El Centro, California Job Growth

There were 54,400 jobs in El Centro, California in December 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 61,317 employed persons for the month. El Centro added 100 jobs in December 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 134 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare El Centro job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	December 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	54,400	+100	+1,300
CPS	61,317	-134	+2,194

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

El Centro, California Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for El Centro 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 El Centro, California

CES employment for El Centro peaked in August 2018 at 54,400. Since then 0 jobs have been lost in El Centro according to the employer survey. From a trough of 53,700 in September 2018, El Centro has gained 700 jobs according to CES employment figures.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 61,451 for El Centro in November 2018. 134 jobs have been lost in El Centro since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

El Centro, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
December 2018	54,400	100	61,317	-134
November 2018	54,300	0	61,451	318
October 2018	54,300	600	61,133	314
September 2018	53,700	-700	60,819	131
August 2018	54,400	500	60,688	239
July 2018	53,900	100	60,449	429
June 2018	53,800	-200	60,020	121
May 2018	54,000	300	59,899	174
April 2018	53,700	-300	59,725	1
March 2018	54,000	700	59,724	134
February 2018	53,300	0	59,590	239
January 2018	53,300	200	59,351	228