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Bakersfield

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bakersfield — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
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	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)398.0	(2)393.1	393.3	399.5	392.5	(p)395.6
Employment(1)		(2)372.6	(2)366.6	361.3	363.5	354.8	(p)362.9
Unemployment(1)		(2)25.3	(2)26.6	31.9	36.0	37.7	(p)32.8
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)6.4	(2)6.8	8.1	9.0	9.6	(p)8.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		292.7	292.3	286.0	289.7	289.3	(p)291.9
12-month % change		3.1	2.5	1.9	1.9	1.4	(p)2.0
Mining and Logging(4)		7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	(p)8.0
12-month % change		5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	(p)3.9
Construction(4)		15.9	15.9	15.3	15.4	15.4	(p)15.5
12-month % change		0.6	1.9	-1.9	-3.8	-5.5	(p)-6.1
Manufacturing(4)		12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	(p)12.6
12-month % change		3.3	0.8	3.3	3.3	2.4	(p)1.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		64.5	64.0	62.6	63.1	62.7	(p)62.8
12-month % change		-0.9	-2.6	-0.9	-1.1	-0.9	(p)0.2
Information(4)		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		7.6	7.6	7.4	7.5	7.4	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-1.3	0.0	-2.6	-1.3	-2.6	(p)-1.3
Professional and Business Services(4)		27.6	27.5	26.6	26.9	26.9	(p)27.0
12-month % change		3.0	-0.4	-4.3	-3.6	-3.2	(p)-2.9
Education and Health Services(4)		46.2	46.7	46.3	47.0	46.8	(p)47.7
12-month % change		8.2	8.9	8.4	9.3	7.8	(p)10.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		30.1	30.1	29.9	30.8	30.5	(p)31.0
12-month % change		6.0	5.6	6.8	7.3	5.2	(p)5.8
Other Services(4)		9.0	9.0	8.9	9.0	8.9	(p)9.0
12-month % change		7.1	5.9	6.0	4.7	1.1	(p)-1.1
Government(4)		69.6	69.3	66.9	67.9	68.6	(p)69.3
12-month % change		2.8	3.3	1.2	0.9	1.5	(p)1.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary