Industry Employment and Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas

These data are updated monthly, and are currently available through April 2013.

For additional release details, please visit our 2013 Release Schedule

Metropolitan Areas in California

Labor Force for All Metropolitan Areas (Requires Adobe Reader):


Historical Industry Employment and Labor Force Data (Excel)

Labor Force and Industry Employment Data for Metropolitan Areas (Requires Adobe Reader):

Bakersfield-Delano MSA
Chico MSA
El Centro MSA
Fresno MSA
Hanford-Corcoran MSA

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD
Madera-Chowchilla MSA
Merced MSA
Modesto MSA
Napa MSA

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward MD
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA
Redding MSA
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville MSA

Salinas MSA
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine MD
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta MSA
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA
Stockton MSA

Vallejo-Fairfield MSA
Visalia-Porterville MSA
Yuba City MSA

About These Data:

What is a Metropolitan Area? 2003 Metropolitan Area Map

Each month the Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division releases unemployment rates and employment by industry data for California and sub–state areas. See the complete release schedule for exact dates.

For the state,we release two series of data – seasonally–adjusted and not seasonally adjusted. The greatest detail is provided for the not seasonally adjusted series. These are the data you should use to compare the California statewide data with other geographic areas in the state. See the article, " What Is a Seasonal Adjustment?" for more information.

See the " Employment by Industry Method" for details on how the estimates of employment by industry are developed and the article, Methods for Labor Force Estimates, for the unemployment rates.