California Job Growth

There were 17,236,600 jobs in California in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 18,636,700 employed persons for the month. California added 36,400 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 54,641 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). Also available is California job growth compared to other states.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	17,236,600	+36,400	+308,700
CPS	18,636,700	+54,641	+110,434

California Employment Changes

The charts below shows the monthly job growth for California as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment in California

CES employment in October 2018 for California is at a new high of 17,236,600.

CPS employment in California for October 2018 is at a new high of 18,636,700.

Employment: CES, CPS

California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	17,236,600	36,400	18,636,700	54,641
September 2018	17,200,200	10,500	18,582,059	34,255
August 2018	17,189,700	42,600	18,547,804	7,208
July 2018	17,147,100	34,400	18,540,596	13,491
June 2018	17,112,700	21,500	18,527,105	-9,097
May 2018	17,091,200	7,200	18,536,202	-6,828
April 2018	17,084,000	25,600	18,543,030	-9,137
March 2018	17,058,400	5,400	18,552,167	2,368
February 2018	17,053,000	1,200	18,549,799	13,065
January 2018	17,051,800	48,900	18,536,734	16,641
December 2017	17,002,900	35,000	18,520,093	-5,680
November 2017	16,967,900	40,000	18,525,773	-493