
Industries are groupings of businesses based on their principal product or activity. We provide data on the employment, the number and size of businesses, and other characteristics by industry.
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Employment by Industry:
- Industry Employment – Official Estimates – Industry employment for California, metropolitan areas, and counties from the Current Employment Statistics Program. The most current monthly and annual average data. Historical data to 1990.
- Agricultural Employment – "California Agricultural Bulletin" and detailed employment and earnings data.
- Employment Projections – Ten-year projections of employment by industry for California, metropolitan areas, and small-county regions. Also called Employment Outlook.
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) – The most detailed industry employment data available, however, there is a six-month lag in data availability. Also includes number of businesses and total payroll by industry. Released quarterly.
- California Regional Economies Employment Series (CREE) – Provides non-confidential annual employment and wage data from the QCEW in a consistent format in Excel files for each county in the State. These data are used in the analysis of "industry clusters."
- Business Employment Dynamics (BED) – Data, based on the QCEW, to track changes in employment expansion and contraction at private businesses.
- Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Program – Describes and tracks the effects of large job cutbacks. (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Size of Business – Employment and count of businesses by size of business. Released annually based on the third quarter of the QCEW. Historical data to 2001.
- Released quarterly, Size of Business data at the Statewide level. Statring with 1st quarter 2009.
- Staffing Patterns by Occupation and Industry – What occupations do industries typically employ.
- Hours and Earnings by Selected Industries – Average weekly earnings, average hourly earnings, and average number of weekly hours for California only.
- Quarterly Workforce Indicators – Data of interest to the Workforce Partners community, such as measures of hires and separations for different types of workers cross-referenced with such factors as gender, age, and industry.
- California Manufacturing Jobs in Demand identifies jobs and skills needed in California's manufacturing industry based on recent job listings data and other labor market information.
- Major Employers by County
- Find Employers – search for employers by industry, occupation, geography, or name. Data from infogroup, a private company. Learn More About These Data
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The data provided in Labor Market Info use the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to classify industries.
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