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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > California > Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Santa Cruz-Watsonville — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward – December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area — February 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2026
CPI Historical Table - San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average — March 2026 (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area — March 2026 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2026
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Economy at a Glance:
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)139.1 (2)137.2 135.6 137.2 136.5 (p)136.2

Employment(1)

 (2)130.6 (2)128.4 126.0 127.3 127.1 (p)127.7

Unemployment(1)

 (2)8.5 (2)8.8 9.6 9.9 9.5 (p)8.4

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)6.1 (2)6.4 7.1 7.2 6.9 (p)6.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 102.1 101.9 100.3 100.7 100.9 (p)101.3

12-month % change

 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.9 (p)0.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 (p)4.9

12-month % change

 -5.8 -5.9 -4.1 -4.1 -4.0 (p)-5.8

Manufacturing(4)

 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 (p)7.3

12-month % change

 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.8 (p)1.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 15.7 15.9 15.4 15.2 15.1 (p)15.1

12-month % change

 2.6 3.2 3.4 2.7 1.3 (p)0.7

Information(4)

 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (p)0.6

12-month % change

 -14.3 -14.3 -14.3 -14.3 -14.3 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4

Professional and Business Services(4)

 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.2 (p)9.2

12-month % change

 -3.0 -1.0 -1.1 -1.1 -2.1 (p)-5.2

Education and Health Services(4)

 20.8 20.7 20.6 20.7 20.6 (p)20.7

12-month % change

 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 (p)1.5

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 14.1 14.0 13.9 14.2 14.3 (p)14.7

12-month % change

 0.0 2.9 4.5 2.9 2.9 (p)2.1

Other Services(4)

 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9

12-month % change

 0.0 4.3 8.9 8.9 8.9 (p)8.9

Government(4)

 21.0 21.0 20.6 20.8 21.0 (p)20.9

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.9 -1.9 -2.3 -2.3 (p)0.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary