Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics for California’s
Metropolitan Statistical Areas

JULY 2008

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW   UNEMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW   EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY

State Summary

Total Employment:	15,498,770		Change from June:	-8,220
Total Non-Farm Employment:	15,117,970		Change from June:	-8,770
Unemployment Rate:	7.4%		Change from June:	0.5%

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State Employment Overview

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Jul-08	Jul Non-Farm Payroll	Jun to Jul	May to Jun	Current Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Previous Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Year to date 2008 %AR 2007 %AR
	(Thousands)
California	15,118.0	-8.8	-17.8	-30.6 -0.8		5.0 0.1		-0.5 0.8
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles	4,106.6	2.5	-3.6	0.2 0.0		5.1 0.5		0.0 0.4
Orange County	1,486.7	-2.9	-1.8	-6.7 -1.8		-4.8 -1.3		-1.4 -0.8
San Diego	1,305.0	1.1	-1.9	-1.2 -0.4		-2.4 -0.7		-0.5 0.6
Riverside	1,245.9	-0.5	-1.0	-5.1 -1.6		-9.8 -3.1		-2.3 0.3
Ventura	289.2	-0.3	-0.5	-2.0 -2.8		-1.6 -2.2		-2.3 -1.1
El Centro	45.6	0.2	-0.2	0.1 0.5		-0.5 -4.0		-0.9 4.1
BAY REGION
Oakland	1,029.5	-2.0	-4.0	-8.4 -3.2		-6.0 -2.3		-3.0 0.8
San Francisco	997.8	-1.4	0.5	-1.2 -0.5		3.9 1.6		0.3 3.0
San Jose	908.3	-3.3	-0.6	-2.8 -1.2		1.6 0.7		-0.6 2.1
Santa Rosa	191.1	0.1	0.0	-0.9 -1.8		0.3 0.6		-0.4 0.2
Napa	62.6	-0.3	-0.3	-0.9 -5.7		0.2 1.5		-3.0 2.9
NORTH CENTRAL VALLEY
Sacramento	894.4	-3.8	-2.4	-6.6 -2.9		-0.9 -0.4		-2.2 0.9
Stockton	212.2	-0.2	-1.1	-1.8 -3.4		0.2 0.4		-2.1 1.0
Vallejo	125.2	-0.3	0.1	-0.8 -2.6		-0.7 -2.2		-3.0 0.4
Chico	78.1	0.1	0.1	0.5 2.7		0.9 4.7		3.0 1.2
Redding	65.2	0.0	-0.4	-0.6 -3.4		-0.2 -1.4		-3.0 0.9
Yuba	40.0	-0.2	-0.2	-1.3 -11.7		-0.4 -4.0		-8.9 0.6
CENTRAL COAST
Santa Barbara	173.5	0.3	0.2	-0.7 -1.5		-0.8 -1.7		-0.8 1.5
Salinas	128.9	-0.2	-0.3	-1.1 -3.4		0.0 0.0		-1.4 0.3
San Luis Obispo	103.7	0.0	-0.4	-0.7 -2.8		-0.7 -2.7		-2.6 0.2
Santa Cruz	97.6	0.7	0.2	-0.3 -1.0		-0.5 -2.0		-0.8 3.1
SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEY
Fresno	306.4	-1.1	-0.3	-1.3 -1.7		1.8 2.4		0.0 0.9
Bakersfield	241.6	0.1	0.4	-0.3 -0.4		1.1 1.8		0.7 0.5
Modesto	157.5	-1.3	-0.4	-1.2 -3.0		-0.4 -1.1		-3.2 0.9
Visalia	113.3	0.7	0.1	0.0 -0.2		-0.6 -2.2		-0.4 0.4
Merced	59.7	0.0	-0.1	0.0 -0.2		0.0 0.3		-0.3 2.1
Hanford	36.3	0.1	0.0	0.1 1.4		0.2 2.4		2.8 6.3

State Unemployment Overview

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Jul-08	Jul Total	Jun to Jul	May to Jun	Current Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Years Jul07 Jul06
California	7.4	0.5	0.1	7.1 1.0		6.0 0.2		5.4 4.9
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles	7.6	0.6	0.3	7.1 1.5		5.6 0.2		5.0 4.6
Orange County	5.4	0.3	0.0	5.2 0.8		4.5 0.1		3.9 3.4
San Diego	6.2	0.4	0.0	5.9 0.8		5.1 0.0		4.6 4.0
Riverside	8.4	0.6	0.0	8.1 1.0		7.0 0.4		5.9 4.9
Ventura	6.4	0.3	0.0	6.2 0.6		5.6 0.1		4.9 4.2
El Centro	21.3	-1.2	0.1	22.1 1.3		20.8 1.5		18.5 15.7
BAY REGION
Oakland	6.4	0.4	0.0	6.2 1.0		5.2 0.1		4.8 4.3
San Francisco	5.1	0.3	-0.1	4.9 0.8		4.2 0.0		3.9 3.8
San Jose	6.2	0.3	0.0	6.0 0.9		5.2 0.1		4.8 4.5
Santa Rosa	5.8	0.3	0.1	5.6 0.7		4.9 0.0		4.4 4.0
Napa	5.4	0.4	0.1	5.1 0.7		4.4 0.0		4.2 4.0
NORTH CENTRAL VALLEY