Merced, California Job Growth

There were 69,000 jobs in Merced, California in May 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 106,670 employed persons for the month. Merced lost 100 jobs in May 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 12 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Merced job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	69,000	-100	+2,100
CPS	106,670	-12	+1,659

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

Merced, California Employment Changes

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

CES employment for Merced peaked in April 2018 at 69,100. Since then 100 jobs have been lost in Merced according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 107,066 for Merced in December 2017. 396 jobs have been lost in Merced since then according to the household survey. From a March 2018 low of 106,554, Merced has added 116 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Merced, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
May 2018	69,000	-100	106,670	-12
April 2018	69,100	300	106,682	128
March 2018	68,800	200	106,554	-4
February 2018	68,600	100	106,558	-105
January 2018	68,500	400	106,663	-403
December 2017	68,100	200	107,066	261
November 2017	67,900	100	106,805	457
October 2017	67,800	400	106,348	451
September 2017	67,400	300	105,897	475
August 2017	67,100	300	105,422	366
July 2017	66,800	-100	105,056	93
June 2017	66,900	0	104,963	-48