California Payrolls for the Government 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 government payroll employment was 2,562,800; this means that California added 2,400 jobs to the government 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 government 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 Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 2478600
February 2007 2479900 1300
March 2007 2485500 5600
April 2007 2487200 1700
May 2007 2490200 3000
June 2007 2495900 5700
July 2007 2498000 2100
August 2007 2501300 3300
September 2007 2504300 3000
October 2007 2500600 -3700
November 2007 2506800 6200
December 2007 2512600 5800
January 2008 2514100 1500
February 2008 2515700 1600
March 2008 2514600 -1100
April 2008 2518200 3600
May 2008 2521200 3000
June 2008 2525800 4600
July 2008 2526400 600
August 2008 2518800 -7600
September 2008 2519800 1000
October 2008 2513900 -5900
November 2008 2513500 -400
December 2008 2513200 -300
January 2009 2514600 1400
February 2009 2511600 -3000
March 2009 2506900 -4700
April 2009 2511900 5000
May 2009 2499400 -12500
June 2009 2492800 -6600
July 2009 2473300 -19500
August 2009 2457900 -15400
September 2009 2432500 -25400
October 2009 2453400 20900
November 2009 2448100 -5300
December 2009 2444400 -3700
January 2010 2446100 1700
February 2010 2439000 -7100
March 2010 2436400 -2600
April 2010 2474500 38100
May 2010 2513100 38600
June 2010 2479100 -34000
July 2010 2448300 -30800
August 2010 2426600 -21700
September 2010 2426900 300
October 2010 2432800 5900
November 2010 2430600 -2200
December 2010 2425200 -5400
January 2011 2427900 2700
February 2011 2423100 -4800
March 2011 2422200 -900
April 2011 2418400 -3800
May 2011 2413000 -5400
June 2011 2411200 -1800
July 2011 2398600 -12600
August 2011 2398500 -100
September 2011 2394700 -3800
October 2011 2392300 -2400
November 2011 2389700 -2600
December 2011 2388300 -1400
January 2012 2384500 -3800
February 2012 2383100 -1400
March 2012 2380600 -2500
April 2012 2376900 -3700
May 2012 2377300 400
June 2012 2379300 2000
July 2012 2379500 200
August 2012 2374800 -4700
September 2012 2371600 -3200
October 2012 2369100 -2500
November 2012 2367500 -1600
December 2012 2368400 900
January 2013 2362800 -5600
February 2013 2366300 3500
March 2013 2366400 100
April 2013 2365500 -900
May 2013 2369000 3500
June 2013 2370200 1200
July 2013 2369900 -300
August 2013 2386700 16800
September 2013 2383000 -3700
October 2013 2381200 -1800
November 2013 2383800 2600
December 2013 2383600 -200
January 2014 2389000 5400
February 2014 2392600 3600
March 2014 2395100 2500
April 2014 2405000 9900
May 2014 2408100 3100
June 2014 2410100 2000
July 2014 2414200 4100
August 2014 2420200 6000
September 2014 2425100 4900
October 2014 2427500 2400
November 2014 2433600 6100
December 2014 2435000 1400
January 2015 2438800 3800
February 2015 2444300 5500
March 2015 2443400 -900
April 2015 2450200 6800
May 2015 2450200 0
June 2015 2457400 7200
July 2015 2466100 8700
August 2015 2479100 13000
September 2015 2475300 -3800
October 2015 2478500 3200
November 2015 2480700 2200
December 2015 2483500 2800
January 2016 2486100 2600
February 2016 2492800 6700
March 2016 2500100 7300
April 2016 2504700 4600
May 2016 2510300 5600
June 2016 2508200 -2100
July 2016 2518800 10600
August 2016 2527900 9100
September 2016 2528400 500
October 2016 2532900 4500
November 2016 2537100 4200
December 2016 2540800 3700
January 2017 2543100 2300
February 2017 2546400 3300
March 2017 2548400 2000
April 2017 2548700 300
May 2017 2554500 5800
June 2017 2556900 2400
July 2017 2544000 -12900
August 2017 2543300 -700
September 2017 2559000 15700
October 2017 2564100 5100
November 2017 2567400 3300
December 2017 2572200 4800
January 2018 2574600 2400
February 2018 2578000 3400
March 2018 2579800 1800
April 2018 2583500 3700
May 2018 2582700 -800
June 2018 2589100 6400
July 2018 2560400 -28700
August 2018 2569300 8900
September 2018 2580100 10800
October 2018 2586600 6500
November 2018 2591800 5200
December 2018 2599300 7500
January 2019 2595200 -4100
February 2019 2599300 4100
March 2019 2602900 3600
April 2019 2603200 300
May 2019 2603400 200
June 2019 2600500 -2900
July 2019 2596600 -3900
August 2019 2591800 -4800
September 2019 2582500 -9300
October 2019 2593400 10900
November 2019 2598700 5300
December 2019 2597900 -800
January 2020 2622500 24600
February 2020 2621800 -700
March 2020 2619600 -2200
April 2020 2525800 -93800
May 2020 2433300 -92500
June 2020 2418900 -14400
July 2020 2441200 22300
August 2020 2485900 44700
September 2020 2466500 -19400
October 2020 2435200 -31300
November 2020 2424000 -11200
December 2020 2423800 -200
January 2021 2429800 6000
February 2021 2422700 -7100
March 2021 2424800 2100
April 2021 2439700 14900
May 2021 2449200 9500
June 2021 2457600 8400
July 2021 2491900 34300
August 2021 2507500 15600
September 2021 2504900 -2600
October 2021 2498100 -6800
November 2021 2501800 3700
December 2021 2506100 4300
January 2022 2510600 4500
February 2022 2510300 -300
March 2022 2518600 8300
April 2022 2521000 2400
May 2022 2526000 5000
June 2022 2530500 4500
July 2022 2537000 6500
August 2022 2540000 3000
September 2022 2533600 -6400
October 2022 2547000 13400
November 2022 2549600 2600
December 2022 2515200 -34400
January 2023 2560400 45200
February 2023 2562800 2400