California Job Growth

There were 17,575,800 jobs in California in January 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 18,756,606 employed persons for the month. California added 21,400 jobs in January 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 27,532 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). Also available is California job growth compared to other states.

Employment Survey	January 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	17,575,800	+21,400	+251,800
CPS	18,756,606	+27,532	+205,621

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 January 2020 for California is at a new high of 17,575,800.

CPS employment in California for January 2020 is at a new high of 18,756,606.

Employment: CES, CPS

California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
January 2020	17,575,800	21,400	18,756,606	27,532
December 2019	17,554,400	26,300	18,729,074	-4,819
November 2019	17,528,100	24,500	18,733,893	2,536
October 2019	17,503,600	32,400	18,731,357	30,935
September 2019	17,471,200	-1,400	18,700,422	44,539
August 2019	17,472,600	32,900	18,655,883	46,542
July 2019	17,439,700	27,700	18,609,341	40,413
June 2019	17,412,000	24,300	18,568,928	23,466
May 2019	17,387,700	14,400	18,545,462	9,839
April 2019	17,373,300	18,700	18,535,623	-2,203
March 2019	17,354,600	11,100	18,537,826	-8,343
February 2019	17,343,500	19,500	18,546,169	-4,816