historical sites and other similar institutions | Amusement parks and arcades | Golf courses and country clubs | Marinas | Hotels and motels, except casino hotels | RV parks and campgrounds | Recreational and vacation camps |
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Jun 2007 |
132,000 | 62,100 | 191,400 | 450,600 | 44,100 | 1,548,500 | 36,500 | 42,100 |
Jul 2007 |
124,400 | 64,000 | 198,200 | 457,900 | 44,800 | 1,576,000 | 40,900 | 63,900 |
Aug 2007 |
117,400 | 61,300 | 189,100 | 445,600 | 44,300 | 1,567,800 | 40,000 | 58,200 |
Sep 2007 |
114,500 | 57,700 | 157,400 | 399,200 | 39,600 | 1,528,800 | 30,700 | 26,300 |
Oct 2007 |
114,200 | 56,000 | 147,900 | 367,200 | 35,200 | 1,500,300 | 23,900 | 21,300 |
Nov 2007 |
109,200 | 52,100 | 129,800 | 312,400 | 30,900 | 1,480,600 | 19,700 | 19,700 |
Dec 2007 |
102,600 | 50,500 | 130,100 | 288,600 | 28,800 | 1,474,600 | 18,400 | 18,200 |
Jan 2008 |
87,700 | 47,200 | 122,800 | 261,000 | 26,700 | 1,450,100 | 17,700 | 16,500 |
Feb 2008 |
89,800 | 45,300 | 127,900 | 258,700 | 25,500 | 1,460,000 | 17,800 | 16,300 |
Mar 2008 |
100,100 | 48,500 | 144,600 | 280,100 | 27,100 | 1,477,800 | 18,700 | 17,100 |
Apr 2008 |
113,200 | 54,000 | 152,900 | 340,300 | 30,300 | 1,488,300 | 21,900 | 18,600 |
May 2008 |
128,100 | 60,000 | 170,700 | 403,600 | 35,700 | 1,520,800 | 27,000 | 22,600 |
Jun 2008 |
126,400 | 63,400 | 187,000 | 451,200 | 39,800 | 1,565,900 | 34,700 | 42,100 |
Jul 2008 |
116,100 | 64,500 | 193,800 | 456,600 | 42,800 | 1,584,900 | 38,500 | 63,500 |
Aug 2008 |
110,000 | 61,800 | 183,500 | 446,300 | 40,900 | 1,574,900 | 38,000 | 57,100 |
Sep 2008 |
104,000 | 56,400 | 157,900 | 394,100 | 33,900 | 1,523,200 | 31,900 | 25,900 |
Oct 2008 |
103,300 | 54,000 | 152,000 | 364,700 | 29,200 | 1,489,200 | 24,300 | 21,300 |
Nov 2008 |
98,700 | 50,400 | 130,700 | 308,200 | 26,700 | 1,443,700 | 18,900 | 19,100 |
Dec 2008 |
94,000 | 49,800 | 130,300 | 282,300 | 25,500 | 1,434,100 | 17,900 | 17,400 |
Jan 2009 |
81,800 | 45,900 | 119,700 | 252,200 | 23,900 | 1,392,200 | 17,300 | 16,000 |
Feb 2009 |
82,900 | 44,900 | 125,000 | 254,000 | 23,600 | 1,390,700 | 17,000 | 16,800 |
Mar 2009 |
91,300 | 47,100 | 137,700 | 267,900 | 24,300 | 1,386,200 | 16,800 | 17,000 |
Apr 2009 |
108,300 | 53,100 | 154,800 | 322,700 | 27,500 | 1,385,700 | 21,100 | 19,000 |
May 2009 |
119,000 | 58,900 | 169,200 | 384,300 | 32,500 | 1,414,000 | 27,800 | 23,100 |
Jun 2009 |
118,100 | 63,500 | 181,900 | 428,300 | 36,400 | 1,460,400 | 35,100 | 43,600 |
Jul 2009 |
108,700 | 65,000 | 186,700 | 437,600 | 39,300 | 1,472,600 | 38,400 | 72,900 |
Aug 2009 |
102,700 | 63,000 | 178,900 | 429,300 | 38,500 | 1,472,300 | 39,000 | 66,700 |
Sep 2009 |
98,400 | 58,000 | 162,900 | 388,200 | 32,900 | 1,433,500 | 32,400 | 28,000 |
Oct 2009 |
95,900 | 55,200 | 150,600 | 343,600 | 28,600 | 1,397,500 | 26,100 | 21,100 |
Nov 2009 |
90,300 | 50,400 | 129,100 | 296,500 | 26,000 | 1,368,400 | 19,100 | 18,000 |
Dec 2009 |
