2.36M
Aug 2026 (latest)
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN JOBS
employees, thousands, seasonally adjusted · 1990–2026 · higher is better · BLS Current Employment Statistics, via FRED CES6054150001
2.48M
Nov 2022
2.48M
high · Mar 2023
2.15M
low · Jan 2019
−5%
since Nov 2022
┊ on the monthly chart the dashed line marks ChatGPT released (Nov 30, 2022); on the annual views, 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. All employees in Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 5415) — the industry that employs most US software and IT services workers. Monthly, seasonally adjusted, from January 1990. Subject to BLS's annual benchmark revisions; the annual figure is the average of the twelve months.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES6054150001
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Employment-And-Jobs
Monthly data
The publisher's own cadence, every period. The annual table below is derived from these values (annual average); the annual figures are what the almanac pages and the machine-readable exports carry.
| Period | Computer Systems Design Jobs | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 2.36M | −0% |
| Jul 2026 | 2.36M | −0% |
| Jun 2026 | 2.37M | −0% |
| May 2026 | 2.37M | +0% |
| Apr 2026 | 2.37M | −0% |
| Mar 2026 | 2.37M | −0% |
| Feb 2026 | 2.38M | +0% |
| Jan 2026 | 2.37M | −0% |
| Dec 2025 | 2.38M | −0% |
| Nov 2025 | 2.38M | +0% |
| Oct 2025 | 2.38M | −0% |
| Sep 2025 | 2.39M | −0% |
| Aug 2025 | 2.39M | −0% |
| Jul 2025 | 2.40M | −0% |
| Jun 2025 | 2.40M | −0% |
| May 2025 | 2.41M | −0% |
| Apr 2025 | 2.41M | +0% |
| Mar 2025 | 2.41M | −0% |
| Feb 2025 | 2.42M | −0% |
| Jan 2025 | 2.43M | −0% |
| Dec 2024 | 2.43M | +0% |
| Nov 2024 | 2.43M | −0% |
| Oct 2024 | 2.43M | −0% |
| Sep 2024 | 2.44M | +0% |
| Aug 2024 | 2.44M | −0% |
| Jul 2024 | 2.44M | −0% |
| Jun 2024 | 2.44M | +0% |
| May 2024 | 2.44M | −0% |
| Apr 2024 | 2.44M | +0% |
| Mar 2024 | 2.44M | −0% |
| Feb 2024 | 2.44M | −0% |
| Jan 2024 | 2.45M | −0% |
| Dec 2023 | 2.45M | −0% |
| Nov 2023 | 2.45M | −0% |
| Oct 2023 | 2.45M | −0% |
| Sep 2023 | 2.46M | −0% |
| Aug 2023 | 2.47M | −0% |
| Jul 2023 | 2.47M | −0% |
| Jun 2023 | 2.47M | −0% |
| May 2023 | 2.48M | −0% |
| Apr 2023 | 2.48M | −0% |
| Mar 2023 | 2.48M | +0% |
| Feb 2023 | 2.48M | +0% |
| Jan 2023 | 2.48M | −0% |
| Dec 2022 | 2.48M | +0% |
| Nov 2022 | 2.48M | +0% |
| Oct 2022 | 2.48M | +0% |
| Sep 2022 | 2.47M | +0% |
| Aug 2022 | 2.46M | +0% |
| Jul 2022 | 2.46M | −0% |
| Jun 2022 | 2.46M | +0% |
| May 2022 | 2.45M | +0% |
| Apr 2022 | 2.44M | +0% |
| Mar 2022 | 2.44M | +1% |
| Feb 2022 | 2.41M | +0% |
| Jan 2022 | 2.41M | +1% |
| Dec 2021 | 2.39M | +0% |
| Nov 2021 | 2.38M | +1% |
| Oct 2021 | 2.36M | +1% |
| Sep 2021 | 2.35M | +1% |
| Aug 2021 | 2.33M | +1% |
| Jul 2021 | 2.32M | +1% |
| Jun 2021 | 2.30M | +1% |
| May 2021 | 2.28M | +0% |
| Apr 2021 | 2.27M | +1% |
| Mar 2021 | 2.26M | +1% |
| Feb 2021 | 2.25M | +1% |
| Jan 2021 | 2.23M | +0% |
| Dec 2020 | 2.22M | +1% |
| Nov 2020 | 2.21M | +0% |
| Oct 2020 | 2.20M | +1% |
| Sep 2020 | 2.19M | +0% |
| Aug 2020 | 2.18M | +1% |
| Jul 2020 | 2.17M | −0% |
| Jun 2020 | 2.17M | +0% |
| May 2020 | 2.17M | +0% |
| Apr 2020 | 2.17M | −2% |
| Mar 2020 | 2.22M | −1% |
| Feb 2020 | 2.23M | +0% |
| Jan 2020 | 2.23M | +1% |
| Dec 2019 | 2.21M | −0% |
| Nov 2019 | 2.22M | +0% |
| Oct 2019 | 2.21M | −0% |
| Sep 2019 | 2.21M | −0% |
| Aug 2019 | 2.22M | +0% |
| Jul 2019 | 2.21M | +0% |
| Jun 2019 | 2.20M | +0% |
| May 2019 | 2.19M | +0% |
| Apr 2019 | 2.18M | +1% |
| Mar 2019 | 2.17M | +1% |
| Feb 2019 | 2.16M | +0% |
| Jan 2019 | 2.15M | −0% |
| Dec 2018 | 2.15M | +0% |
| Nov 2018 | 2.15M | +0% |
| Oct 2018 | 2.14M | +0% |
| Sep 2018 | 2.13M | +0% |
| Aug 2018 | 2.13M | +0% |
| Jul 2018 | 2.12M | +0% |
| Jun 2018 | 2.11M | +0% |
| May 2018 | 2.11M | +0% |
| Apr 2018 | 2.10M | +0% |
| Mar 2018 | 2.09M | +0% |
| Feb 2018 | 2.09M | +0% |
| Jan 2018 | 2.09M | +1% |
| Dec 2017 | 2.07M | +0% |
| Nov 2017 | 2.07M | +0% |
| Oct 2017 | 2.07M | +0% |
| Sep 2017 | 2.06M | +0% |
| Aug 2017 | 2.06M | +0% |
| Jul 2017 | 2.05M | +0% |
| Jun 2017 | 2.05M | +0% |
| May 2017 | 2.04M | +0% |
| Apr 2017 | 2.04M | +0% |
| Mar 2017 | 2.04M | −0% |
| Feb 2017 | 2.04M | +0% |
| Jan 2017 | 2.04M | +0% |
| Dec 2016 | 2.03M | +0% |
| Nov 2016 | 2.02M | +0% |
| Oct 2016 | 2.02M | +0% |
| Sep 2016 | 2.01M | +1% |
| Aug 2016 | 2.00M | +0% |
| Jul 2016 | 2.00M | +0% |
| Jun 2016 | 1.99M | +0% |
| May 2016 | 1.99M | +0% |
| Apr 2016 | 1.98M | +0% |
| Mar 2016 | 1.97M | +0% |
| Feb 2016 | 1.96M | +0% |
| Jan 2016 | 1.96M | +0% |
| Dec 2015 | 1.95M | +0% |
| Nov 2015 | 1.95M | +0% |
| Oct 2015 | 1.94M | +0% |
| Sep 2015 | 1.94M | +0% |
| Aug 2015 | 1.93M | +0% |
| Jul 2015 | 1.92M | +0% |
| Jun 2015 | 1.91M | +0% |
| May 2015 | 1.91M | +0% |
| Apr 2015 | 1.90M | +0% |
| Mar 2015 | 1.89M | +1% |
| Feb 2015 | 1.88M | +1% |
| Jan 2015 | 1.87M | +1% |
| Dec 2014 | 1.85M | +1% |
| Nov 2014 | 1.84M | +1% |
| Oct 2014 | 1.83M | +1% |
| Sep 2014 | 1.82M | +0% |
| Aug 2014 | 1.81M | +0% |
| Jul 2014 | 1.80M | +0% |
| Jun 2014 | 1.79M | +0% |
| May 2014 | 1.79M | +1% |
| Apr 2014 | 1.78M | +1% |
| Mar 2014 | 1.76M | +0% |
| Feb 2014 | 1.76M | +0% |
| Jan 2014 | 1.75M | +1% |
| Dec 2013 | 1.74M | +0% |
| Nov 2013 | 1.74M | +1% |
| Oct 2013 | 1.73M | +1% |
| Sep 2013 | 1.72M | −0% |
| Aug 2013 | 1.72M | +0% |
| Jul 2013 | 1.72M | +0% |
| Jun 2013 | 1.71M | +0% |
| May 2013 | 1.70M | +0% |
| Apr 2013 | 1.69M | +0% |
| Mar 2013 | 1.69M | +0% |
| Feb 2013 | 1.68M | +0% |
| Jan 2013 | 1.68M | +0% |
| Dec 2012 | 1.67M | +0% |
| Nov 2012 | 1.66M | +1% |
| Oct 2012 | 1.65M | +0% |
| Sep 2012 | 1.65M | +1% |
| Aug 2012 | 1.64M | +0% |
| Jul 2012 | 1.64M | +1% |
| Jun 2012 | 1.62M | +0% |
| May 2012 | 1.62M | +0% |
| Apr 2012 | 1.61M | +0% |
| Mar 2012 | 1.60M | +1% |
| Feb 2012 | 1.60M | +1% |
| Jan 2012 | 1.58M | +0% |
| Dec 2011 | 1.58M | +1% |
| Nov 2011 | 1.57M | +0% |
| Oct 2011 | 1.57M | +0% |
| Sep 2011 | 1.56M | +1% |
| Aug 2011 | 1.56M | +1% |
| Jul 2011 | 1.55M | +0% |
| Jun 2011 | 1.54M | +1% |
| May 2011 | 1.53M | +1% |
| Apr 2011 | 1.53M | +1% |
| Mar 2011 | 1.52M | +1% |
| Feb 2011 | 1.51M | +0% |
| Jan 2011 | 1.50M | +1% |
| Dec 2010 | 1.49M | +1% |
| Nov 2010 | 1.48M | +0% |
| Oct 2010 | 1.48M | +1% |
| Sep 2010 | 1.47M | +0% |
| Aug 2010 | 1.46M | +1% |
| Jul 2010 | 1.45M | +0% |
| Jun 2010 | 1.45M | +0% |
| May 2010 | 1.44M | +0% |
| Apr 2010 | 1.44M | +1% |
| Mar 2010 | 1.43M | −0% |
| Feb 2010 | 1.44M | +0% |
| Jan 2010 | 1.43M | +0% |
| Dec 2009 | 1.43M | −0% |
| Nov 2009 | 1.43M | +0% |
| Oct 2009 | 1.43M | +0% |
| Sep 2009 | 1.43M | +0% |
| Aug 2009 | 1.42M | −0% |
| Jul 2009 | 1.42M | +0% |
| Jun 2009 | 1.42M | −0% |
| May 2009 | 1.42M | −0% |
| Apr 2009 | 1.43M | −0% |
| Mar 2009 | 1.43M | −1% |
| Feb 2009 | 1.44M | −0% |
| Jan 2009 | 1.44M | −1% |
| Dec 2008 | 1.45M | −0% |
| Nov 2008 | 1.45M | −0% |
| Oct 2008 | 1.45M | +0% |
