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

(PDF Version—may not always be as current as tables below)

For Printing: Use smallest text size, landscape orientation, and narrow margins (0.5 inch or less)

 

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

  

2011

 5,109.8 5,136.8 5,156.2 5,162.1 5,171.5 5,173.0 5,118.9 5,085.9 5,143.0 5,211.4 5,231.7 5,245.6 5,162.2

2012

 5,137.8 5,193.4 5,217.8 5,217.6 5,239.4 5,262.1 5,204.5 (P) 5,188.9          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5

2012

 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 (P) 4.6          

Construction

  

2011

 167.2 167.8 169.1 170.9 172.7 174.4 174.3 173.4 171.6 173.8 174.0 172.2 171.8

2012

 169.6 170.7 172.0 167.9 171.7 179.4 178.6 (P) 181.1          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 516.6 518.3 519.9 520.0 521.0 521.9 521.2 520.5 518.4 518.7 515.2 516.5 519.0

2012

 512.3 516.2 517.0 515.4 517.2 516.3 515.2 (P) 513.9          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 987.4 983.9 981.4 982.0 985.9 987.4 988.8 992.2 997.2 1,001.9 1,021.7 1,029.3 994.9

2012

 1,003.2 994.2 998.2 1,000.1 999.1 1,001.8 1,000.8 (P) 1,000.3          

Information

  

2011

 219.0 218.4 219.6 216.7 215.4 215.2 214.9 219.7 219.8 220.4 223.5 229.7 219.4

2012

 204.2 233.1 219.8 220.8 220.7 224.4 218.6 (P) 223.6          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 312.7 312.9 313.7 311.4 311.8 313.0 314.8 314.1 312.2 314.1 313.5 315.9 313.3

2012

 311.6 313.8 315.4 315.8 317.3 320.6 323.0 (P) 324.0          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 771.1 779.1 781.1 779.8 779.5 784.6 782.3 784.7 795.0 804.2 799.0 805.3 787.1

2012

 791.2 795.6 804.3 805.8 809.8 814.0 813.1 (P) 818.9          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 682.5 694.9 698.5 699.1 696.2 683.5 678.7 676.9 695.2 704.8 707.3 705.1 693.6

2012

 694.8 706.9 712.0 711.7 708.8 698.6 691.9 (P) 692.0          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 547.5 551.2 555.6 564.8 570.1 573.6 574.2 569.1 572.4 574.1 570.3 568.4 565.9

2012

 558.8 563.4 572.6 576.2 587.1 596.1 597.5 (P) 596.5          

Other Services

  

2011

 176.4 178.0 178.5 179.3 179.8 180.0 177.6 175.9 176.0 177.5 176.9 177.8 177.8

2012

 175.7 175.7 177.4 177.4 178.2 182.1 180.5 (P) 179.0          

Government

  

2011

 724.9 727.8 734.4 733.6 734.6 734.9 687.6 654.9 680.7 717.4 725.7 720.9 714.8

2012

 711.9 719.3 724.6 722.0 724.9 724.1 680.6 (P) 655.0          

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

  

2011

 (1) 6,518,015 (1) 6,521,484 (1) 6,519,013 (1) 6,507,982 (1) 6,493,003 (1) 6,485,537 (1) 6,539,770 (1) 6,528,315 (1) 6,553,556 (1) 6,567,909 (1) 6,551,337 (1) 6,550,472 (1) 6,528,033

2012

 6,495,962 6,537,941 6,522,125 6,467,365 6,491,910 6,439,315 (P) 6,472,034            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 5,737,828 (1) 5,771,400 (1) 5,780,186 (1) 5,794,989 (1) 5,769,898 (1) 5,727,213 (1) 5,740,448 (1) 5,749,165 (1) 5,796,933 (1) 5,832,687 (1) 5,847,012 (1) 5,851,142 (1) 5,783,242

2012

 5,779,898 5,815,747 5,809,982 5,812,557 5,831,590 5,777,414 (P) 5,767,086            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 780,187 (1) 750,084 (1) 738,827 (1) 712,993 (1) 723,105 (1) 758,324 (1) 799,322 (1) 779,150 (1) 756,623 (1) 735,222 (1) 704,325 (1) 699,330 (1) 744,791

2012

 716,064 722,194 712,143 654,808 660,320 661,901 (P) 704,948            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 12.0 (1) 11.5 (1) 11.3 (1) 11.0 (1) 11.1 (1) 11.7 (1) 12.2 (1) 11.9 (1) 11.5 (1) 11.2 (1) 10.8 (1) 10.7 (1) 11.4

2012

 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.1 10.2 10.3 (P) 10.9            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(P) Preliminary