Santa Rosa, California Job Growth

There were 207,600 jobs in Santa Rosa, California in February 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 255,531 employed persons for the month. Santa Rosa lost 1,100 jobs in February 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 2,019 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Santa Rosa job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	207,600	-1,100	-400
CPS	255,531	-2,019	-2,086

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

Santa Rosa, California Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa, California

CES employment for Santa Rosa peaked in August 2018 at 209,900. Since then 2,300 jobs have been lost in Santa Rosa according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 261,863 for Santa Rosa in December 2018. 6,332 jobs have been lost in Santa Rosa since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Santa Rosa, California Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2019	207,600	-1,100	255,531	-2,019
January 2019	208,700	-500	257,550	-4,313
December 2018	209,200	600	261,863	596
November 2018	208,600	-700	261,267	538
October 2018	209,300	-500	260,729	293
September 2018	209,800	-100	260,436	2,337
August 2018	209,900	1,000	258,099	625
July 2018	208,900	-200	257,474	2,307
June 2018	209,100	700	255,167	-29
May 2018	208,400	600	255,196	93
April 2018	207,800	-300	255,103	-2,456
March 2018	208,100	100	257,559	-58