California Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, California's seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 339,300; this means that California added 2,100 jobs to the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows California's seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of California's industries and links for many more of California's industries at this link.

California Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 248600
February 2007 249200 600
March 2007 249200 0
April 2007 248800 -400
May 2007 249100 300
June 2007 251500 2400
July 2007 252000 500
August 2007 251900 -100
September 2007 251700 -200
October 2007 253000 1300
November 2007 253300 300
December 2007 254000 700
January 2008 254300 300
February 2008 255000 700
March 2008 256100 1100
April 2008 256100 0
May 2008 256600 500
June 2008 255700 -900
July 2008 255900 200
August 2008 254100 -1800
September 2008 254000 -100
October 2008 251200 -2800
November 2008 251700 500
December 2008 250000 -1700
January 2009 248700 -1300
February 2009 247200 -1500
March 2009 245900 -1300
April 2009 244600 -1300
May 2009 245400 800
June 2009 243200 -2200
July 2009 241900 -1300
August 2009 242100 200
September 2009 244300 2200
October 2009 242300 -2000
November 2009 241200 -1100
December 2009 241700 500
January 2010 240000 -1700
February 2010 239200 -800
March 2010 237600 -1600
April 2010 243300 5700
May 2010 241000 -2300
June 2010 242300 1300
July 2010 242400 100
August 2010 242400 0
September 2010 242100 -300
October 2010 244800 2700
November 2010 243500 -1300
December 2010 245000 1500
January 2011 245600 600
February 2011 245300 -300
March 2011 244300 -1000
April 2011 243900 -400
May 2011 244100 200
June 2011 243800 -300
July 2011 245100 1300
August 2011 246700 1600
September 2011 247600 900
October 2011 246900 -700
November 2011 248600 1700
December 2011 246700 -1900
January 2012 249300 2600
February 2012 251200 1900
March 2012 252500 1300
April 2012 253600 1100
May 2012 253500 -100
June 2012 254600 1100
July 2012 255500 900
August 2012 257600 2100
September 2012 257300 -300
October 2012 258000 700
November 2012 258700 700
December 2012 258500 -200
January 2013 260700 2200
February 2013 262300 1600
March 2013 262900 600
April 2013 263300 400
May 2013 263700 400
June 2013 264500 800
July 2013 264900 400
August 2013 264600 -300
September 2013 266800 2200
October 2013 267400 600
November 2013 268700 1300
December 2013 271300 2600
January 2014 270700 -600
February 2014 271200 500
March 2014 272100 900
April 2014 273400 1300
May 2014 274800 1400
June 2014 276000 1200
July 2014 274700 -1300
August 2014 275300 600
September 2014 275700 400
October 2014 277700 2000
November 2014 277900 200
December 2014 279000 1100
January 2015 279200 200
February 2015 279700 500
March 2015 280300 600
April 2015 281100 800
May 2015 283000 1900
June 2015 283700 700
July 2015 285600 1900
August 2015 286000 400
September 2015 288600 2600
October 2015 289500 900
November 2015 290400 900
December 2015 291400 1000
January 2016 293800 2400
February 2016 294700 900
March 2016 292500 -2200
April 2016 296500 4000
May 2016 297500 1000
June 2016 296100 -1400
July 2016 301500 5400
August 2016 303300 1800
September 2016 303800 500
October 2016 305400 1600
November 2016 305400 0
December 2016 307300 1900
January 2017 300100 -7200
February 2017 301000 900
March 2017 303500 2500
April 2017 305900 2400
May 2017 306900 1000
June 2017 309900 3000
July 2017 308000 -1900
August 2017 310400 2400
September 2017 306600 -3800
October 2017 309300 2700
November 2017 310000 700
December 2017 310100 100
January 2018 310800 700
February 2018 312600 1800
March 2018 312500 -100
April 2018 312300 -200
May 2018 313300 1000
June 2018 315800 2500
July 2018 317000 1200
August 2018 316900 -100
September 2018 317800 900
October 2018 319400 1600
November 2018 322000 2600
December 2018 325500 3500
January 2019 324500 -1000
February 2019 324800 300
March 2019 326300 1500
April 2019 327300 1000
May 2019 328300 1000
June 2019 331500 3200
July 2019 330700 -800
August 2019 329300 -1400
September 2019 332300 3000
October 2019 333700 1400
November 2019 335100 1400
December 2019 336800 1700
January 2020 337800 1000
February 2020 339600 1800
March 2020 327200 -12400
April 2020 167300 -159900
May 2020 137900 -29400
June 2020 157500 19600
July 2020 156100 -1400
August 2020 141400 -14700
September 2020 161300 19900
October 2020 181400 20100
November 2020 201000 19600
December 2020 183400 -17600
January 2021 166400 -17000
February 2021 177200 10800
March 2021 188500 11300
April 2021 215200 26700
May 2021 228900 13700
June 2021 239600 10700
July 2021 256300 16700
August 2021 263000 6700
September 2021 269500 6500
October 2021 283900 14400
November 2021 287700 3800
December 2021 290900 3200
January 2022 284200 -6700
February 2022 290900 6700
March 2022 293500 2600
April 2022 299600 6100
May 2022 304100 4500
June 2022 307000 2900
July 2022 310100 3100
August 2022 314100 4000
September 2022 316600 2500
October 2022 327300 10700
November 2022 331100 3800
December 2022 335100 4000
January 2023 337200 2100
February 2023 339300 2100