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Santa Barbara

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara — 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

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Economy at a Glance:

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		224.3	224.0	222.5	226.1	226.6	(p)227.0
Employment(1)		218.9	217.6	216.3	219.5	220.5	(p)220.8
Unemployment(1)		5.4	6.3	6.2	6.6	6.1	(p)6.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.4	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.7	(p)2.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		195.4	196.5	192.3	195.6	196.5	(p)200.2
12-month % change		4.2	4.4	2.4	4.4	4.1	(p)4.1
Mining and Logging(3)		0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		-16.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		9.2	9.3	9.6	9.3	9.3	(p)9.4
12-month % change		0.0	1.1	2.1	-1.1	0.0	(p)1.1
Manufacturing(3)		12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.3	(p)12.3
12-month % change		4.2	3.3	1.6	2.5	0.8	(p)0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		27.1	27.1	26.9	27.3	27.3	(p)27.5
12-month % change		1.1	0.7	-1.5	0.0	-0.4	(p)0.0
Information(3)		4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	(p)4.2
12-month % change		2.5	0.0	2.4	2.4	0.0	(p)2.4
Financial Activities(3)		6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.8	(p)6.8
12-month % change		0.0	1.5	-1.4	1.5	0.0	(p)-1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		34.0	34.1	34.4	34.5	34.6	(p)35.1
12-month % change		4.0	3.3	4.9	5.5	4.8	(p)4.5
Education and Health Services(3)		29.4	29.3	29.3	29.6	29.8	(p)30.1
12-month % change		0.3	2.4	3.9	4.2	4.9	(p)5.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		27.9	28.3	28.8	28.9	28.9	(p)29.5
12-month % change		14.3	11.9	8.7	8.6	9.1	(p)11.3
Other Services(3)		6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	(p)6.5
12-month % change		6.8	4.9	3.2	4.9	8.5	(p)8.3
Government(3)		37.7	38.0	32.8	35.4	36.4	(p)38.2
12-month % change		4.7	6.7	-2.1	6.6	5.2	(p)3.2
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