Jobs & pay
Is job growth broad, or concentrated in a few industries?
Payroll jobs by industry. Industry is the employer, not the occupation.
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D03JobsNot fucked
Unemployment rate: LA County, California, U.S.
5.1% · Sep 2026↗ improving
D04JobsFucked
California payroll jobs, total and information sector (year-over-year)
506.2thousand jobs · Sep 2026↘ worsening
D05JobsNot fucked
California initial unemployment claims, weekly (4-week average)
39,676claims · 31 Oct 2026→ flat
J01JobsNot fucked
California jobs: total vs. excluding health care & social assistance
14,957thousands of jobs · Sep 2026→ flat
J02JobsKind of fucked
Net job change by industry, California: three windows
105.3thousands of jobs (net cha · Sep 2026↗ improving
J03JobsNot fucked
Jobs by industry, California (2019 average = 100)
2,745thousands of jobs · Sep 2026→ flat
J04JobsNot fucked
Inside health care & social assistance, California
439thousands of jobs · Sep 2026↗ improving
J05JobsNot fucked
Government jobs by level vs. private jobs excluding health/social (2019 = 100)
12,281thousands of jobs · Sep 2026→ flat
J06JobsKind of fucked
Los Angeles County jobs: total vs. excluding health care & social assistance
3,703thousands of jobs · Sep 2026↗ improving
J07JobsNot fucked
Average annual pay per job by industry (QCEW, California private)
97,204US$ per job per year (nomi · 2025↗ improving
J08JobsKind of fucked
12-month job change: total vs. health/social vs. all other industries (California)
24thousands of jobs vs same · Sep 2026↗ improving
State readings · level beside direction
5.1%
Unemployment rate, California (SA), 3-month average
–Within 2017–19↗ImprovingConfirmed ×2
+12.5kjobs vs a year earlier
12-month job change outside health care & social assistance (SA), 3-month average
▾Worse than 2017–19↗ImprovingConfirmed ×2
−5.57% vs a year earlier
Initial unemployment claims, 4-week average, change vs a year earlier
–Within 2017–19→No material change
Los Angeles County · kept separate
These readings are never added into the statewide picture.
Featured · J08
12-month job change: total vs. health/social vs. all other industries (California)
Twelve-month change. All other industries is its own series in this file. A positive latest year does not erase the longer window.
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