Western Information Office

Merced

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

Merced, CA Economy at a Glance:

Merced, CA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021	Apr 2021	May 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)113.7	113.9	116.0	115.2	113.9	(p)116.8
Employment(1)		(2)101.1	100.7	102.5	102.1	101.5	(p)105.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)12.5	13.2	13.5	13.1	12.4	(p)11.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)11.0	11.6	11.6	11.4	10.9	(p)9.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		67.1	65.7	66.4	67.5	68.3	(p)68.6
12-month % change		-5.5	-5.9	-5.4	-4.9	5.6	(p)6.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		-3.7	-7.4	-7.4	-3.7	12.5	(p)8.0
Manufacturing(4)		10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	(p)10.5
12-month % change		9.9	9.9	11.0	10.9	8.5	(p)10.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		13.8	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.3	(p)13.2
12-month % change		0.7	0.8	1.5	1.5	9.9	(p)9.1
Information(4)		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(p)0.2
12-month % change		-33.3	-33.3	-33.3	-33.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	(p)1.8
12-month % change		-5.3	0.0	-5.3	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	(p)3.8
12-month % change		-4.5	-6.8	-11.1	-13.3	-5.0	(p)-5.0
Education and Health Services(4)		10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.4	(p)10.3
12-month % change		-5.6	-5.6	-6.5	-5.6	4.0	(p)2.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		5.1	5.0	5.4	5.7	5.8	(p)5.9
12-month % change		-16.4	-16.7	-11.5	-8.1	31.8	(p)25.5
Other Services(4)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	(p)1.3
12-month % change		-14.3	-14.3	-20.0	-7.1	8.3	(p)8.3
Government(4)		18.1	17.5	17.9	18.4	18.8	(p)18.9
12-month % change		-12.6	-13.4	-11.8	-12.8	-2.1	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary