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Bakersfield

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bakersfield — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Bakersfield, CA Economy at a Glance:

Bakersfield, CA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2020	Aug 2020	Sept 2020	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		370.5	368.3	365.9	378.8	370.2	(p)377.5
Employment(1)		309.6	322.6	321.8	340.3	335.5	(p)334.9
Unemployment(1)		60.9	45.7	44.2	38.5	34.7	(p)42.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		16.4	12.4	12.1	10.2	9.4	(p)11.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		241.6	249.9	250.6	255.2	256.7	(p)257.3
12-month % change		-9.3	-8.6	-9.0	-8.6	-8.6	(p)-8.0
Mining and Logging(3)		7.9	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.7	(p)7.5
12-month % change		-17.7	-18.8	-19.8	-17.9	-19.8	(p)-21.1
Construction(3)		16.4	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.0	(p)16.5
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.2	-1.2	-1.8	-4.8	(p)-0.6
Manufacturing(3)		12.0	12.1	12.0	12.2	12.1	(p)12.0
12-month % change		-7.0	-6.9	-7.0	-4.7	-4.7	(p)-4.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		47.5	48.6	48.2	49.0	51.2	(p)52.4
12-month % change		-9.5	-8.3	-8.7	-7.9	-5.4	(p)-3.5
Information(3)		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.7
12-month % change		-15.8	-15.8	-15.8	-15.8	-15.8	(p)-10.5
Financial Activities(3)		7.5	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	(p)2.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		26.4	26.7	26.9	27.3	27.6	(p)27.6
12-month % change		-6.4	-8.6	-7.6	-6.5	-6.4	(p)-6.1
Education and Health Services(3)		38.0	38.2	37.9	38.1	38.2	(p)38.4
12-month % change		-7.5	-8.0	-8.5	-8.6	-8.6	(p)-7.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.8	20.1	20.1	21.2	21.4	(p)20.3
12-month % change		-28.5	-26.9	-26.6	-23.2	-22.7	(p)-26.4
Other Services(3)		6.6	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.9	(p)6.7
12-month % change		-18.5	-23.3	-21.2	-18.8	-18.8	(p)-20.2
Government(3)		57.9	64.2	65.4	66.9	66.3	(p)66.5
12-month % change		-4.1	-0.9	-3.4	-4.8	-6.2	(p)-5.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary