# Leisure and hospitality payroll employment

Number of jobs on leisure and hospitality payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers arts, entertainment and recreation, and accommodation and food services.

## Key facts

- Leisure and hospitality payroll employment in the United States was 16,969,000 jobs in September 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- California had the highest leisure and hospitality payroll employment of 51 states in August 2026, at 2,061,300 jobs, and Vermont the lowest, at 35,600 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from January 1939 to September 2026.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `payroll_employment_leisure_hospitality`
- Unit: jobs
- Note: One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/leisure-hospitality-jobs
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/payroll_employment_leisure_hospitality

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | jobs | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2026-09 | 16,969,000 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics: all employees, leisure and hospitality, seasonally adjusted (CES7000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ce/ce.data.70a.LeisureAndHospitality.Employment. Retrieved 2026-10-12. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/leisure-hospitality-jobs/us-states.md) (51 places)