Economy at a Glance

California

California
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2008

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 18,386.6 18,446.2 18,431.3 18,409.1 18,415.2 (P) 18,492.2

Employment (1)

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 17,246.0 17,186.8 17,149.5 17,053.0 16,993.8 (P) 17,067.1

Unemployment (1)

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 1,140.5 1,259.4 1,281.8 1,356.1 1,421.3 (P) 1,425.0

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 6.2 6.8 7.0 7.4 7.7 (P) 7.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 15,154.0 15,145.1 15,131.7 15,116.7 15,104.0 (P) 15,092.4

12-month % change
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 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 (P) -0.5

Natural Resources and Mining (3)

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 26.7 26.9 27.0 26.8 26.8 (P) 26.9

12-month % change
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 2.7 3.5 4.2 3.5 3.5 (P) 4.3

Construction (3)

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 824.9 815.7 815.3 813.0 808.4 (P) 804.4

12-month % change
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 -9.0 -9.7 -9.5 -9.3 -9.2 (P) -8.7

Manufacturing (3)

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 1,445.8 1,441.7 1,437.0 1,432.9 1,430.0 (P) 1,431.4

12-month % change
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 -1.4 -1.6 -1.8 -2.3 -2.0 (P) -1.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 2,906.0 2,904.7 2,898.8 2,901.5 2,889.6 (P) 2,883.3

12-month % change
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 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -1.0 (P) -1.2

Information (4)

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 462.9 467.6 468.5 463.1 472.6 (P) 474.9

12-month % change
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 -0.4 -0.8 -1.5 -2.0 -1.5 (P) -1.4

Financial Activities (3)

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 878.7 876.0 876.2 872.1 868.1 (P) 864.8

12-month % change
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 -4.0 -4.0 -3.6 -3.8 -3.8 (P) -3.5

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 2,285.1 2,281.2 2,276.4 2,274.9 2,274.7 (P) 2,273.7

12-month % change
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 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.4 (P) 0.5

Education & Health Services (3)

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 1,708.2 1,712.2 1,715.1 1,718.1 1,721.0 (P) 1,723.0

12-month % change
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 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.0 (P) 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 1,566.1 1,565.2 1,567.0 1,564.3 1,562.8 (P) 1,564.2

12-month % change
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 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 (P) 0.7

Other Services (3)

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 515.0 516.1 516.6 517.0 516.3 (P) 515.5

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.3 1.0 -0.1 0.0 (P) 0.1

Government (3)

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 2,534.6 2,537.8 2,533.8 2,533.0 2,533.7 (P) 2,530.3

12-month % change
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 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.3 (P) 1.0

Mass layoffs

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 321 382 516 460 439 358

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 28,172 34,085 44,754 33,250 36,120 34,584

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, 2008

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

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