Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

5,578.4 5,615.7 5,644.1 5,628.3 5,641.5 5,659.4 5,606.9 5,595.2 5,628.3 5,639.9 5,650.6 5,656.5 5,628.7

2008

5,541.9 5,577.1 5,608.1 5,607.2 5,611.1 5,611.6 5,554.2 5,543.8 (P) 5,575.1        

Natural Resources & Mining

 

2007

4.9 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.0

2008

5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 (P) 5.0        

Construction

 

2007

255.1 257.9 261.6 260.3 262.2 266.1 267.1 266.7 264.7 259.2 256.9 253.3 260.9

2008

245.9 244.9 246.1 246.1 246.7 248.7 249.1 250.0 (P) 249.2        

Manufacturing

 

2007

630.0 632.8 633.4 630.9 630.2 632.1 627.2 624.1 622.7 622.2 622.0 620.9 627.4

2008

617.6 620.0 622.7 620.8 619.7 619.4 615.0 614.0 (P) 612.7        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

1,094.2 1,085.3 1,083.2 1,083.9 1,086.8 1,092.0 1,096.5 1,094.7 1,097.7 1,101.7 1,113.1 1,123.3 1,096.0

2008

1,090.3 1,084.2 1,080.9 1,079.1 1,080.6 1,082.3 1,084.1 1,080.9 (P) 1,081.5        

Information

 

2007

234.7 241.2 243.6 237.6 241.9 244.1 239.6 245.5 248.2 236.9 235.7 236.4 240.5

2008

216.4 226.1 234.6 230.9 234.6 234.9 229.5 238.6 (P) 242.3        

Financial Activities

 

2007

382.2 383.3 383.6 379.7 377.3 375.0 374.0 371.6 367.0 365.6 362.7 360.4 373.5

2008

357.8 356.9 356.0 355.6 354.5 354.7 353.4 351.7 (P) 349.3        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

866.5 875.9 881.5 873.6 874.5 882.2 877.8 881.6 879.8 880.7 879.8 881.7 878.0

2008

869.2 873.5 877.3 876.6 872.6 874.9 870.9 870.7 (P) 868.6        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

618.6 630.6 634.3 632.9 631.3 621.9 614.3 613.5 631.9 641.1 643.6 643.9 629.8

2008

629.7 643.2 646.7 649.5 646.5 637.3 627.2 627.3 (P) 644.2        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

550.4 553.3 560.0 567.9 572.9 579.5 580.5 578.1 574.3 572.0 568.3 569.9 568.9

2008

557.0 561.0 568.4 573.3 577.4 581.1 582.8 580.9 (P) 575.9        

Other Services

 

2007

190.2 192.6 194.0 194.3 195.1 197.0 194.8 194.5 195.9 195.9 195.9 196.1 194.7

2008

193.7 195.6 196.9 197.1 197.7 198.5 197.1 196.0 (P) 197.0        

Government

 

2007

751.6 757.8 763.9 762.3 764.3 764.5 730.1 719.9 741.1 759.6 767.5 765.5 754.0

2008

759.2 766.6 773.4 773.2 775.8 774.8 740.1 728.7 (P) 749.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

6,506,981 6,524,235 6,527,603 6,496,422 6,490,099 6,517,557 6,594,345 6,567,378 6,582,254 6,594,100 6,629,011 6,621,799 6,554,315

2008

6,541,219 6,575,867 6,591,169 6,571,599 6,557,662 6,563,227 6,637,253 6,598,944 (P) 6,582,048        

Employment

 

2007

6,202,384 6,228,890 6,240,537 6,217,520 6,213,935 6,211,200 6,247,991 6,236,349 6,255,912 6,276,123 6,307,149 6,290,622 6,244,051

2008

6,173,542 6,236,303 6,228,850 6,218,329 6,162,252 6,129,171 6,142,578 6,100,122 (P) 6,101,511        

Unemployment

 

2007

304,597 295,345 287,066 278,902 276,164 306,357 346,354 331,029 326,342 317,977 321,862 331,177 310,264

2008

367,677 339,564 362,319 353,270 395,410 434,056 494,675 498,822 (P) 480,537        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.7

2008

5.6 5.2 5.5 5.4 6.0 6.6 7.5 7.6 (P) 7.3        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary