SACRAMENTO – California’s unemployment rate decreased to 11.7 percent in May, and nonfarm payroll jobs decreased by 29,200 during the month, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two separate surveys.  The U.S. unemployment rate increased in May to 9.1 percent.  In April, the state’s unemployment rate was a revised 11.8 percent, and in May 2010, the unemployment rate was 12.4 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,500 California households.  Nonfarm jobs in California totaled 14,031,700 in May, a decrease of 29,200 jobs over the month, according to a survey of businesses that is larger and less variable statistically. The survey of 42,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over-year change (May 2010 to May 2011) shows an increase of 87,500 jobs (up 0.6 percent).
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA
The federal survey of households, done with a smaller sample than the survey of
employers, shows an increase in the number of employed people. It estimates the
number of Californians holding jobs in May was 15,947,000, an increase of 8,000
from April, and up 2,000 from the employment total in May of last year.
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The number of people unemployed in California was 2,117,000 – down by 24,000 over
the month, and down by 134,000 compared with May of last year.
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DETAIL (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
EDD’s report on payroll employment (wage and salary jobs) in the nonfarm industries of
California totaled 14,031,700 in May, a net loss of 29,200 jobs since the April survey.
This followed a gain of 14,900 jobs (as revised) in April.
Two categories (information and financial activities) added jobs over the month, gaining
5,200 jobs. Financial activities posted the largest increase over the month, adding 3,200
jobs. Eight categories (construction; manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities;
professional and business services; educational and health services; leisure and
hospitality; other services; and government) reported job declines over the month, down
34,400 jobs. Professional and business services posted the largest decrease over the
month, down 16,300 jobs. One category, mining and logging, recorded no change over
the month.
In a year-over-year comparison (May 2010 to May 2011), nonfarm payroll employment
in California increased by 87,500 jobs (up 0.6 percent).
Seven categories (construction; manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities;
information; professional and business services; educational and health services; and
leisure and hospitality) posted job gains over the year, adding 189,800 jobs.
Educational and health services posted the largest gain on a numerical basis, adding
43,300 jobs (up 2.4 percent). Information posted the largest gain on a percentage
basis, up by 7.1 percent (an increase of 30,100 jobs).
Four categories (mining and logging; financial activities; other services; and
government) posted job declines over the year, down 102,300 jobs. Government posted
the largest decline on both a numerical and percentage basis, down by 95,300 jobs (a
decrease of 3.8 percent).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
In related data, the EDD reported that there were 553,041 people receiving regular
unemployment insurance benefits during the May survey week. This compares with
584,141 last month and 675,201 last year. At the same time, new claims for
unemployment insurance were 65,115 in May 2011, compared with 63,739 in April
and 70,439 in May of last year.
Seasonally adjusted payroll detail follows:
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PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2
(Amounts in thousands)
Industrial Classification May 2011
(prelim.)
April 2011
(revised)
May 2010
Change Over
12 Months
(Percent)
Nonagricultural Wage and
Salary Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,031.7 14,060.9 13,944.2 0.6
Mining and logging . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.1 27.2 -0.4
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.1 571.1 563.9 0.4
Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251.3 1,253.4 1,243.8 0.6
Trade, transportation and
utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,648.9 2,652.5 2,621.1 1.1
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.8 449.8 421.7 7.1
Financial activities . . . . . . . . 757.1 753.9 758.7 -0.2
Professional and business
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108.0 2,124.3 2,065.1 2.1
Educational and health
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825.8 1,827.2 1,782.5 2.4
Leisure and hospitality . . . . .
Other services . . . . . . . . . . .
Government* . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,527.7
480.5
2,387.4
1,529.4
484.5
2,387.7
1,491.7
485.8
2,482.7
2.4
-1.1
-3.8
Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.0 374.2 381.2 -0.6
*Includes all civilian employees of federal, state, and local governments.
TABLE A
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2
May 2011
(prelim.)
April 2011
(revised)
March 2011 May 2010
Civilian labor force
a
. . . . . . . . . . 18,065,000 18,080,000 18,078,000 18,196,000
Total civilian employment . . . . . . 15,947,000 15,939,000 15,902,000 15,945,000
Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117,000 2,141,000 2,176,000 2,251,000
Seasonally adjusted rate % . . . . 11.7 11.8 12.0 12.4
US seasonally adjusted rate % . 9.1 9.0 8.8 9.6
TABLE B
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, UNADJUSTED DATA
May 2011
(prelim.)
April 2011
(revised)
March 2011 May 2010
Civilian labor force
a
. . . . . . . . . . 17,993,000 18,028,000 18,022,000 18,143,000
Total civilian employment . . . . . . 15,938,000 15,926,000 15,803,000 15,978,000
Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,055,000 2,101,000 2,220,000 2,164,000
Unadjusted rate % . . . . . . . . . 11.4 11.7 12.3 11.9
a
Labor force by place of residence including workers involved in trade disputes.
2Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method that removes typical employment patterns that occur at various times
throughout the year (e.g., additional retail hiring during the holiday season).
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MONTHLY LABOR FORCE DATA FOR COUNTIES
May 2011 (Preliminary); 2010 BENCHMARK
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
COUNTY LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE*
STATE TOTAL 17,993,300 15,938,200 2,055,100 11.4%
ALAMEDA 738,700 663,300 75,400 10.2%
ALPINE 430 350 90 19.6%
AMADOR 16,970 14,920 2,060 12.1%
BUTTE 104,000 90,600 13,400 12.9%
CALAVERAS 19,380 16,530 2,850 14.7%
COLUSA 11,610 9,480 2,120 18.3%
CONTRA COSTA 511,700 459,000 52,600 10.3%
DEL NORTE 11,500 10,030 1,480 12.8%
EL DORADO 89,600 78,300 11,300 12.6%
FRESNO 437,700 367,900 69,800 16.0%
GLENN 12,620 10,700 1,920 15.2%
HUMBOLDT 60,700 54,100 6,600 10.8%
IMPERIAL 75,000 54,200 20,700 27.7%
INYO 9,150 8,260 890 9.8%
KERN 363,300 308,800 54,500 15.0%
KINGS 61,600 52,200 9,400 15.2%
LAKE 24,810 20,640 4,180 16.8%
LASSEN 13,310 11,590 1,720 12.9%
LOS ANGELES 4,861,700 4,284,800 577,000 11.9%
MADERA 67,100 57,400 9,700 14.5%
MARIN 129,300 119,800 9,500 7.4%
MARIPOSA 9,000 7,930 1,070 11.9%
MENDOCINO 41,890 37,460 4,430 10.6%
MERCED 107,300 88,200 19,100 17.8%
MODOC 4,030 3,500 540 13.3%
MONO 7,440 6,490 940 12.7%
MONTEREY 219,900 196,000 23,900 10.9%
NAPA 74,000 67,600 6,400 8.7%
NEVADA 49,200 43,780 5,420 11.0%
ORANGE 1,561,500 1,428,500 133,000 8.5%
PLACER 173,500 154,700 18,700 10.8%
PLUMAS 10,020 8,520 1,500 14.9%
RIVERSIDE 890,500 772,500 118,000 13.3%
SACRAMENTO 658,600 581,000 77,500 11.8%
SAN BENITO 25,700 21,400 4,300 16.8%
SAN BERNARDINO 837,400 727,200 110,200 13.2%
SAN DIEGO 1,554,400 1,404,800 149,500 9.6%
SAN FRANCISCO 449,400 411,800 37,600 8.4%
SAN JOAQUIN 295,700 247,900 47,800 16.2%
SAN LUIS OBISPO 137,400 125,100 12,300 9.0%
SAN MATEO 366,700 337,100 29,600 8.1%
SANTA BARBARA 223,100 205,100 18,000 8.1%
SANTA CLARA 866,100 782,200 84,000 9.7%
SANTA CRUZ 148,700 131,800 16,900 11.4%
SHASTA 81,900 69,900 12,000 14.7%
SIERRA 1,510 1,270 240 16.0%
SISKIYOU 18,790 15,710 3,080 16.4%
SOLANO 209,800 186,100 23,700 11.3%
SONOMA 254,400 230,500 24,000 9.4%
STANISLAUS 233,900 194,900 39,100 16.7%
SUTTER 42,100 33,600 8,500 20.3%
TEHAMA 24,490 20,790 3,690 15.1%
TRINITY 5,050 4,150 910 17.9%
TULARE 212,100 180,100 32,000 15.1%
TUOLUMNE 24,780 21,460 3,310 13.4%
VENTURA 430,100 389,300 40,700 9.5%
YOLO 95,500 84,200 11,300 11.8%
YUBA 27,200 22,600 4,600 17.0%
*Not seasonally adjusted.
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