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Leisure & hospitality jobs in United States
2014 – 2025 · 12 data points
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
16,787,528
+0.5%
since 2024
First value · 2014
14,626,556
since 2015
+11%
+1.3% a year on average
Leisure & hospitality jobs, 2014 – 2025 number
+11% since 2015
0
5M
10M
15M
20M
2014
2018
2020
2022
2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
The series at a glance United States · 2014 – 2025
Latest value
16,787,528 · 2025
First value
14,626,556 · 2014
Highest
16,787,528 · 2025
Lowest
12,800,577 · 2020
Average change
+1.3% a year on average
Data points
12
By year
All years · 2014 – 2025
| Year | United States | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,787,528 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 16,698,128 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 16,452,538 | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 15,718,808 | +11% |
| 2021 | 14,135,511 | +10% |
| 2020 | 12,800,577 | −22% |
| 2019 | 16,457,253 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 16,196,857 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 15,900,633 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 15,556,625 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 15,100,935 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 14,626,556 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
What it means
Jobs in hotels, restaurants, bars, attractions, arts and recreation — the tourism economy.
How it is calculated
Average private-sector employment in the leisure and hospitality industries.
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