87,600 | 48,200 | 129,500 | 268,400 | 25,100 | 1,366,900 | 17,200 | 16,600 |
Jan 2010 |
77,600 | 45,100 | 121,700 | 237,200 | 22,600 | 1,335,100 | 16,300 | 15,100 |
Feb 2010 |
79,200 | 44,900 | 127,500 | 237,200 | 22,100 | 1,340,800 | 16,600 | 15,500 |
Mar 2010 |
89,300 | 48,500 | 139,100 | 259,200 | 23,500 | 1,356,800 | 17,100 | 16,400 |
Apr 2010 |
107,700 | 53,800 | 159,000 | 328,800 | 27,600 | 1,371,600 | 24,100 | 18,400 |
May 2010 |
114,100 | 58,400 | 170,300 | 388,400 | 34,200 | 1,399,800 | 33,900 | 23,200 |
Jun 2010 |
112,400 | 63,700 | 191,600 | 443,900 | 38,900 | 1,468,200 | 41,400 | 42,900 |
Jul 2010 |
105,800 | 65,700 | 196,200 | 449,700 | 41,300 | 1,494,400 | 47,300 | 66,700 |
Aug 2010 |
100,700 | 62,200 | 189,000 | 437,700 | 40,000 | 1,498,800 | 46,800 | 63,100 |
Sep 2010 |
99,000 | 56,900 | 167,700 | 389,700 | 35,600 | 1,443,100 | 36,500 | 26,900 |
Oct 2010 |
99,300 | 53,800 | 155,400 | 353,900 | 30,900 | 1,407,600 | 25,900 | 20,600 |
Nov 2010 |
96,400 | 50,400 | 134,700 | 296,800 | 27,900 | 1,374,500 | 18,900 | 18,300 |
Dec 2010 |
94,300 | 47,800 | 135,700 | 264,700 | 25,100 | 1,375,500 | 16,900 | 16,200 |
Jan 2011 |
84,200 | 45,300 | 123,300 | 232,500 | 23,400 | 1,356,800 | 15,300 | 15,400 |
Feb 2011 |
88,700 | 46,600 | 127,500 | 237,700 | 24,000 | 1,364,900 | 16,100 | 16,300 |
Mar 2011 |
97,800 | 49,400 | 140,900 | 262,100 | 24,600 | 1,391,000 | 17,200 | 17,000 |
Apr 2011 |
116,600 | 55,800 | 155,600 | 328,400 | 29,100 | 1,408,800 | 22,200 | 18,200 |
May 2011 |
125,800 | 58,900 | 175,000 | 389,900 | 36,300 | 1,433,100 | 30,700 | 21,100 |
Jun 2011 |
123,600 | 63,800 | 195,600 | 446,600 | 42,400 | 1,497,800 | 42,100 | 55,400 |
Jul 2011 |
114,800 | 65,600 | 202,300 | 452,600 | 43,700 | 1,523,300 | 45,800 | 86,600 |
Aug 2011 |
111,400 | 64,700 | 195,300 | 441,300 | 42,500 | 1,524,200 | 46,800 | 77,400 |
Sep 2011 |
107,900 | 57,600 | 170,100 | 391,700 | 35,600 | 1,478,800 | 33,600 | 31,500 |
Oct 2011 |
106,800 | 56,500 | 161,600 | 359,500 | 30,300 | 1,452,000 | 26,700 | 23,500 |
Nov 2011 |
104,900 | 52,100 | 138,200 | 303,800 | 26,900 | 1,413,400 | 19,700 | 20,700 |
Dec 2011 |
101,500 | 51,400 | 139,800 | 274,100 | 25,300 | 1,413,000 | 17,000 | 18,400 |
Jan 2012 |
90,900 | 48,800 | 132,000 | 244,700 | 22,600 | 1,390,500 | 16,700 | 15,900 |
Feb 2012 |
93,200 | 49,000 | 137,600 | 246,000 | 22,900 | 1,398,000 | 16,800 | 16,000 |
Mar 2012 |
103,100 | 52,200 | 155,400 | 280,400 | 25,500 | 1,420,700 | 17,900 | 17,100 |
Apr 2012 |
119,600 | 55,400 | 170,500 | 334,500 | 29,100 | 1,435,300 | 22,700 | 18,400 |
May 2012 |
128,000 | 58,700 | 192,000 | 388,400 | 34,000 | 1,471,400 | 29,200 | 23,200 |
Jun 2012 |
125,500 | 63,500 | 218,100 | 438,000 | 41,700 | 1,533,600 | 39,000 | 42,800 |
Jul 2012 |
119,100 | 64,200 | 226,800 | 442,900 | 43,200 | 1,554,000 | 41,500 | 68,600 |
Aug 2012 |
111,900 | 63,100 | 217,700 | 431,200 | 41,000 | 1,545,600 | 42,600 | 63,400 |
Sep 2012 |
