Western Information Office

Santa Cruz

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentAverage energy pricesConsumer price indexesBenefitsPay
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Santa Cruz-Watsonville — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020
Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward – February 2021	Average energy prices	News Release	Mar 2021
Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area — February 2021	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2021
CPI Historical Table - San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (old base)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2019
CPI Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average - February 2021	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Mar 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area – December 2020	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Feb 2021
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	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)133.1	(2)129.3	(2)128.5	128.5	(p)130.4
Employment(1)		(2)123.2	(2)120.8	(2)118.0	117.2	(p)119.4
Unemployment(1)		(2)9.9	(2)8.6	(2)10.4	11.2	(p)10.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)7.4	(2)6.6	(2)8.1	8.7	(p)8.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		92.1	92.2	90.6	88.6	89.8	(p)90.1
12-month % change		-11.8	-11.9	-13.0	-13.5	-13.2	(p)-11.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		4.7	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.3	(p)4.4
12-month % change		-2.1	-2.1	-2.2	-2.3	-6.5	(p)-2.2
Manufacturing(4)		7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	(p)7.0
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.4	-1.4	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		15.7	16.3	16.6	16.2	16.3	(p)16.2
12-month % change		-6.5	-4.1	-3.5	-2.4	-1.8	(p)-1.8
Information(4)		0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	(p)0.5
12-month % change		-16.7	-28.6	-14.3	-28.6	-28.6	(p)-28.6
Financial Activities(4)		3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	(p)3.1
12-month % change		-5.9	-5.9	-3.0	-3.0	-3.0	(p)-3.1
Professional and Business Services(4)		10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.5	(p)10.5
12-month % change		-4.5	-5.5	-5.5	-4.6	-3.7	(p)-2.8
Education and Health Services(4)		16.8	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.8	(p)16.6
12-month % change		-7.7	-8.2	-7.7	-8.8	-8.2	(p)-7.8
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		9.4	9.1	8.1	7.5	8.0	(p)8.3
12-month % change		-36.1	-35.9	-42.6	-45.7	-43.7	(p)-39.0
Other Services(4)		4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	(p)4.4
12-month % change		-18.5	-18.5	-20.4	-20.4	-18.5	(p)-15.4
Government(4)		19.9	19.9	19.4	18.8	18.9	(p)19.1
12-month % change		-11.2	-13.1	-14.9	-15.7	-16.4	(p)-16.2
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary