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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > California > Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Los Angeles Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2026
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim — May 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Los Angeles Area — 2023-24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area — August 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2026
Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim – December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
CPI Historical Table - Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average — August 2026 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area — June 2026 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2026
Fatal Work Injuries in the Los Angeles Area – 2013 Workplace fatalities News Release Feb 2015
Data User Conference, Los Angeles, September 10, 2015 (PDF) N/A Factsheet Aug 2015
Unemployment in the Los Angeles Area by County – May 2016 Unemployment News Release Jul 2016
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Economy at a Glance:
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026		 May
2026		 June
2026		 July
2026		 Aug
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 6,687.7 6,627.9 6,615.4 6,550.1 (p)6,541.0  

Employment(1)

 6,369.8 6,310.3 6,298.2 6,223.7 (p)6,215.4  

Unemployment(1)

 318.0 317.6 317.2 326.4 (p)325.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0 (p)5.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 6,281.6 6,298.1 6,309.9 6,319.6 6,256.5 (p)6,289.1

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 0.5 (p)0.6

Mining and Logging(3)

 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 (p)2.1

12-month % change

 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 241.6 245.2 248.4 251.7 252.3 (p)252.6

12-month % change

 -2.2 -3.1 -2.1 -0.6 -0.5 (p)-0.7

Manufacturing(3)

 444.5 442.1 442.5 444.4 445.7 (p)447.2

12-month % change

 -2.5 -2.9 -2.5 -2.0 -1.7 (p)-1.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 1,039.8 1,041.0 1,041.9 1,043.4 1,048.9 (p)1,048.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 (p)-0.2

Information(3)

 197.8 192.6 193.5 196.3 190.5 (p)190.4

12-month % change

 -0.3 -2.6 -5.3 -1.3 -3.3 (p)-6.1

Financial Activities(3)

 304.6 303.7 303.9 303.8 304.5 (p)303.5

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.2 (p)-1.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 972.9 974.9 972.4 974.8 971.3 (p)974.2

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 1.0 0.1 (p)-0.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 1,331.0 1,333.8 1,332.2 1,328.3 1,318.2 (p)1,324.0

12-month % change

 3.8 2.9 2.7 4.0 3.9 (p)3.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 769.9 780.5 791.0 797.3 794.5 (p)795.8

12-month % change

 1.3 1.0 1.5 2.6 2.7 (p)2.2

Other Services(3)

 216.4 218.8 218.9 218.7 220.5 (p)218.6

12-month % change

 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.7 2.8 (p)1.7

Government(3)

 761.0 763.4 763.1 758.8 708.0 (p)731.8

12-month % change

 -3.0 -3.0 -2.8 -2.9 -3.1 (p)1.5

Consumer Price Index: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

CPI-U, All items(4)

 352.221 355.166 355.336 354.325 355.311 356.993

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   3.4 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

 340.105 342.767 343.428 341.981 342.467 344.411

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   3.6 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 4.0

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary