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Chico

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chico — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Chico, CA Economy at a Glance:

Chico, CA

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		93.7	93.7	92.7	92.1	91.4	(p)90.3
Employment(1)		87.2	87.7	87.4	87.6	86.0	(p)84.6
Unemployment(1)		6.5	6.0	5.4	4.5	5.4	(p)5.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		6.9	6.4	5.8	4.9	5.9	(p)6.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		78.2	78.5	79.2	79.4	78.7	(p)76.6
12-month % change		1.0	1.6	1.3	0.5	1.3	(p)3.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.3	13.3	13.5	13.4	13.5	(p)13.6
12-month % change		-2.2	-2.2	-0.7	-1.5	-0.7	(p)1.5
Financial Activities(3)		2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	(p)2.5
12-month % change		-3.8	-3.8	-3.8	-3.8	-3.8	(p)-3.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	(p)5.6
12-month % change		10.0	12.2	10.0	10.0	10.0	(p)9.8
Education and Health Services(3)		20.1	20.1	20.3	20.3	20.3	(p)20.2
12-month % change		4.1	3.6	4.6	2.0	3.6	(p)5.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.1	8.2	8.2	8.3	8.2	(p)8.2
12-month % change		0.0	1.2	-1.2	-1.2	1.2	(p)2.5
Government(3)		15.7	15.9	16.2	16.3	15.7	(p)13.3
12-month % change		-2.5	-3.0	-4.1	-3.0	-4.3	(p)-0.7
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