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Tourism Statistics · Country

Leisure & hospitality jobs in United States

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Tourism · United States

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

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

YearUnited StatesChange
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.