Salinas, California Job Growth

There were 142,100 jobs in Salinas, California in May 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 205,393 employed persons for the month. Salinas lost 300 jobs in May 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 490 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Salinas job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	142,100	-300	+4,200
CPS	205,393	-490	+1,797

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 April 2018 at 142,400. Since then 300 jobs have been lost in Salinas according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 207,316 for Salinas in February 2018. 1,923 jobs have been lost in Salinas since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Salinas, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
May 2018	142,100	-300	205,393	-490
April 2018	142,400	500	205,883	-1,280
March 2018	141,900	300	207,163	-153
February 2018	141,600	-600	207,316	388
January 2018	142,200	2,300	206,928	1,768
December 2017	139,900	-900	205,160	48
November 2017	140,800	-100	205,112	-456
October 2017	140,900	1,600	205,568	-28
September 2017	139,300	800	205,596	492
August 2017	138,500	-700	205,104	526
July 2017	139,200	1,300	204,578	893
June 2017	137,900	0	203,685	89