A line chart. Twenty-five months before the onset of the 1990-91 recession, total payroll employment was 104.81 million; twenty-five months before the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 127.87 million. Fifteen months before the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 106.99 million; fifteen months before the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 129.8 million. Five months before the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 108.57 million; five months before the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 131.78 million. At the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 109.86 million; at the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 132.46 million. Five months after the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 108.96 million; five months after the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 131.97 million. Fifteen months after the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 108.21 million; fifteen months after the onset of the 2001 recession, it was 130.7 million. Twenty-five months after the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 108.74 million; thirty-five months after the onset of the 1990-91 recession, it was 110.93 million.