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Bakersfield

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bakersfield — 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

Bakersfield, CA Economy at a Glance:

Bakersfield, CA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021	Nov 2021	Dec 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		377.7	385.9	386.5	389.8	(p)388.8
Employment(1)		337.1	347.5	353.0	357.6	(p)360.1
Unemployment(1)		40.6	38.3	33.5	32.2	(p)28.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		10.7	9.9	8.7	8.3	(p)7.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		255.1	260.5	263.6	267.9	267.5	(p)266.0
12-month % change		2.7	2.4	2.8	3.9	3.2	(p)2.7
Mining and Logging(3)		7.4	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.1	(p)7.1
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.4	1.4	0.0	-2.7	(p)-1.4
Construction(3)		15.1	15.0	15.3	16.1	16.0	(p)15.4
12-month % change		1.3	0.0	0.7	5.9	11.1	(p)4.1
Manufacturing(3)		12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.4	(p)12.3
12-month % change		0.8	1.6	2.4	1.6	0.0	(p)-0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		55.2	55.2	55.2	56.3	57.4	(p)57.7
12-month % change		6.6	5.1	4.3	5.0	4.0	(p)2.9
Information(3)		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
12-month % change		14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	(p)14.3
Financial Activities(3)		7.1	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.2	(p)7.3
12-month % change		0.0	-1.4	0.0	1.4	0.0	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		26.6	26.8	27.2	27.6	27.6	(p)27.3
12-month % change		4.3	4.7	5.0	8.7	8.2	(p)7.1
Education and Health Services(3)		39.3	39.7	39.3	39.5	39.7	(p)40.1
12-month % change		-2.5	-2.9	-4.1	-4.1	-4.3	(p)-3.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		25.6	27.5	27.6	28.1	26.5	(p)25.9
12-month % change		15.8	28.5	24.9	25.4	16.7	(p)25.7
Other Services(3)		7.5	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		8.7	10.0	6.9	5.5	6.9	(p)8.5
Government(3)		57.2	60.1	62.5	63.7	64.3	(p)63.6
12-month % change		-2.1	-5.5	-2.0	-0.9	0.0	(p)-2.3
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