110,000 | 58,100 | 183,800 | 383,200 | 34,000 | 1,500,500 | 33,100 | 27,900 |
Oct 2012 |
110,700 | 56,900 | 172,700 | 353,600 | 30,600 | 1,468,600 | 26,100 | 21,400 |
Nov 2012 |
108,600 | 53,600 | 150,900 | 302,700 | 26,600 | 1,436,900 | 20,300 | 19,300 |
Dec 2012 |
105,500 | 52,600 | 148,600 | 279,000 | 25,400 | 1,437,000 | 18,500 | 18,300 |
Jan 2013 |
91,700 | 50,800 | 139,200 | 249,600 | 24,300 | 1,413,300 | 17,400 | 17,000 |
Feb 2013 |
93,400 | 50,700 | 143,900 | 247,700 | 24,600 | 1,424,800 | 17,500 | 17,600 |
Mar 2013 |
103,400 | 54,200 | 161,800 | 273,000 | 25,700 | 1,451,200 | 18,400 | 18,500 |
Apr 2013 |
121,200 | 57,200 | 175,500 | 328,400 | 28,400 | 1,466,400 | 22,900 | 20,800 |
May 2013 |
134,800 | 61,400 | 202,000 | 400,000 | 33,400 | 1,501,200 | 31,700 | 24,800 |
Jun 2013 |
132,600 | 65,800 | 230,300 | 454,000 | 39,400 | 1,567,900 | 39,100 | 47,200 |
Jul 2013 |
125,800 | 66,300 | 233,500 | 460,500 | 41,400 | 1,588,900 | 40,100 | 71,000 |
Aug 2013 |
121,300 | 64,000 | 220,600 | 446,600 | 40,500 | 1,590,600 | 40,000 | 63,100 |
Sep 2013 |
119,100 | 60,500 | 194,400 | 396,800 | 34,800 | 1,536,500 | 31,600 | 29,600 |
Oct 2013 |
118,300 | 59,100 | 184,800 | 368,200 | 30,400 | 1,509,500 | 24,200 | 23,500 |
Nov 2013 |
114,300 | 56,300 | 161,000 | 309,800 | 27,700 | 1,471,300 | 19,200 | 20,400 |
Dec 2013 |
109,900 | 54,300 | 159,700 | 282,600 | 25,700 | 1,469,700 | 16,900 | 19,100 |
Jan 2014 |
97,600 | 51,500 | 149,200 | 251,100 | 23,600 | 1,443,000 | 16,100 | 18,000 |
Feb 2014 |
99,800 | 51,600 | 152,300 | 250,300 | 24,300 | 1,455,500 | 16,500 | 18,600 |
Mar 2014 |
107,600 | 55,300 | 163,400 | 272,900 | 26,200 | 1,477,600 | 18,700 | 19,400 |
Apr 2014 |
127,400 | 58,800 | 180,400 | 334,300 | 29,500 | 1,491,300 | 23,900 | 21,400 |
May 2014 |
140,100 | 65,700 | 202,600 | 414,700 | 35,600 | 1,529,000 | 33,400 | 26,600 |
Jun 2014 |
137,700 | 69,200 | 228,100 | 467,600 | 40,300 | 1,586,500 | 42,400 | 51,000 |
Jul 2014 |
129,600 | 70,300 | 234,600 | 478,200 | 41,900 | 1,607,100 | 43,100 | 78,000 |
Aug 2014 |
121,100 | 68,700 | 221,300 | 462,400 | 41,400 | 1,611,500 | 41,700 | 66,800 |
Sep 2014 |
118,100 | 62,300 | 191,600 | 406,600 | 35,300 | 1,560,700 | 35,500 | 33,500 |
Oct 2014 |
118,000 | 61,100 | 183,100 | 374,600 | 31,200 | 1,527,400 | 27,500 | 25,700 |
Nov 2014 |
113,100 | 58,100 | 163,300 | 316,800 | 29,600 | 1,494,700 | 22,400 | 22,700 |
Dec 2014 |
108,800 | 57,500 | 163,300 | 290,900 | 27,200 | 1,498,500 | 20,900 | 21,100 |
Jan 2015 |
97,100 | 54,200 | 151,300 | 257,200 | 26,100 | 1,480,400 | 18,800 | 18,800 |
Feb 2015 |
99,000 | 53,700 | 159,000 | 255,900 | 26,300 | 1,489,600 | 19,300 | 19,400 |
Mar 2015 |
109,400 | 57,800 | 172,200 | 278,400 | 27,000 | 1,507,500 | 19,600 | 20,100 |
Apr 2015 |
127,800 | 62,100 | 193,400 | 341,700 | 30,400 | 1,514,600 | 24,400 | 22,000 |
May 2015 |
139,500 | 67,300 | 220,000 | 416,800 | 35,900 | 1,550,200 | 34,300 | 27,800 |
Jun 2015 |
135,400 | 72,200 | 251,200 | 471,200 | 39,700 | 1,607,400 | 40,100 | 48,900 |
Jul 2015 |
128,100 | 73,100 | 259,500 | 479,400 | 41,900 | 1,627,800 | 43,700 | 75,500 |
Aug 2015 |
122,400 | 71,600 | 244,700 | 463,000 | 41,000 | 1,631,500 | 43,800 | 64,400 |
Sep 2015 |
120,100 | 65,500 | 209,500 | 414,300 | 36,300 | 1,584,500 | 36,200 | 31,200 |
Oct 2015 |
119,700 | 64,400 | 197,300 | 375,000 | 33,400 | 1,552,900 | 28,000 | 24,900 |
Nov 2015 |
114,800 | 58,700 | 174,500 | 326,100 | 30,500 | 1,525,400 | 21,100 | 22,200 |
Dec 2015 |
113,300 | 56,700 | 169,200 | 299,300 | 29,300 | 1,526,500 | 19,700 | 21,100 |
Jan 2016 |
100,800 | 53,700 | 156,900 | 264,000 | 26,300 | 1,505,900 | 18,900 | 20,000 |
Feb 2016 |
102,600 | 53,300 | 164,200 | 265,300 | 26,700 | 1,518,200 | 19,500 | 20,500 |
Mar 2016 |
115,000 | 58,100 | 178,800 | 294,000 | 28,000 | 1,533,000 | 20,700 | 21,300 |
Apr 2016 |
130,800 | 63,700 | 199,200 | 353,400 | 31,100 | 1,539,900 | 25,700 | 23,300 |
May 2016 |
142,900 | 70,400 | 224,500 | 418,900 | 36,600 | 1,567,000 | 36,200 | 28,400 |
Jun 2016 |
142,100 | 76,600 | 255,600 | 484,100 | 40,500 | 1,634,000 | 45,300 | 52,000 |
Jul 2016 |
134,400 | 77,700 | 261,900 | 490,800 | 41,400 | 1,659,500 | 47,600 | 81,000 |
Aug 2016 |
130,500 | 74,400 | 248,000 | 472,900 | 40,100 | 1,648,400 | 45,000 | 70,000 |
Sep 2016 |
127,100 | 67,900 | 215,100 | 416,200 | 34,300 | 1,598,900 | 37,700 | 31,900 |
Oct 2016 |
128,300 | 66,600 | 202,500 | 383,600 | 31,000 | 1,558,000 | 29,900 | 26,600 |
Nov 2016 |
125,000 | 60,200 | 179,200 | 343,000 | 27,600 | 1,531,500 | 22,100 | 23,300 |
Dec 2016 |
121,900 | 59,900 | 175,200 | 299,100 | 25,200 | 1,532,300 | 21,000 | 21,600 |
Jan 2017 |
109,300 | 56,200 | 163,100 | 269,800 | 23,600 | 1,502,600 | 20,100 | 20,100 |
Feb 2017 |
112,700 | 56,800 | 171,300 | 270,900 | 23,500 | 1,514,100 | 20,400 | 20,600 |
Mar 2017(p) |
126,200 | 60,700 | 185,500 | 289,200 | 24,400 | 1,531,300 | 21,100 | 21,300 |
Footnotes:
(p) = preliminary. |
In amusement parks and arcades, employment in July 2007 was 198,200. Employment during peak periods remained flat until July 2012, where employment reached 226,800. This represented a 14.4-percent increase from July 2007 to July 2012. Since July 2012, employment increased to 261,900 in July 2016, a 15.5-percent increase from July 2012 and a 32.1-percent increase from July 2007.
Each year, employment in golf courses and country clubs reaches seasonal peaks in July and typically reaches lows in January or February. From seasonal peak to seasonal trough, employment decreased by an average 46.6 percent from July 2007 to January 2017. Employment increased from 264,000 in January 2016 to 490,800 in July 2016. This represents a 85.9-percent increase in employment.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Industries with summertime peaks in employment at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/industries-with-summertime-peaks-in-employment.htm (visited December 14, 2024).