Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Employed Persons in California

Title Employed Persons in California
Series ID LAUST060000000000005
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:36 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 8665683
1976-02-01 8702578
1976-03-01 8771765
1976-04-01 8829538
1976-05-01 8938988
1976-06-01 9005304
1976-07-01 9124920
1976-08-01 9194606
1976-09-01 9076341
1976-10-01 9146064
1976-11-01 9145994
1976-12-01 9190942
1977-01-01 9066804
1977-02-01 9114732
1977-03-01 9205347
1977-04-01 9287911
1977-05-01 9419344
1977-06-01 9523796
1977-07-01 9617716
1977-08-01 9734173
1977-09-01 9649175
1977-10-01 9765192
1977-11-01 9801296
1977-12-01 9870393
1978-01-01 9738970
1978-02-01 9768646
1978-03-01 9858889
1978-04-01 9965877
1978-05-01 10075798
1978-06-01 10205031
1978-07-01 10255865
1978-08-01 10360436
1978-09-01 10281564
1978-10-01 10369224
1978-11-01 10356113
1978-12-01 10390634
1979-01-01 10296733
1979-02-01 10327393
1979-03-01 10388705
1979-04-01 10392542
1979-05-01 10484830
1979-06-01 10596887
1979-07-01 10725922
1979-08-01 10772017
1979-09-01 10725166
1979-10-01 10782407
1979-11-01 10768758
1979-12-01 10824230
1980-01-01 10663917
1980-02-01 10680137
1980-03-01 10724258
1980-04-01 10706412
1980-05-01 10754133
1980-06-01 10807532
1980-07-01 10914015
1980-08-01 10977201
1980-09-01 10883692
1980-10-01 10940681
1980-11-01 10917347
1980-12-01 10925950
1981-01-01 10800170
1981-02-01 10819550
1981-03-01 10894963
1981-04-01 10965618
1981-05-01 11037712
1981-06-01 11029925
1981-07-01 11158859
1981-08-01 11221071
1981-09-01 11039070
1981-10-01 11102215
1981-11-01 11053086
1981-12-01 10991411
1982-01-01 10858772
1982-02-01 10868730
1982-03-01 10911305
1982-04-01 10928363
1982-05-01 11056417
1982-06-01 11071725
1982-07-01 11153214
1982-08-01 11228298
1982-09-01 11109651
1982-10-01 11103193
1982-11-01 11041904
1982-12-01 11019068
1983-01-01 10883771
1983-02-01 10875203
1983-03-01 10930498
1983-04-01 10990463
1983-05-01 11082985
1983-06-01 11250449
1983-07-01 11394862
1983-08-01 11498504
1983-09-01 11437696
1983-10-01 11461371
1983-11-01 11494244
1983-12-01 11512547
1984-01-01 11381262
1984-02-01 11456009
1984-03-01 11538147
1984-04-01 11625437
1984-05-01 11791544
1984-06-01 11935098
1984-07-01 12012195
1984-08-01 12068258
1984-09-01 12008007
1984-10-01 12080846
1984-11-01 12077760
1984-12-01 12110158
1985-01-01 11992808
1985-02-01 12047409
1985-03-01 12136934
1985-04-01 12155153
1985-05-01 12232026
1985-06-01 12284524
1985-07-01 12393252
1985-08-01 12464308
1985-09-01 12413039
1985-10-01 12482988
1985-11-01 12456123
1985-12-01 12474843
1986-01-01 12388087
1986-02-01 12379588
1986-03-01 12479983
1986-04-01 12528644
1986-05-01 12643171
1986-06-01 12800028
1986-07-01 12910285
1986-08-01 12993932
1986-09-01 12904965
1986-10-01 12987006
1986-11-01 12978395
1986-12-01 12993204
1987-01-01 12883350
1987-02-01 12949347
1987-03-01 13028703
1987-04-01 13107259
1987-05-01 13270948
1987-06-01 13347771
1987-07-01 13477233
1987-08-01 13574728
1987-09-01 13455981
1987-10-01 13562418
1987-11-01 13561587
1987-12-01 13594298
1988-01-01 13490382
1988-02-01 13539533
1988-03-01 13576405
1988-04-01 13674621
1988-05-01 13723898
1988-06-01 13877512
1988-07-01 13975334
1988-08-01 14050293
1988-09-01 13946042
1988-10-01 14043795
1988-11-01 14049085
1988-12-01 14055895
1989-01-01 13982187
1989-02-01 14022279
1989-03-01 14097385
1989-04-01 14136646
1989-05-01 14228171
1989-06-01 14341665
1989-07-01 14436959
1989-08-01 14501755
1989-09-01 14359824
1989-10-01 14457207
1989-11-01 14431097
1989-12-01 14402479
1990-01-01 14257041
1990-02-01 14292651
1990-03-01 14332106
1990-04-01 14312312
1990-05-01 14384483
1990-06-01 14439806
1990-07-01 14441640
1990-08-01 14419687
1990-09-01 14249070
1990-10-01 14266138
1990-11-01 14127185
1990-12-01 14099565
1991-01-01 13866090
1991-02-01 13863930
1991-03-01 13855087
1991-04-01 13931923
1991-05-01 13897762
1991-06-01 14004042
1991-07-01 14047747
1991-08-01 14050789
1991-09-01 13990062
1991-10-01 14010677
1991-11-01 13934612
1991-12-01 13907198
1992-01-01 13746098
1992-02-01 13755490
1992-03-01 13799659
1992-04-01 13862164
1992-05-01 13888955
1992-06-01 13960668
1992-07-01 14029223
1992-08-01 14033755
1992-09-01 13893017
1992-10-01 13897111
1992-11-01 13836252
1992-12-01 13839835
1993-01-01 13627754
1993-02-01 13674342
1993-03-01 13683001
1993-04-01 13695567
1993-05-01 13808683
1993-06-01 13855426
1993-07-01 13921324
1993-08-01 13962514
1993-09-01 13825756
1993-10-01 13872533
1993-11-01 13843653
1993-12-01 13879101
1994-01-01 13710443
1994-02-01 13778866
1994-03-01 13772222
1994-04-01 13811158
1994-05-01 13935600
1994-06-01 13931932
1994-07-01 13994016
1994-08-01 14057913
1994-09-01 13997388
1994-10-01 14087244
1994-11-01 14050026
1994-12-01 14056292
1995-01-01 13847450
1995-02-01 13943233
1995-03-01 13957776
1995-04-01 13970921
1995-05-01 13994141
1995-06-01 14039387
1995-07-01 14136046
1995-08-01 14151303
1995-09-01 14109819
1995-10-01 14184760
1995-11-01 14103892
1995-12-01 14104135
1996-01-01 13899175
1996-02-01 14027317
1996-03-01 14083264
1996-04-01 14098871
1996-05-01 14214657
1996-06-01 14283635
1996-07-01 14392815
1996-08-01 14440475
1996-09-01 14440966
1996-10-01 14540126
1996-11-01 14492243
1996-12-01 14523652
1997-01-01 14368243
1997-02-01 14465662
1997-03-01 14588895
1997-04-01 14631899
1997-05-01 14747746
1997-06-01 14781216
1997-07-01 14909366
1997-08-01 14962106
1997-09-01 14928956
1997-10-01 15005594
1997-11-01 15024226
1997-12-01 15061372
1998-01-01 14890812
1998-02-01 14994469
1998-03-01 15047430
1998-04-01 15084998
1998-05-01 15178918
1998-06-01 15193245
1998-07-01 15276362
1998-08-01 15289029
1998-09-01 15317103
1998-10-01 15359525
1998-11-01 15358450
1998-12-01 15416410
1999-01-01 15274663
1999-02-01 15344105
1999-03-01 15389650
1999-04-01 15402867
1999-05-01 15521707
1999-06-01 15566631
1999-07-01 15633166
1999-08-01 15659215
1999-09-01 15660902
1999-10-01 15751172
1999-11-01 15748098
