Chart 2. California statewide employment in CES 42-445000 (food and beverage retailers)
Year	NAICS 2022 definition	NAICS 2017 definition
January 1990	287,621	280,790
March 1990	289,904	283,001
March 1990	289,559	282,624
April 1990	288,372	281,349
May 1990	288,854	281,842
June 1990	289,691	282,550
July 1990	294,146	286,994
August 1990	296,879	289,612
September 1990	296,614	289,371
October 1990	298,630	291,307
November 1990	302,497	295,268
December 1990	305,232	297,821
January 1991	290,592	283,048
February 1991	289,429	281,952
March 1991	289,081	281,586
April 1991	289,416	281,915
May 1991	290,256	282,819
June 1991	292,397	285,015
July 1991	296,544	289,278
August 1991	294,832	287,504
September 1991	296,087	288,795
October 1991	290,709	283,423
November 1991	294,131	286,891
December 1991	294,353	286,934
January 1992	289,675	282,689
February 1992	287,107	280,089
March 1992	288,345	281,289
April 1992	290,687	283,626
May 1992	289,844	282,727
June 1992	291,145	284,027
July 1992	291,296	284,299
August 1992	289,558	282,493
September 1992	291,395	284,286
October 1992	288,595	281,459
November 1992	290,835	283,723
December 1992	291,276	284,029
January 1993	282,236	275,455
February 1993	279,690	272,755
March 1993	278,997	272,055
April 1993	281,839	274,830
May 1993	283,118	276,099
June 1993	284,099	277,079
July 1993	285,027	278,090
August 1993	283,781	276,866
September 1993	284,231	277,161
October 1993	285,144	278,278
November 1993	284,812	278,190
December 1993	287,027	280,134
January 1994	279,464	273,020
February 1994	280,230	273,720
March 1994	280,070	273,521
April 1994	279,537	273,120
May 1994	281,360	274,838
June 1994	282,200	275,640
July 1994	282,227	275,634
August 1994	281,340	274,730
September 1994	281,423	274,809
October 1994	281,935	275,299
November 1994	284,155	277,518
December 1994	287,173	280,353
January 1995	277,387	270,821
February 1995	278,157	271,521
March 1995	278,100	271,422
April 1995	279,059	272,421
May 1995	280,802	274,121
June 1995	282,059	275,421
July 1995	284,270	277,615
August 1995	285,398	278,706
September 1995	288,981	282,269
October 1995	288,552	281,866
November 1995	293,608	286,865
December 1995	295,720	288,751
January 1996	287,355	280,848
February 1996	288,058	281,439
March 1996	285,339	278,634
April 1996	287,645	281,037
May 1996	290,489	283,755
June 1996	293,505	286,689
July 1996	285,961	279,219
August 1996	287,293	280,557
September 1996	290,235	283,435
October 1996	290,809	284,266
November 1996	294,752	288,236
December 1996	300,025	293,331
January 1997	289,599	283,351
February 1997	289,460	283,155
March 1997	290,650	284,328
April 1997	291,205	284,948
May 1997	291,563	285,210
June 1997	293,532	287,170
July 1997	297,798	291,332
August 1997	297,851	291,319
September 1997	300,747	294,318
October 1997	294,760	288,318
November 1997	297,014	290,627
December 1997	300,115	293,560
January 1998	292,592	286,249
February 1998	292,150	285,847
March 1998	291,442	285,150
April 1998	288,381	282,019
May 1998	290,413	284,027
June 1998	291,946	285,548
July 1998	301,494	295,194
August 1998	303,051	296,676
September 1998	306,725	300,303
October 1998	298,004	291,571
November 1998	301,828	295,360
December 1998	305,877	299,281
January 1999	298,197	291,888
February 1999	300,710	294,202
March 1999	301,075	294,607
April 1999	299,930	293,447
May 1999	301,425	294,894
June 1999	303,164	296,580
July 1999	303,721	297,293
August 1999	306,998	300,586
September 1999	311,770	305,295
October 1999	309,326	302,737
November 1999	310,987	304,333
December 1999	315,184	308,245
January 2000	304,328	297,850
February 2000	304,695	298,140
March 2000	306,940	300,317
April 2000	300,737	294,018
May 2000	300,623	293,862
June 2000	303,094	296,314
July 2000	308,051	301,280
August 2000	305,033	298,237
September 2000	308,842	301,999
October 2000	308,478	301,613
