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2009

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 18,540.6 18,501.5 18,458.5 18,402.5 18,391.5 (P) 18,333.8

Employment (1)

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 16,387.9 16,347.4 16,259.0 16,142.9 16,134.5 (P) 16,040.7

Unemployment (1)

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 2,152.8 2,154.0 2,199.5 2,259.6 2,257.0 (P) 2,293.0

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 11.6 11.6 11.9 12.3 12.3 (P) 12.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 14,351.5 14,285.4 14,246.9 14,239.7 14,173.3 (P) 14,199.0

12-month % change
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 -4.9 -5.1 -5.1 -4.9 -5.1 (P) -4.6

Mining and Logging (3)

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 27.5 27.0 26.9 26.6 26.8 (P) 26.6

12-month % change
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 -3.8 -5.6 -6.3 -7.3 -6.9 (P) -7.3

Construction (3)

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 655.3 643.8 632.4 629.2 616.6 (P) 614.1

12-month % change
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 -18.4 -18.4 -18.7 -18.0 -18.8 (P) -18.2

Manufacturing (3)

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 1,314.1 1,306.8 1,302.3 1,298.8 1,295.1 (P) 1,286.8

12-month % change
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 -8.5 -8.7 -8.8 -8.6 -8.6 (P) -8.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 2,695.3 2,682.8 2,673.7 2,668.9 2,668.7 (P) 2,660.9

12-month % change
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 -6.5 -6.7 -6.6 -6.6 -6.2 (P) -5.7

Information (4)

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 448.1 445.3 442.9 445.5 442.0 (P) 444.2

12-month % change
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 -6.8 -7.9 -6.4 -6.3 -7.3 (P) -6.7

Financial Activities (3)

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 804.4 802.4 801.8 799.8 797.3 (P) 799.9

12-month % change
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 -6.0 -5.8 -5.3 -5.1 -5.0 (P) -4.2

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 2,131.4 2,117.0 2,112.4 2,107.4 2,109.7 (P) 2,122.6

12-month % change
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 -5.6 -5.8 -6.1 -6.1 -5.7 (P) -4.8

Education & Health Services (3)

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 1,744.3 1,743.5 1,738.4 1,747.5 1,744.7 (P) 1,757.6

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.7 (P) 1.4

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 1,516.2 1,513.6 1,516.9 1,514.9 1,511.1 (P) 1,515.7

12-month % change
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 -3.9 -4.0 -3.9 -3.7 -3.5 (P) -3.2

Other Services (3)

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 502.7 501.4 499.0 496.5 498.6 (P) 494.5

12-month % change
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 -2.9 -2.9 -3.6 -3.5 -2.8 (P) -3.9

Government (3)

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 2,512.2 2,501.8 2,500.2 2,504.6 2,462.7 (P) 2,476.1

12-month % change
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 -0.5 -1.0 -0.9 -0.6 -2.2 (P) -1.7

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 487 714 812 340 395 514

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 47,091 56,138 82,085 26,082 28,797 48,169

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: November 20, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

California includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions