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Fresno

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fresno — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Fresno, CA Economy at a Glance:

Fresno, CA

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)-	548.4	(p)548.0	543.0	(p)553.1
Employment(1)		(2)-	503.7	(p)503.3	495.1	(p)502.9
Unemployment(1)		(2)-	44.7	(p)44.7	47.9	(p)50.1
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)-	8.2	(p)8.2	8.8	(p)9.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		450.1	450.1	449.2	443.2	(p)447.2
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.2	0.5	1.8	(p)2.0
Mining and Logging(4)		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		-25.0	-25.0	-25.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(4)		24.8	24.5	24.2	24.0	(p)23.9
12-month % change		-2.4	-3.2	-2.4	-1.2	(p)-0.8
Manufacturing(4)		29.4	28.6	28.3	28.0	(p)28.0
12-month % change		-2.6	-1.0	0.0	0.4	(p)0.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		82.8	84.3	84.3	82.1	(p)81.5
12-month % change		-1.0	0.1	0.8	1.7	(p)1.4
Information(4)		2.7	2.6	2.7	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change		0.0	-3.7	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		12.5	12.4	12.4	12.2	(p)12.2
12-month % change		-0.8	-1.6	-1.6	-2.4	(p)-2.4
Professional and Business Services(4)		36.6	35.8	36.1	35.4	(p)35.6
12-month % change		-5.9	-5.8	-2.2	0.0	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(4)		107.4	108.0	108.5	108.3	(p)109.6
12-month % change		4.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	(p)5.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		43.7	43.7	43.5	43.2	(p)44.1
12-month % change		2.6	4.3	4.6	5.9	(p)6.8
Other Services(4)		15.1	15.3	15.1	15.1	(p)15.1
12-month % change		-1.9	0.7	0.0	3.4	(p)1.3
Government(4)		94.8	94.6	93.8	92.0	(p)94.3
12-month % change		-3.4	-4.0	-4.0	-1.3	(p)-0.2
Consumer Price Index: West urban
CPI-U, All items(5)		(6)-	344.339	343.789	345.152	346.990	350.226
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)			3.0	2.9	2.7	2.7	3.1
CPI-W, All items(7)			335.799	334.628	335.796	337.391	341.234
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)			3.1	2.8	2.5	2.4	3.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations (7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary