Salinas, California Job Growth

There were 141,600 jobs in Salinas, California in February 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 206,088 employed persons for the month. Salinas lost 600 jobs in February 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 436 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Salinas job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	141,600	-600	+4,400
CPS	206,088	+436	-551

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

Salinas, California Employment Changes

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

CES employment for Salinas peaked in January 2018 at 142,200. Since then 600 jobs have been lost in Salinas according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 206,898 for Salinas in March 2017. 810 jobs have been lost in Salinas since then according to the household survey. From a August 2017 low of 201,663, Salinas has added 4,425 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Salinas, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2018	141,600	-600	206,088	436
January 2018	142,200	2,300	205,652	918
December 2017	139,900	-900	204,734	-801
November 2017	140,800	-100	205,535	-521
October 2017	140,900	1,600	206,056	164
September 2017	139,300	800	205,892	4,229
August 2017	138,500	-700	201,663	-462
July 2017	139,200	1,300	202,125	-2,491
June 2017	137,900	0	204,616	-170
May 2017	137,900	400	204,786	-309
April 2017	137,500	0	205,095	-1,803
March 2017	137,500	300	206,898	259