Salinas, California Job Growth

There were 142,900 jobs in Salinas, California in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 208,619 employed persons for the month. Salinas lost 200 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 975 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Salinas job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	142,900	-200	+2,000
CPS	208,619	-975	+3,051

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 July 2018 at 143,900. Since then 1,000 jobs have been lost in Salinas according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 209,594 for Salinas in September 2018. 975 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
October 2018	142,900	-200	208,619	-975
September 2018	143,100	-700	209,594	2,885
August 2018	143,800	-100	206,709	-870
July 2018	143,900	1,300	207,579	1,128
June 2018	142,600	500	206,451	386
May 2018	142,100	-300	206,065	182
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