San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California Job Growth

There were 1,118,500 jobs in San Jose, California in February 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 1,050,541 employed persons for the month. San Jose added 2,100 jobs in February 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 4,007 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare San Jose job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	1,118,500	+2,100	+31,100
CPS	1,050,541	+4,007	+34,771

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

San Jose, California Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for San Jose 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 San Jose, California

CES employment for San Jose in February 2018 is at a new high of 1,118,500.

CPS employment in February 2018 for San Jose is at a new high of 1,050,541.

Employment: CES, CPS

San Jose, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2018	1,118,500	2,100	1,050,541	4,007
January 2018	1,116,400	3,500	1,046,534	2,924
December 2017	1,112,900	2,900	1,043,610	3,553
November 2017	1,110,000	2,400	1,040,057	6,561
October 2017	1,107,600	6,100	1,033,496	3,283
September 2017	1,101,500	1,200	1,030,213	9,864
August 2017	1,100,300	-1,900	1,020,349	2,523
July 2017	1,102,200	6,100	1,017,826	1,717
June 2017	1,096,100	3,900	1,016,109	-202
May 2017	1,092,200	4,700	1,016,311	-467
April 2017	1,087,500	-2,000	1,016,778	-443
March 2017	1,089,500	2,100	1,017,221	1,451