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San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

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

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Economy at a Glance:

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		130.6	132.8	132.4	131.7	132.3	(p)132.4
Employment(1)		124.7	126.9	126.9	126.5	127.6	(p)126.7
Unemployment(1)		6.0	5.9	5.5	5.2	4.8	(p)5.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.6	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.6	(p)4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		117.4	117.7	118.2	119.2	120.4	(p)120.6
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.8	-2.6	-2.4	-2.6	(p)-1.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.4	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.5	(p)8.6
12-month % change		-5.6	-4.5	-4.5	-3.4	-2.3	(p)-1.1
Manufacturing(3)		7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	(p)8.0
12-month % change		-2.5	-2.5	-2.5	-3.7	-4.8	(p)-1.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		19.6	19.4	19.5	19.5	19.5	(p)19.3
12-month % change		0.0	-0.5	-1.0	-2.5	-3.0	(p)-1.5
Information(3)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	(p)-9.1
Financial Activities(3)		3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)3.6
12-month % change		2.9	0.0	0.0	-2.7	-2.7	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		10.6	10.6	10.6	10.8	10.8	(p)10.7
12-month % change		1.9	1.0	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		20.0	20.2	20.2	20.4	20.4	(p)20.3
12-month % change		4.2	3.1	3.1	2.5	1.0	(p)3.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.7	19.9	20.0	20.4	20.9	(p)21.1
12-month % change		1.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	(p)-0.5
Other Services(3)		4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	(p)4.1
12-month % change		-2.4	-2.4	-2.4	-2.4	-6.8	(p)-2.4
Government(3)		22.6	22.7	22.9	23.1	23.7	(p)23.9
12-month % change		-8.5	-8.8	-10.9	-8.3	-6.7	(p)-5.2
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