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

 

2008

5,548.8 5,583.3 5,603.7 5,606.6 5,607.7 5,603.2 5,529.2 5,502.6 5,518.5 5,529.9 5,521.5 5,492.3 5,553.9

2009

5,369.4 5,373.4 (P) 5,382.4                    

Mining & Logging

 

2008

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

2009

5.0 5.0 (P) 5.0                    

Construction

 

2008

242.9 243.3 243.6 241.4 240.7 239.2 237.3 236.8 233.8 231.2 224.7 220.6 236.3

2009

211.5 205.3 (P) 204.8                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

615.1 616.3 615.3 614.6 613.6 613.4 610.6 606.1 603.9 600.2 594.7 587.9 607.6

2009

578.8 575.2 (P) 573.8                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

1,093.6 1,085.0 1,080.7 1,077.6 1,077.3 1,078.6 1,073.5 1,071.9 1,067.1 1,063.1 1,064.8 1,065.5 1,074.9

2009

1,033.6 1,025.4 (P) 1,023.7                    

Information

 

2008

226.6 234.8 243.4 242.5 246.3 248.6 238.2 240.3 244.0 245.1 248.4 238.8 241.4

2009

217.3 227.8 (P) 236.1                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

356.2 356.1 355.2 353.4 352.4 351.5 349.0 347.5 344.6 342.4 340.5 340.1 349.1

2009

337.2 335.6 (P) 335.3                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

851.0 859.8 862.1 860.7 856.8 857.1 849.8 849.2 845.8 845.1 842.7 843.4 852.0

2009

823.7 816.1 (P) 815.2                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

640.6 652.7 655.3 657.8 655.4 644.8 633.9 632.8 651.4 661.0 664.6 662.5 651.1

2009

652.3 667.0 (P) 669.2                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

562.8 566.3 573.2 581.5 584.7 590.3 591.7 586.4 576.7 573.1 566.6 562.6 576.3

2009

554.5 554.5 (P) 553.2                    

Other Services

 

2008

192.3 193.3 194.5 195.9 195.8 196.0 196.0 193.7 194.6 194.4 193.7 193.6 194.5

2009

189.6 190.4 (P) 190.0                    

Government

 

2008

762.7 770.7 775.4 776.3 779.8 778.7 744.2 732.9 751.6 769.3 775.8 772.3 765.8

2009

765.9 771.1 (P) 776.1                    

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

 

2008

(1) 6,572,075 (1) 6,582,540 (1) 6,596,704 (1) 6,574,880 (1) 6,574,280 (1) 6,578,751 (1) 6,659,815 (1) 6,634,122 (1) 6,622,393 (1) 6,651,440 (1) 6,645,610 (1) 6,634,765 (1) 6,610,615

2009

6,587,613 6,611,304 (P) 6,612,061                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 6,195,376 (1) 6,220,620 (1) 6,216,105 (1) 6,208,620 (1) 6,163,423 (1) 6,132,466 (1) 6,153,363 (1) 6,115,721 (1) 6,116,735 (1) 6,129,649 (1) 6,102,469 (1) 6,052,905 (1) 6,150,621

2009

5,930,175 5,936,588 (P) 5,910,349                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 376,699 (1) 361,920 (1) 380,599 (1) 366,260 (1) 410,857 (1) 446,285 (1) 506,452 (1) 518,401 (1) 505,658 (1) 521,791 (1) 543,141 (1) 581,860 (1) 459,994

2009

657,438 674,716 (P) 701,712                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 5.7 (1) 5.5 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.6 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.8 (1) 7.6 (1) 7.8 (1) 7.6 (1) 7.8 (1) 8.2 (1) 8.8 (1) 7.0

2009

10.0 10.2 (P) 10.6                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary