California Payrolls for the Total Private 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 total private payroll employment was 15,406,800; this means that California added 29,900 jobs to the total private 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 total private 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 Total Private Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Number of Jobs Added to the Total Private Industry (Seas Adj.)
California Payrolls for the Total Private Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 12933800
February 2007 12954200 20400
March 2007 12979700 25500
April 2007 12937500 -42200
May 2007 12955100 17600
June 2007 12970900 15800
July 2007 13004800 33900
August 2007 12984400 -20400
September 2007 12979400 -5000
October 2007 12966100 -13300
November 2007 12966700 600
December 2007 12970300 3600
January 2008 12923400 -46900
February 2008 12926400 3000
March 2008 12907000 -19400
April 2008 12913100 6100
May 2008 12876300 -36800
June 2008 12848600 -27700
July 2008 12819200 -29400
August 2008 12773100 -46100
September 2008 12743700 -29400
October 2008 12644000 -99700
November 2008 12546900 -97100
December 2008 12465900 -81000
January 2009 12345800 -120100
February 2009 12217400 -128400
March 2009 12128400 -89000
April 2009 12030600 -97800
May 2009 11994000 -36600
June 2009 11934500 -59500
July 2009 11844700 -89800
August 2009 11818900 -25800
September 2009 11796500 -22400
October 2009 11808500 12000
November 2009 11799100 -9400
December 2009 11780400 -18700
January 2010 11766100 -14300
February 2010 11752900 -13200
March 2010 11759600 6700
April 2010 11813700 54100
May 2010 11816000 2300
June 2010 11832200 16200
July 2010 11837500 5300
August 2010 11855700 18200
September 2010 11849300 -6400
October 2010 11898500 49200
November 2010 11899500 1000
December 2010 11916900 17400
January 2011 11942500 25600
February 2011 11951200 8700
March 2011 11952800 1600
April 2011 11982200 29400
May 2011 11989200 7000
June 2011 11985900 -3300
July 2011 12041500 55600
August 2011 12054900 13400
September 2011 12089400 34500
October 2011 12100700 11300
November 2011 12124500 23800
December 2011 12145700 21200
January 2012 12218800 73100
February 2012 12236500 17700
March 2012 12278500 42000
April 2012 12298100 19600
May 2012 12338200 40100
June 2012 12385700 47500
July 2012 12402200 16500
August 2012 12429600 27400
September 2012 12457800 28200
October 2012 12493600 35800
November 2012 12530000 36400
December 2012 12561600 31600
January 2013 12598900 37300
February 2013 12639600 40700
March 2013 12668800 29200
April 2013 12711400 42600
May 2013 12737800 26400
June 2013 12759500 21700
July 2013 12787900 28400
August 2013 12820600 32700
September 2013 12841100 20500
October 2013 12877100 36000
November 2013 12924200 47100
December 2013 12960600 36400
January 2014 12991000 30400
February 2014 13018400 27400
March 2014 13055100 36700
April 2014 13084100 29000
May 2014 13116600 32500
June 2014 13146600 30000
July 2014 13147800 1200
August 2014 13206200 58400
September 2014 13243700 37500
October 2014 13271200 27500
November 2014 13310100 38900
December 2014 13347200 37100
January 2015 13374300 27100
February 2015 13399300 25000
March 2015 13446800 47500
April 2015 13464700 17900
May 2015 13515000 50300
June 2015 13549600 34600
July 2015 13623300 73700
August 2015 13662100 38800
September 2015 13688200 26100
October 2015 13745000 56800
November 2015 13769400 24400
December 2015 13803800 34400
January 2016 13821700 17900
February 2016 13857000 35300
March 2016 13829200 -27800
April 2016 13924300 95100
May 2016 13942500 18200
June 2016 13928800 -13700
July 2016 14000100 71300
August 2016 14003100 3000
September 2016 14035800 32700
October 2016 14055400 19600
November 2016 14073700 18300
December 2016 14089600 15900
January 2017 14096700 7100
February 2017 14124800 28100
March 2017 14168800 44000
April 2017 14196000 27200
May 2017 14244800 48800
June 2017 14284100 39300
July 2017 14298600 14500
August 2017 14318900 20300
September 2017 14350700 31800
October 2017 14369500 18800
November 2017 14391100 21600
December 2017 14438400 47300
January 2018 14471000 32600
February 2018 14501700 30700
March 2018 14512000 10300
April 2018 14521200 9200
May 2018 14543900 22700
June 2018 14580800 36900
July 2018 14603600 22800
August 2018 14632400 28800
September 2018 14656600 24200
October 2018 14675000 18400
November 2018 14683300 8300
December 2018 14723400 40100
January 2019 14727000 3600
February 2019 14727900 900
March 2019 14748300 20400
April 2019 14756300 8000
May 2019 14783100 26800
June 2019 14823100 40000
July 2019 14845600 22500
August 2019 14877800 32200
September 2019 14901900 24100
October 2019 14905100 3200
November 2019 14955500 50400
December 2019 14971200 15700
January 2020 15027500 56300
February 2020 15050800 23300
March 2020 14860400 -190400
April 2020 12392200 -2468200
May 2020 12672700 280500
June 2020 13193900 521200
July 2020 13239800 45900
August 2020 13287600 47800
September 2020 13458100 170500
October 2020 13683800 225700
November 2020 13767700 83900
December 2020 13673300 -94400
January 2021 13577600 -95700
February 2021 13791100 213500
March 2021 13906400 115300
April 2021 14048700 142300
May 2021 14166300 117600
June 2021 14221700 55400
July 2021 14388500 166800
August 2021 14472700 84200
September 2021 14474200 1500
October 2021 14702600 228400
November 2021 14766900 64300
December 2021 14825000 58100
January 2022 14856300 31300
February 2022 14972800 116500
March 2022 15017100 44300
April 2022 15091000 73900
May 2022 15134700 43700
June 2022 15162000 27300
July 2022 15215500 53500
August 2022 15245000 29500
September 2022 15272600 27600
October 2022 15322700 50100
November 2022 15340300 17600
December 2022 15354500 14200
January 2023 15376900 22400
February 2023 15406800 29900