Bakersfield, California Job Growth

There were 273,200 jobs in Bakersfield, California in July 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 359,136 employed persons for the month. Bakersfield lost 1,300 jobs in July 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 695 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Bakersfield job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	273,200	-1,300	+6,800
CPS	359,136	-695	+3,008

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Bakersfield, California Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Bakersfield 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 for Bakersfield, California

CES employment for Bakersfield peaked in June 2019 at 274,500. Since then 1,300 jobs have been lost in Bakersfield according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 361,945 for Bakersfield in March 2019. 2,809 jobs have been lost in Bakersfield since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Bakersfield, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
July 2019	273,200	-1,300	359,136	-695
June 2019	274,500	1,400	359,831	-711
May 2019	273,100	1,500	360,542	-735
April 2019	271,600	800	361,277	-668
March 2019	270,800	300	361,945	450
February 2019	270,500	300	361,495	1,027
January 2019	270,200	500	360,468	1,109
December 2018	269,700	300	359,359	-61
November 2018	269,400	700	359,420	253
October 2018	268,700	-100	359,167	945
September 2018	268,800	300	358,222	1,097
August 2018	268,500	2,100	357,125	997