| Sep 2008 | 1.45M | −0% |
| Aug 2008 | 1.45M | −0% |
| Jul 2008 | 1.45M | +0% |
| Jun 2008 | 1.45M | −0% |
| May 2008 | 1.45M | +0% |
| Apr 2008 | 1.45M | +0% |
| Mar 2008 | 1.44M | +0% |
| Feb 2008 | 1.44M | +0% |
| Jan 2008 | 1.43M | +0% |
| Dec 2007 | 1.43M | +1% |
| Nov 2007 | 1.42M | +1% |
| Oct 2007 | 1.41M | +0% |
| Sep 2007 | 1.40M | +1% |
| Aug 2007 | 1.39M | +0% |
| Jul 2007 | 1.39M | +1% |
| Jun 2007 | 1.38M | +1% |
| May 2007 | 1.37M | +1% |
| Apr 2007 | 1.36M | +1% |
| Mar 2007 | 1.35M | +1% |
| Feb 2007 | 1.34M | +1% |
| Jan 2007 | 1.33M | +0% |
| Dec 2006 | 1.32M | +1% |
| Nov 2006 | 1.31M | −0% |
| Oct 2006 | 1.32M | +0% |
| Sep 2006 | 1.31M | +0% |
| Aug 2006 | 1.31M | +1% |
| Jul 2006 | 1.30M | +1% |
| Jun 2006 | 1.29M | +0% |
| May 2006 | 1.28M | +1% |
| Apr 2006 | 1.27M | +1% |
| Mar 2006 | 1.26M | +1% |
| Feb 2006 | 1.26M | +0% |
| Jan 2006 | 1.25M | +2% |
| Dec 2005 | 1.23M | +1% |
| Nov 2005 | 1.22M | +0% |
| Oct 2005 | 1.22M | +1% |
| Sep 2005 | 1.21M | +1% |
| Aug 2005 | 1.20M | +1% |
| Jul 2005 | 1.20M | −0% |
| Jun 2005 | 1.20M | +1% |
| May 2005 | 1.19M | +0% |
| Apr 2005 | 1.19M | +0% |
| Mar 2005 | 1.19M | +0% |
| Feb 2005 | 1.18M | +0% |
| Jan 2005 | 1.18M | −0% |
| Dec 2004 | 1.19M | +0% |
| Nov 2004 | 1.18M | +1% |
| Oct 2004 | 1.17M | +0% |
| Sep 2004 | 1.17M | +1% |
| Aug 2004 | 1.16M | +1% |
| Jul 2004 | 1.15M | −0% |
| Jun 2004 | 1.15M | +1% |
| May 2004 | 1.14M | +1% |
| Apr 2004 | 1.14M | −0% |
| Mar 2004 | 1.14M | +1% |
| Feb 2004 | 1.13M | −0% |
| Jan 2004 | 1.13M | +0% |
| Dec 2003 | 1.13M | +0% |
| Nov 2003 | 1.12M | +0% |
| Oct 2003 | 1.12M | +0% |
| Sep 2003 | 1.12M | +1% |
| Aug 2003 | 1.11M | −0% |
| Jul 2003 | 1.11M | −1% |
| Jun 2003 | 1.12M | −0% |
| May 2003 | 1.13M | −0% |
| Apr 2003 | 1.13M | +1% |
| Mar 2003 | 1.12M | −0% |
| Feb 2003 | 1.12M | −0% |
| Jan 2003 | 1.12M | +0% |
| Dec 2002 | 1.12M | −1% |
| Nov 2002 | 1.13M | −1% |
| Oct 2002 | 1.14M | −0% |
| Sep 2002 | 1.14M | −1% |
| Aug 2002 | 1.15M | −1% |
| Jul 2002 | 1.15M | +0% |
| Jun 2002 | 1.15M | −1% |
| May 2002 | 1.16M | −1% |
| Apr 2002 | 1.17M | −0% |
| Mar 2002 | 1.17M | −1% |
| Feb 2002 | 1.19M | −1% |
| Jan 2002 | 1.21M | −1% |
| Dec 2001 | 1.22M | −1% |
| Nov 2001 | 1.24M | −2% |
| Oct 2001 | 1.26M | −1% |
| Sep 2001 | 1.27M | −1% |
| Aug 2001 | 1.29M | −1% |
| Jul 2001 | 1.30M | −1% |
| Jun 2001 | 1.32M | −1% |
| May 2001 | 1.33M | −1% |
| Apr 2001 | 1.35M | −1% |
| Mar 2001 | 1.36M | +1% |
| Feb 2001 | 1.35M | +1% |
| Jan 2001 | 1.33M | +1% |
| Dec 2000 | 1.32M | +1% |
| Nov 2000 | 1.31M | +1% |
| Oct 2000 | 1.29M | +1% |
| Sep 2000 | 1.28M | +1% |
| Aug 2000 | 1.27M | +1% |
| Jul 2000 | 1.26M | +1% |
| Jun 2000 | 1.25M | +1% |
| May 2000 | 1.24M | +1% |
| Apr 2000 | 1.23M | +0% |
| Mar 2000 | 1.23M | +1% |
| Feb 2000 | 1.22M | +1% |
| Jan 2000 | 1.21M | +1% |
| Dec 1999 | 1.20M | +1% |
| Nov 1999 | 1.19M | +1% |
| Oct 1999 | 1.18M | +1% |
| Sep 1999 | 1.17M | +1% |
| Aug 1999 | 1.16M | +1% |
| Jul 1999 | 1.15M | +1% |
| Jun 1999 | 1.14M | +2% |
| May 1999 | 1.12M | +1% |
| Apr 1999 | 1.11M | +1% |
| Mar 1999 | 1.09M | +1% |
| Feb 1999 | 1.08M | +1% |
| Jan 1999 | 1.07M | +1% |
| Dec 1998 | 1.06M | +1% |
| Nov 1998 | 1.05M | +2% |
| Oct 1998 | 1.03M | +1% |
| Sep 1998 | 1.02M | +2% |
| Aug 1998 | 1.00M | +1% |
| Jul 1998 | 986K | +2% |
| Jun 1998 | 971K | +2% |
| May 1998 | 956K | +2% |
| Apr 1998 | 941K | +1% |
| Mar 1998 | 928K | +1% |
| Feb 1998 | 914K | +1% |
| Jan 1998 | 901K | +1% |
| Dec 1997 | 890K | +2% |
| Nov 1997 | 876K | +1% |
| Oct 1997 | 869K | +1% |
| Sep 1997 | 859K | +1% |
| Aug 1997 | 848K | +2% |
| Jul 1997 | 833K | +1% |
| Jun 1997 | 826K | +1% |
| May 1997 | 816K | +1% |
| Apr 1997 | 805K | +1% |
| Mar 1997 | 796K | +2% |
| Feb 1997 | 782K | +2% |
| Jan 1997 | 770K | +2% |
| Dec 1996 | 757K | +1% |
| Nov 1996 | 747K | +2% |
| Oct 1996 | 735K | +1% |
| Sep 1996 | 726K | +1% |
| Aug 1996 | 716K | +1% |
| Jul 1996 | 707K | +1% |
| Jun 1996 | 697K | +1% |
| May 1996 | 690K | +1% |
| Apr 1996 | 683K | +1% |
| Mar 1996 | 677K | +1% |
| Feb 1996 | 668K | +1% |
| Jan 1996 | 663K | +1% |
| Dec 1995 | 658K | +1% |
| Nov 1995 | 649K | +1% |
| Oct 1995 | 643K | +1% |
| Sep 1995 | 634K | +1% |
| Aug 1995 | 627K | +1% |
| Jul 1995 | 619K | +1% |
| Jun 1995 | 613K | +1% |
| May 1995 | 605K | +2% |
| Apr 1995 | 594K | +1% |
| Mar 1995 | 588K | +1% |
| Feb 1995 | 581K | +1% |
| Jan 1995 | 574K | +1% |
| Dec 1994 | 567K | +1% |
| Nov 1994 | 561K | +1% |
| Oct 1994 | 554K | +1% |
| Sep 1994 | 548K | +1% |
| Aug 1994 | 543K | +1% |
| Jul 1994 | 536K | +1% |
| Jun 1994 | 531K | +1% |
| May 1994 | 525K | +1% |
| Apr 1994 | 521K | +1% |