November 2000	312,012	305,128
December 2000	315,700	308,431
January 2001	309,996	303,347
February 2001	309,478	302,722
March 2001	311,673	304,936
April 2001	311,774	305,102
May 2001	312,049	305,360
June 2001	314,451	307,823
July 2001	315,429	308,841
August 2001	316,177	309,621
September 2001	319,806	313,229
October 2001	322,316	315,596
November 2001	327,403	320,741
December 2001	326,116	319,113
January 2002	317,851	311,407
February 2002	318,171	311,693
March 2002	319,315	312,885
April 2002	317,612	311,201
May 2002	318,890	312,393
June 2002	320,301	313,835
July 2002	319,543	313,213
August 2002	320,718	314,396
September 2002	321,840	315,493
October 2002	324,485	317,779
November 2002	327,842	321,288
December 2002	325,820	319,046
January 2003	319,920	313,840
February 2003	320,543	314,440
March 2003	319,169	313,113
April 2003	318,302	312,222
May 2003	319,674	313,508
June 2003	321,643	315,495
July 2003	318,438	312,578
August 2003	318,497	312,627
September 2003	320,136	314,294
October 2003	337,525	331,467
November 2003	324,245	318,198
December 2003	323,625	317,240
January 2004	314,411	308,582
February 2004	315,086	309,179
March 2004	320,112	314,261
April 2004	318,244	312,487
May 2004	321,855	316,082
June 2004	323,532	317,747
July 2004	320,995	315,353
August 2004	320,262	314,560
September 2004	323,113	317,430
October 2004	322,348	316,604
November 2004	328,157	322,374
December 2004	328,977	323,118
January 2005	321,425	315,786
February 2005	322,545	316,923
March 2005	325,823	320,150
April 2005	321,589	316,010
May 2005	324,895	319,290
June 2005	327,576	321,957
July 2005	327,229	321,688
August 2005	327,824	322,326
September 2005	333,034	327,516
October 2005	331,373	325,840
November 2005	337,579	332,094
December 2005	340,799	335,151
January 2006	326,100	320,772
February 2006	328,976	323,583
March 2006	329,426	323,996
April 2006	327,817	322,411
May 2006	329,822	324,393
June 2006	331,865	326,439
July 2006	329,045	323,655
August 2006	331,648	326,278
September 2006	333,043	327,653
October 2006	331,693	326,171
November 2006	338,224	332,780
December 2006	342,478	336,771
January 2007	331,625	326,408
February 2007	334,702	329,516
March 2007	335,798	330,621
April 2007	333,490	328,390
May 2007	337,356	332,245
June 2007	339,214	334,015
July 2007	339,392	334,241
August 2007	343,401	338,242
September 2007	343,439	338,337
October 2007	341,993	336,832
November 2007	347,165	341,992
December 2007	349,917	344,540
January 2008	336,405	331,470
February 2008	339,682	334,777
March 2008	340,124	335,171
April 2008	338,890	333,926
May 2008	341,053	336,103
June 2008	342,207	337,300
July 2008	341,739	336,809
August 2008	337,866	332,898
September 2008	337,368	332,403
October 2008	338,125	333,047
November 2008	340,735	335,797
December 2008	339,350	334,169
January 2009	333,892	329,181
February 2009	333,312	328,634
March 2009	332,877	328,239
April 2009	330,649	326,050
May 2009	331,703	327,111
June 2009	332,896	328,367
July 2009	331,927	327,434
August 2009	331,139	326,713
September 2009	334,297	329,860
October 2009	333,988	329,387
November 2009	336,585	332,084
December 2009	338,765	334,026
January 2010	330,604	326,221
February 2010	329,894	325,513
March 2010	328,864	324,487
April 2010	329,918	325,564
May 2010	331,514	327,147
June 2010	332,574	328,235
July 2010	330,677	326,313
August 2010	331,741	327,374
September 2010	333,016	328,662
October 2010	332,765	328,270
November 2010	336,274	331,848
December 2010	338,451	333,871
January 2011	331,622	327,238
February 2011	331,845	327,459
March 2011	331,565	327,178
April 2011	330,727	326,360
May 2011	332,616	328,233
June 2011	332,964	328,576
July 2011	333,437	328,994
August 2011	333,499	329,033
September 2011	334,495	330,059
October 2011	335,257	330,865
November 2011	338,201	333,831
December 2011	340,162	335,655
January 2012	335,047	330,789
February 2012	335,083	330,790
March 2012	334,773	330,486
April 2012	333,810	329,522
May 2012	336,904	332,567
June 2012	336,483	332,122
July 2012	335,184	330,805
August 2012	336,392	331,998
September 2012	337,871	333,459
October 2012	339,133	334,631
November 2012	342,480	337,966
December 2012	347,048	342,329
January 2013	339,036	334,698
February 2013	339,471	335,106
March 2013	338,771	334,412
April 2013	337,148	332,789
May 2013	341,007	336,650
June 2013	343,368	338,945
July 2013	343,005	338,613
August 2013	343,794	339,406
September 2013	345,146	340,728
October 2013	345,544	341,030
November 2013	350,096	345,566
December 2013	353,101	348,308
January 2014	347,483	343,068
February 2014	348,893	344,441
March 2014	350,013	345,537
April 2014	349,609	345,086
May 2014	351,664	347,083
June 2014	354,003	349,434
July 2014	353,553	348,998
August 2014	354,901	350,345
September 2014	356,660	352,132
October 2014	357,528	352,788
November 2014	361,743	356,957
December 2014	364,566	359,441
January 2015	358,752	354,127
February 2015	359,978	355,328
March 2015	360,095	355,429
April 2015	358,137	353,517
May 2015	362,338	357,705
June 2015	363,381	358,737
July 2015	365,021	360,329
August 2015	363,661	358,913
September 2015	365,388	360,739
October 2015	363,977	358,899
November 2015	364,709	359,745
December 2015	363,151	357,927
January 2016	357,085	352,221
February 2016	360,567	355,658
March 2016	360,888	355,971
April 2016	361,990	357,029
May 2016	363,638	358,642
June 2016	364,265	359,236
July 2016	364,515	359,499
August 2016	365,939	360,861
September 2016	367,061	361,976
October 2016	366,574	361,153
November 2016	368,704	363,410
December 2016	370,395	364,808
January 2017	362,170	357,018
February 2017	363,959	358,844
March 2017	364,337	359,207
April 2017	364,298	359,083
May 2017	365,515	360,256
June 2017	366,166	360,917
July 2017	364,873	359,622
August 2017	365,952	360,623
September 2017	365,493	360,177
October 2017	365,008	359,341
November 2017	369,005	363,520
December 2017	369,094	363,364
January 2018	361,611	356,250
February 2018	362,735	357,334
March 2018	362,773	357,381
April 2018	361,155	355,752
May 2018	362,599	357,135
June 2018	361,212	355,738
July 2018	361,884	356,364
August 2018	362,748	357,222
September 2018	362,792	357,148
October 2018	364,761	358,719
November 2018	367,669	361,846
December 2018	367,846	361,802
January 2019	360,778	355,152
February 2019	362,449	356,772
March 2019	361,644	355,923
April 2019	359,957	354,297
May 2019	362,344	356,586
June 2019	361,794	356,018
July 2019	362,537	356,740
August 2019	362,328	356,578
September 2019	362,645	356,896
October 2019	363,889	357,798
November 2019	366,691	360,835
December 2019	365,584	359,607
January 2020	359,409	353,890
February 2020	360,778	355,280
March 2020	360,429	355,039
April 2020	356,103	351,782
May 2020	365,008	360,468
June 2020	369,076	364,533
July 2020	367,226	362,696
August 2020	369,148	364,621
September 2020	370,416	365,905
October 2020	372,955	368,255
November 2020	375,844	371,183
December 2020	376,196	371,226
January 2021	370,195	365,550
February 2021	374,382	369,716
March 2021	373,937	369,286
April 2021	370,027	365,486
May 2021	367,681	363,171
June 2021	366,018	361,565
July 2021	364,825	360,558
August 2021	363,622	359,221
September 2021	363,082	358,199
October 2021	365,602	361,137
November 2021	369,276	366,918
December 2021	368,971	365,428
January 2022	361,558	360,336
February 2022	367,912	363,973
March 2022	369,568	363,831
April 2022	370,104	364,489
May 2022	369,114	364,134
June 2022	369,788	366,518
July 2022	371,243	369,864
August 2022	373,954	372,932
September 2022	373,658	371,073
Note: CES = Current Employment Statistics. NAICS = North American Industry Classification System. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.