Figure 6. Employment, seasonally adjusted, in thousands, and sales in food services and drinking places, seasonally adjusted, in millions of dollars, January 2010 to December 2019
Period Sales Employment

Jan 2010

$37,660 9,298.6

Feb 2010

38,267 9,294.2

Mar 2010

38,339 9,311.7

Apr 2010

38,658 9,322.8

May 2010

38,659 9,340.9

Jun 2010

38,877 9,352.7

Jul 2010

39,033 9,358.6

Aug 2010

39,402 9,379.8

Sep 2010

39,385 9,430.8

Oct 2010

39,479 9,452.2

Nov 2010

39,710 9,455.5

Dec 2010

39,508 9,479.3

Jan 2011

39,658 9,482.1

Feb 2011

40,382 9,509.7

Mar 2011

40,536 9,550.8

Apr 2011

40,624 9,583.6

May 2011

41,050 9,599.5

Jun 2011

41,540 9,618.8

Jul 2011

41,516 9,626.9

Aug 2011

41,718 9,653.2

Sep 2011

42,013 9,690.6

Oct 2011

42,204 9,720.7

Nov 2011

42,237 9,767.5

Dec 2011

41,864 9,791.2

Jan 2012

42,766 9,834.0

Feb 2012

42,995 9,865.0

Mar 2012

42,942 9,915.5

Apr 2012

43,365 9,924.1

May 2012

43,313 9,926.8

Jun 2012

43,584 9,926.7

Jul 2012

43,676 9,952.7

Aug 2012

43,755 10,002.7

Sep 2012

44,085 10,062.6

Oct 2012

43,796 10,070.1

Nov 2012

44,567 10,085.5

Dec 2012

44,494 10,143.7

Jan 2013

45,187 10,184.5

Feb 2013

44,861 10,219.7

Mar 2013

45,042 10,237.7

Apr 2013

44,711 10,275.7

May 2013

44,842 10,316.6

Jun 2013

44,680 10,352.4

Jul 2013

44,987 10,400.5

Aug 2013

45,089 10,429.1

Sep 2013

45,377 10,443.1

Oct 2013

45,924 10,468.1

Nov 2013

46,689 10,498.6

Dec 2013

46,357 10,507.6

Jan 2014

45,966 10,532.0

Feb 2014

46,418 10,543.7

Mar 2014

47,057 10,600.5

Apr 2014

47,142 10,638.2

May 2014

47,492 10,671.3

Jun 2014

47,752 10,697.5

Jul 2014

48,065 10,709.4

Aug 2014

48,346 10,732.0

Sep 2014

48,929 10,761.7

Oct 2014

49,590 10,788.6

Nov 2014

49,598 10,819.8

Dec 2014

50,379 10,854.8

Jan 2015

50,698 10,874.1

Feb 2015

50,547 10,924.4

Mar 2015

50,932 10,930.1

Apr 2015

51,614 10,965.5

May 2015

51,688 10,999.8

Jun 2015

51,732 11,037.7

Jul 2015

52,098 11,084.5

Aug 2015

52,442 11,110.8

Sep 2015

52,386 11,156.6

Oct 2015

52,730 11,201.1

Nov 2015

52,985 11,237.4

Dec 2015

53,855 11,271.3

Jan 2016

53,176 11,307.1

Feb 2016

54,270 11,341.7

Mar 2016

53,894 11,366.7

Apr 2016

54,182 11,380.3

May 2016

54,206 11,405.4

Jun 2016

54,300 11,428.8

Jul 2016

54,339 11,443.8

Aug 2016

54,763 11,482.1

Sep 2016

55,359 11,521.7

Oct 2016

55,292 11,539.3

Nov 2016

56,290 11,555.8

Dec 2016

55,337 11,576.6

Jan 2017

57,377 11,602.3

Feb 2017

57,396 11,621.4

Mar 2017

57,279 11,648.7

Apr 2017

57,396 11,665.7

May 2017

57,453 11,693.8

Jun 2017

57,374 11,710.1

Jul 2017

57,464 11,773.2

Aug 2017

57,648 11,776.2

Sep 2017

58,127 11,723.4

Oct 2017

58,408 11,786.6

Nov 2017

59,063 11,798.8

Dec 2017

59,274 11,807.1

Jan 2018

59,755 11,817.5

Feb 2018

60,058 11,840.7

Mar 2018

60,481 11,841.8

Apr 2018

59,895 11,834.4

May 2018

61,390 11,861.9

Jun 2018

62,184 11,887.3

Jul 2018

62,777 11,916.8

Aug 2018

63,193 11,909.5

Sep 2018

61,790 11,888.8

Oct 2018

62,276 11,901.6

Nov 2018

62,070 11,918.7

Dec 2018

61,997 11,953.0

Jan 2019

61,973 12,005.1

Feb 2019

62,360 11,983.5

Mar 2019

62,856 11,999.1

Apr 2019

63,313 12,018.8

May 2019

63,996 12,024.6

Jun 2019

64,509 12,026.2

Jul 2019

64,948 12,035.6

Aug 2019

64,969 12,069.5

Sep 2019

65,460 12,113.3

Oct 2019

65,373 12,161.4

Nov 2019

65,005 12,184.0

Dec 2019

65,769 12,203.3

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.