| Mar 1994 | 516K | +1% |
| Feb 1994 | 511K | +0% |
| Jan 1994 | 509K | +0% |
| Dec 1993 | 506K | +1% |
| Nov 1993 | 503K | +1% |
| Oct 1993 | 500K | +1% |
| Sep 1993 | 496K | +1% |
| Aug 1993 | 493K | +0% |
| Jul 1993 | 491K | +1% |
| Jun 1993 | 487K | +1% |
| May 1993 | 484K | +1% |
| Apr 1993 | 481K | +1% |
| Mar 1993 | 477K | +1% |
| Feb 1993 | 474K | +1% |
| Jan 1993 | 470K | +1% |
| Dec 1992 | 466K | +1% |
| Nov 1992 | 462K | +1% |
| Oct 1992 | 458K | +1% |
| Sep 1992 | 455K | +1% |
| Aug 1992 | 450K | +0% |
| Jul 1992 | 448K | +1% |
| Jun 1992 | 445K | +0% |
| May 1992 | 443K | +1% |
| Apr 1992 | 441K | +0% |
| Mar 1992 | 440K | +0% |
| Feb 1992 | 438K | +1% |
| Jan 1992 | 436K | +1% |
| Dec 1991 | 433K | +0% |
| Nov 1991 | 431K | +0% |
| Oct 1991 | 429K | +0% |
| Sep 1991 | 427K | +0% |
| Aug 1991 | 426K | +0% |
| Jul 1991 | 425K | +0% |
| Jun 1991 | 424K | +1% |
| May 1991 | 421K | +0% |
| Apr 1991 | 420K | +1% |
| Mar 1991 | 417K | +0% |
| Feb 1991 | 416K | +0% |
| Jan 1991 | 416K | −0% |
| Dec 1990 | 416K | +0% |
| Nov 1990 | 415K | +0% |
| Oct 1990 | 415K | +0% |
| Sep 1990 | 415K | −0% |
| Aug 1990 | 415K | +0% |
| Jul 1990 | 414K | +0% |
| Jun 1990 | 414K | +0% |
| May 1990 | 414K | +0% |
| Apr 1990 | 413K | +0% |
| Mar 1990 | 412K | +0% |
| Feb 1990 | 411K | +0% |
| Jan 1990 | 410K | — |
Annual data
| Year | Computer Systems Design Jobs | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.37M | −1% |
| 2025 | 2.40M | −2% |
| 2024 | 2.44M | −1% |
| 2023 | 2.47M | +1% |
| 2022 | 2.45M | +6% |
| 2021 | 2.31M | +5% |
| 2020 | 2.20M | +0% |
| 2019 | 2.19M | +4% |
| 2018 | 2.12M | +3% |
| 2017 | 2.05M | +3% |
| 2016 | 1.99M | +4% |
| 2015 | 1.92M | +7% |
| 2014 | 1.80M | +5% |
| 2013 | 1.71M | +5% |
| 2012 | 1.63M | +6% |
| 2011 | 1.54M | +6% |
| 2010 | 1.46M | +2% |
| 2009 | 1.43M | −1% |
| 2008 | 1.45M | +5% |
| 2007 | 1.38M | +7% |
| 2006 | 1.29M | +7% |
| 2005 | 1.20M | +4% |
| 2004 | 1.15M | +3% |
| 2003 | 1.12M | −3% |
| 2002 | 1.16M | −11% |
| 2001 | 1.30M | +3% |
| 2000 | 1.26M | +11% |
| 1999 | 1.14M | +16% |
| 1998 | 979K | +18% |
| 1997 | 831K | +18% |
| 1996 | 706K | +15% |
| 1995 | 615K | +15% |
| 1994 | 535K | +10% |
| 1993 | 489K | +9% |
| 1992 | 449K | +6% |
| 1991 | 424K | +2% |
| 1990 | 414K | — |
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