1999-12-01 15829612
2000-01-01 15730457
2000-02-01 15845980
2000-03-01 15881438
2000-04-01 15972843
2000-05-01 15960875
2000-06-01 16045540
2000-07-01 16061051
2000-08-01 16110843
2000-09-01 16137123
2000-10-01 16222698
2000-11-01 16202163
2000-12-01 16306998
2001-01-01 16173835
2001-02-01 16248384
2001-03-01 16265620
2001-04-01 16223034
2001-05-01 16231099
2001-06-01 16206496
2001-07-01 16256932
2001-08-01 16166493
2001-09-01 16224163
2001-10-01 16215228
2001-11-01 16134379
2001-12-01 16156618
2002-01-01 15933607
2002-02-01 16114983
2002-03-01 16079372
2002-04-01 16077790
2002-05-01 16132455
2002-06-01 16116191
2002-07-01 16151535
2002-08-01 16171242
2002-09-01 16242538
2002-10-01 16246379
2002-11-01 16129523
2002-12-01 16143511
2003-01-01 15996304
2003-02-01 16087501
2003-03-01 16079666
2003-04-01 16103749
2003-05-01 16106350
2003-06-01 16123377
2003-07-01 16126103
2003-08-01 16141254
2003-09-01 16164480
2003-10-01 16245529
2003-11-01 16227702
2003-12-01 16242352
2004-01-01 16124585
2004-02-01 16218864
2004-03-01 16194276
2004-04-01 16242075
2004-05-01 16295619
2004-06-01 16332580
2004-07-01 16429704
2004-08-01 16450591
2004-09-01 16458110
2004-10-01 16542706
2004-11-01 16539494
2004-12-01 16532472
2005-01-01 16370913
2005-02-01 16475406
2005-03-01 16493412
2005-04-01 16593130
2005-05-01 16670233
2005-06-01 16686752
2005-07-01 16777989
2005-08-01 16824687
2005-09-01 16813147
2005-10-01 16883520
2005-11-01 16813571
2005-12-01 16826761
2006-01-01 16664352
2006-02-01 16750474
2006-03-01 16788337
2006-04-01 16806899
2006-05-01 16868470
2006-06-01 16898511
2006-07-01 16953179
2006-08-01 16969567
2006-09-01 17008126
2006-10-01 17109989
2006-11-01 17088529
2006-12-01 17119167
2007-01-01 16918630
2007-02-01 16992363
2007-03-01 17042847
2007-04-01 17016079
2007-05-01 17081455
2007-06-01 17119668
2007-07-01 17172933
2007-08-01 17135593
2007-09-01 17200718
2007-10-01 17199608
2007-11-01 17228895
2007-12-01 17155982
2008-01-01 17007590
2008-02-01 17053442
2008-03-01 17051572
2008-04-01 17102018
2008-05-01 17101337
2008-06-01 17094209
2008-07-01 17102349
2008-08-01 17041165
2008-09-01 17061301
2008-10-01 17057144
2008-11-01 16943508
2008-12-01 16803308
2009-01-01 16504891
2009-02-01 16504628
2009-03-01 16416405
2009-04-01 16444892
2009-05-01 16395520
2009-06-01 16345395
2009-07-01 16331832
2009-08-01 16273728
2009-09-01 16219262
2009-10-01 16171674
2009-11-01 16167803
2009-12-01 16037697
2010-01-01 15925100
2010-02-01 16021094
2010-03-01 16047708
2010-04-01 16137047
2010-05-01 16161794
2010-06-01 16104330
2010-07-01 16108277
2010-08-01 16140905
2010-09-01 16193244
2010-10-01 16143678
2010-11-01 16098730
2010-12-01 16071772
2011-01-01 15944827
2011-02-01 16047596
2011-03-01 16085049
2011-04-01 16136479
2011-05-01 16203201
2011-06-01 16128111
2011-07-01 16159695
2011-08-01 16229824
2011-09-01 16352749
2011-10-01 16380180
2011-11-01 16398663
2011-12-01 16368823
2012-01-01 16227484
2012-02-01 16363312
2012-03-01 16401710
2012-04-01 16438016
2012-05-01 16557283
2012-06-01 16523670
2012-07-01 16537930
2012-08-01 16555221
2012-09-01 16750892
2012-10-01 16799086
2012-11-01 16787382
2012-12-01 16753584
2013-01-01 16632176
2013-02-01 16763017
2013-03-01 16773776
2013-04-01 16850599
2013-05-01 16968617
2013-06-01 16909933
2013-07-01 16940931
2013-08-01 16945290
2013-09-01 17068230
2013-10-01 16962369
2013-11-01 17043116
2013-12-01 17008008
2014-01-01 16933785
2014-02-01 17065198
2014-03-01 17131122
2014-04-01 17162298
2014-05-01 17281216
2014-06-01 17253190
2014-07-01 17289632
2014-08-01 17305334
2014-09-01 17452530
2014-10-01 17523869
2014-11-01 17524325
2014-12-01 17472088
2015-01-01 17409958
2015-02-01 17533833
2015-03-01 17554173
2015-04-01 17604527
2015-05-01 17737441
2015-06-01 17649963
2015-07-01 17683811
2015-08-01 17686270
2015-09-01 17761259
2015-10-01 17798533
2015-11-01 17829463
2015-12-01 17801107
2016-01-01 17746650
2016-02-01 17910701
2016-03-01 17947628
2016-04-01 17918199
2016-05-01 18026312
2016-06-01 17944909
2016-07-01 18030638
2016-08-01 18002481
2016-09-01 18131181
2016-10-01 18115285
2016-11-01 18131784
2016-12-01 18047006
2017-01-01 17999702
2017-02-01 18157745
2017-03-01 18237581
2017-04-01 18223948
2017-05-01 18297202
2017-06-01 18231791
2017-07-01 18315068
2017-08-01 18262223
2017-09-01 18486745
2017-10-01 18394569
2017-11-01 18411887
2017-12-01 18320730
2018-01-01 18226805
2018-02-01 18438690
2018-03-01 18457411
2018-04-01 18422401
2018-05-01 18540767
2018-06-01 18442756
2018-07-01 18541881
2018-08-01 18407188
2018-09-01 18588770
2018-10-01 18603435
2018-11-01 18623374
2018-12-01 18529688
2019-01-01 18411176
2019-02-01 18585319
2019-03-01 18561568
2019-04-01 18481529
2019-05-01 18590949
2019-06-01 18503578
2019-07-01 18609390
2019-08-01 18579743
2019-09-01 18784389
2019-10-01 18785141
2019-11-01 18813679
2019-12-01 18756626
2020-01-01 18699747
2020-02-01 18883812
2020-03-01 18136413
2020-04-01 15699686
2020-05-01 15498002
2020-06-01 16357038
2020-07-01 16472397
2020-08-01 16728853
2020-09-01 16876134
2020-10-01 17075403
2020-11-01 17068493
2020-12-01 16981190
2021-01-01 16923379
2021-02-01 17152530
2021-03-01 17238256
2021-04-01 17251601
2021-05-01 17443023
2021-06-01 17399107
2021-07-01 17623514
2021-08-01 17657019
2021-09-01 17884798
2021-10-01 17975250
2021-11-01 18116363
2021-12-01 18113369
2022-01-01 18073963
2022-02-01 18297269
2022-03-01 18407574
2022-04-01 18320266
2022-05-01 18462477
2022-06-01 18332946
2022-07-01 18402075
2022-08-01 18405188
2022-09-01 18544267
2022-10-01 18512805
2022-11-01 18489334
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2023-01-01 18362947
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2023-03-01 18596688
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2023-05-01 18569542
2023-06-01 18476534
2023-07-01 18560853
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2023-09-01 18663830
2023-10-01 18618812
2023-11-01 18671833
2023-12-01 18499440
2024-01-01 18445963
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