Merced, California Job Growth

There were 69,500 jobs in Merced, California in April 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 106,536 employed persons for the month. Merced lost 200 jobs in April 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 157 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Merced job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	69,500	-200	+1,100
CPS	106,536	-157	+610

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 March 2019 at 69,700. Since then 200 jobs have been lost in Merced according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 106,693 for Merced in March 2019. 157 jobs have been lost in Merced since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Merced, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2019	69,500	-200	106,536	-157
March 2019	69,700	300	106,693	79
February 2019	69,400	400	106,614	280
January 2019	69,000	800	106,334	326
December 2018	68,200	400	106,008	24
November 2018	67,800	-600	105,984	87
October 2018	68,400	-100	105,897	166
September 2018	68,500	100	105,731	112
August 2018	68,400	-100	105,619	-21
July 2018	68,500	100	105,640	-101
June 2018	68,400	-300	105,741	-120
May 2018	68,700	300	105,861	-65