Chart 1. California statewide employment in CES 50-519000 (web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services)
Year	NAICS 2022 definition	NAICS 2017 definition
January 1990	19,147	20,519
February 1990	19,663	21,019
March 1990	19,644	21,019
April 1990	19,497	20,819
May 1990	19,623	20,919
June 1990	19,606	20,919
July 1990	19,834	21,119
August 1990	19,646	20,919
September 1990	19,780	21,019
October 1990	19,939	21,120
November 1990	19,976	21,119
December 1990	20,212	21,319
January 1991	19,503	20,817
February 1991	19,617	20,917
March 1991	19,712	21,017
April 1991	20,167	21,416
May 1991	19,985	21,216
June 1991	20,244	21,416
July 1991	19,855	21,016
August 1991	20,394	21,516
September 1991	19,781	20,916
October 1991	19,865	20,916
November 1991	19,768	20,816
December 1991	19,600	20,616
January 1992	19,702	20,715
February 1992	19,784	20,815
March 1992	19,500	20,515
April 1992	19,557	20,615
May 1992	19,510	20,515
June 1992	19,111	20,115
July 1992	19,249	20,215
August 1992	19,041	20,015
September 1992	18,669	19,615
October 1992	18,560	19,515
November 1992	18,586	19,514
December 1992	18,700	19,614
January 1993	19,512	20,414
February 1993	19,330	20,214
March 1993	19,166	20,014
April 1993	19,183	20,014
May 1993	19,025	19,813
June 1993	18,946	19,714
July 1993	18,999	19,714
August 1993	18,688	19,414
September 1993	18,657	19,314
October 1993	18,665	19,314
November 1993	18,743	19,413
December 1993	18,439	19,113
January 1994	18,795	19,513
February 1994	18,905	19,613
March 1994	18,993	19,713
April 1994	18,626	19,313
May 1994	18,339	19,013
June 1994	18,643	19,313
July 1994	18,519	19,213
August 1994	18,536	19,213
September 1994	18,159	18,813
October 1994	18,360	19,013
November 1994	18,557	19,213
December 1994	18,666	19,313
January 1995	18,644	19,624
February 1995	18,714	19,732
March 1995	19,109	20,147
April 1995	18,803	20,157
May 1995	19,304	20,666
June 1995	18,993	20,373
July 1995	18,445	19,875
August 1995	18,563	19,980
September 1995	18,949	20,387
October 1995	19,169	20,600
November 1995	19,385	20,804
December 1995	19,853	21,305
January 1996	18,885	20,116
February 1996	19,435	20,727
March 1996	19,753	21,036
April 1996	19,759	21,141
May 1996	19,934	21,349
June 1996	20,228	21,686
July 1996	20,561	21,909
August 1996	21,131	22,539
September 1996	21,719	23,159
October 1996	22,051	23,585
November 1996	22,719	24,320
December 1996	22,501	24,132
January 1997	23,174	24,857
February 1997	23,557	25,274
March 1997	23,931	25,690
April 1997	24,242	25,908
May 1997	24,172	25,836
June 1997	24,584	26,260
July 1997	25,301	26,953
August 1997	25,596	27,213
September 1997	25,399	27,036
October 1997	25,288	26,846
November 1997	25,497	26,946
December 1997	25,710	27,236
January 1998	26,126	27,824
February 1998	26,214	27,913
March 1998	26,514	28,195
April 1998	26,775	28,592
May 1998	27,340	29,174
June 1998	28,062	29,989
July 1998	28,515	30,502
August 1998	29,047	31,091
September 1998	29,837	31,907
October 1998	29,905	32,126
November 1998	30,574	32,830
December 1998	31,227	33,641
January 1999	30,539	33,045
February 1999	30,918	33,548
March 1999	32,521	35,256
April 1999	33,343	36,280
May 1999	34,069	37,184
June 1999	35,447	38,786
July 1999	36,130	40,000
August 1999	37,773	41,905
September 1999	39,494	43,930
October 1999	40,757	45,731
November 1999	43,441	48,840
December 1999	44,284	50,042
January 2000	46,463	52,963
February 2000	49,143	56,163
March 2000	52,079	59,782
April 2000	54,583	63,219
May 2000	57,569	66,934
June 2000	60,124	70,157
July 2000	60,661	70,870
August 2000	61,913	72,289
September 2000	62,239	72,705
October 2000	61,784	72,201
November 2000	61,965	72,209
December 2000	61,759	71,826
January 2001	60,297	69,936
February 2001	59,340	68,732
March 2001	58,612	67,689
April 2001	55,931	64,163
May 2001	55,079	62,753
June 2001	54,493	61,853
July 2001	50,232	57,046
August 2001	49,005	55,434
September 2001	47,611	53,703
October 2001	45,693	51,327
November 2001	44,268	49,720
December 2001	43,755	49,116
January 2002	41,503	46,513
February 2002	41,322	46,312
March 2002	41,097	46,109
April 2002	37,794	42,511
May 2002	37,568	42,122
June 2002	37,386	41,821
July 2002	36,986	41,207
August 2002	36,510	40,622
September 2002	36,466	40,517
October 2002	36,081	40,119
November 2002	35,900	39,922
December 2002	35,600	39,614
January 2003	36,065	40,055
February 2003	36,114	40,091
March 2003	36,055	40,089
April 2003	34,876	38,781
May 2003	34,488	38,580
June 2003	34,299	38,371
July 2003	34,094	38,174
August 2003	33,871	37,978
September 2003	34,109	38,287
October 2003	33,468	37,680
November 2003	33,669	37,886
December 2003	33,749	37,994
January 2004	33,575	37,779
February 2004	33,618	37,906
March 2004	33,717	38,110
April 2004	33,359	37,836
May 2004	33,182	37,762
June 2004	33,124	37,764
July 2004	33,059	37,883
August 2004	33,198	38,111
September 2004	33,189	38,215
October 2004	33,512	38,633
November 2004	33,810	38,945
December 2004	33,886	39,136
January 2005	33,534	38,929
February 2005	33,078	39,130
March 2005	33,473	39,636
April 2005	33,458	39,731
May 2005	33,385	39,865
June 2005	33,413	40,177
July 2005	33,452	40,483
August 2005	33,545	40,839
September 2005	33,937	41,345
October 2005	34,157	41,847
November 2005	34,513	42,443
December 2005	34,774	42,889
January 2006	34,274	42,294
February 2006	34,705	42,898
March 2006	34,914	43,192
April 2006	33,573	41,901
May 2006	31,970	40,517
June 2006	30,351	39,135
July 2006	28,862	37,956
August 2006	26,201	35,462
September 2006	24,223	33,493
October 2006	22,838	32,284
November 2006	21,234	30,933
December 2006	19,350	29,329
January 2007	19,306	29,127
February 2007	19,667	29,756
March 2007	20,234	30,455
April 2007	19,857	30,170
May 2007	19,948	30,654
June 2007	20,307	31,473
July 2007	19,907	31,391
August 2007	20,062	31,728
September 2007	20,192	31,917
October 2007	21,509	33,431
November 2007	21,738	33,848
December 2007	21,951	34,153
January 2008	22,338	33,467
February 2008	22,534	33,689
March 2008	22,942	33,871
April 2008	21,494	34,262
May 2008	21,770	34,678
June 2008	22,325	35,513
July 2008	23,341	36,761
August 2008	23,473	36,864
September 2008	23,593	36,869
October 2008	23,781	37,048
November 2008	23,923	37,250
December 2008	24,220	37,367
January 2009	21,379	34,492
February 2009	21,193	33,993
March 2009	21,120	33,787
April 2009	20,545	33,074
May 2009	20,985	33,511
June 2009	21,150	33,869
July 2009	22,383	35,043
August 2009	22,678	35,100
September 2009	22,983	35,183
October 2009	23,576	35,831
November 2009	23,929	36,266
December 2009	24,405	36,888
January 2010	24,341	36,935
February 2010	24,469	37,275
March 2010	24,754	37,535
April 2010	24,976	38,016
May 2010	25,204	38,545
June 2010	25,927	39,872
July 2010	26,220	40,490
August 2010	26,255	40,718
September 2010	26,106	40,399
October 2010	26,287	41,050
November 2010	26,551	41,608
December 2010	26,610	41,716
January 2011	26,579	41,443
February 2011	26,806	41,936
March 2011	26,775	41,892
April 2011	27,043	42,500
May 2011	27,526	43,328
June 2011	28,301	44,770
July 2011	29,000	45,957
August 2011	29,205	46,257
September 2011	29,047	45,979
October 2011	29,233	46,473
November 2011	29,575	47,016
December 2011	29,798	47,390
January 2012	30,313	48,013
February 2012	30,756	48,754
March 2012	30,850	48,979
April 2012	31,224	49,378
May 2012	31,950	50,437
June 2012	32,461	51,329
July 2012	32,940	52,243
August 2012	33,145	52,370
September 2012	33,413	52,530
October 2012	34,053	53,555
November 2012	34,293	54,052
December 2012	34,351	53,977
January 2013	34,879	54,418
February 2013	35,420	55,397
March 2013	35,809	55,955
April 2013	36,125	56,364
May 2013	36,521	57,206
June 2013	37,383	58,851
July 2013	38,054	60,370
August 2013	38,274	60,611
September 2013	38,074	60,121
October 2013	38,715	61,192
November 2013	39,350	62,408
December 2013	39,515	62,576
January 2014	39,426	62,579
February 2014	40,094	63,749
March 2014	40,494	64,415
April 2014	40,981	64,953
May 2014	41,758	66,267
June 2014	42,676	68,152
July 2014	43,938	70,459
August 2014	44,373	71,082
September 2014	44,116	70,585
October 2014	44,778	71,498
November 2014	45,108	72,176
December 2014	45,769	73,403
January 2015	46,019	73,999
February 2015	46,354	74,528
March 2015	46,616	75,051
April 2015	46,517	75,016
May 2015	46,988	75,854
June 2015	48,631	78,789
July 2015	49,209	80,409
August 2015	49,300	80,378
September 2015	49,144	80,101
October 2015	49,463	80,613
November 2015	49,647	80,903
December 2015	49,409	80,596
January 2016	50,153	81,621
February 2016	50,473	82,121
March 2016	50,727	82,505
April 2016	51,153	83,000
May 2016	51,971	84,279
June 2016	53,773	87,536
July 2016	54,945	89,775
August 2016	54,924	89,359
September 2016	54,935	89,267
October 2016	54,567	88,636
November 2016	56,023	91,287
December 2016	55,663	90,535
January 2017	56,239	91,188
February 2017	56,905	92,130
March 2017	57,677	93,238
April 2017	57,653	93,118
May 2017	58,152	94,071
June 2017	60,824	99,235
July 2017	62,406	102,335
August 2017	62,602	102,597
September 2017	62,013	101,438
October 2017	62,050	101,576
November 2017	62,495	102,450
December 2017	63,120	103,490
January 2018	60,022	99,228
February 2018	60,611	100,360
March 2018	60,855	100,884
April 2018	61,315	101,507
May 2018	61,772	102,709
June 2018	64,515	107,918
July 2018	65,467	109,734
August 2018	66,546	110,813
September 2018	66,073	109,902
October 2018	65,586	109,916
November 2018	66,244	111,184
December 2018	66,593	111,667
January 2019	66,688	112,039
February 2019	66,808	112,312
March 2019	67,536	113,719
April 2019	68,060	114,516
May 2019	68,611	115,538
June 2019	71,133	120,089
July 2019	72,461	122,692
August 2019	72,566	122,918
September 2019	71,855	121,471
October 2019	72,187	121,783
November 2019	73,386	124,072
December 2019	73,975	125,138
January 2020	73,341	123,725
February 2020	73,799	124,665
March 2020	74,788	126,394
April 2020	74,279	125,969
May 2020	75,269	127,997
June 2020	76,032	129,516
July 2020	76,617	130,850
August 2020	77,304	132,161
September 2020	76,734	131,848
October 2020	76,451	131,969
November 2020	76,271	132,421
December 2020	76,696	134,055
January 2021	75,117	132,664
February 2021	74,841	133,022
March 2021	74,490	133,238
April 2021	74,638	132,629
May 2021	74,601	133,497
June 2021	74,873	135,155
July 2021	74,837	136,242
August 2021	74,778	137,078
September 2021	74,668	137,329
October 2021	73,979	137,887
November 2021	73,420	138,253
December 2021	74,803	139,548
January 2022	72,828	138,528
February 2022	72,431	138,994
March 2022	71,923	140,906
April 2022	72,395	140,984
May 2022	72,144	141,780
June 2022	72,315	144,254
July 2022	71,329	146,266
August 2022	71,609	146,657
September 2022	72,100	145,367
Note: CES = Current Employment Statistics. NAICS = North American Industry Classification System. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.