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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 Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Santa Cruz-Watsonville — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release May 2020
Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward – May 2020 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area — April 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2020
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 - May 2020 Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area – March 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2020
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Data Tables Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Economy at a Glance:

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
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2020		 May
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)139.0 139.6 141.1 141.5 135.0 (p)130.3

Employment(1)

 (2)132.4 131.0 132.1 130.0 112.0 (p)111.6

Unemployment(1)

 (2)6.6 8.6 9.0 11.4 23.0 (p)18.8

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.8 6.1 6.4 8.1 17.0 (p)14.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 104.2 102.8 104.5 104.1 87.7 (p)87.8

12-month % change

 2.0 2.5 2.6 1.3 -18.6 (p)-16.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.1 (p)4.5

12-month % change

 2.3 4.9 7.1 4.7 -6.8 (p)2.3

Manufacturing(4)

 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 6.2 (p)6.1

12-month % change

 4.3 5.9 2.9 4.3 -11.4 (p)-15.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 17.2 16.5 16.5 16.6 15.5 (p)14.8

12-month % change

 1.8 1.2 0.6 1.2 -7.2 (p)-11.9

Information(4)

 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (p)0.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)-16.7

Financial Activities(4)

 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.4 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 2.9 0.0 2.9 2.9 -5.6 (p)-5.6

Professional and Business Services(4)

 10.8 10.9 10.9 11.1 9.9 (p)10.2

12-month % change

 1.9 1.9 0.9 2.8 -10.0 (p)-7.3

Education and Health Services(4)

 17.7 17.5 17.8 17.7 15.2 (p)14.9

12-month % change

 -1.7 -2.2 -0.6 -1.1 -16.0 (p)-18.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 13.2 13.3 14.0 13.3 7.2 (p)9.0

12-month % change

 -1.5 0.8 0.7 -7.6 -52.0 (p)-40.8

Other Services(4)

 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.1 3.1 (p)3.3

12-month % change

 -1.9 4.1 2.0 0.0 -39.2 (p)-35.3

Government(4)

 24.3 23.9 24.2 24.3 22.5 (p)21.1

12-month % change

 7.0 7.2 7.6 6.6 -14.4 (p)-7.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary