Los Angeles, California Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Los Angeles, California for all private business establishments was 3,891,343. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 6,159.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2010 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can see similar information for other California counties, and for California.

Los Angeles, California Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Los Angeles, California Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Los Angeles, California Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 3243194
February 2010 3252779 9585
March 2010 3267191 14412
April 2010 3274591 7400
May 2010 3282748 8157
June 2010 3292647 9899
July 2010 3288870 -3777
August 2010 3299073 10203
September 2010 3305818 6745
October 2010 3322284 16466
November 2010 3334733 12449
December 2010 3358487 23754
January 2011 3285209 -73278
February 2011 3304763 19554
March 2011 3314574 9811
April 2011 3326328 11754
May 2011 3334957 8629
June 2011 3335419 462
July 2011 3327755 -7664
August 2011 3338922 11167
September 2011 3351880 12958
October 2011 3368169 16289
November 2011 3387637 19468
December 2011 3404492 16855
January 2012 3355689 -48803
February 2012 3380798 25109
March 2012 3399332 18534
April 2012 3416276 16944
May 2012 3430621 14345
June 2012 3442975 12354
July 2012 3437198 -5777
August 2012 3452361 15163
September 2012 3457387 5026
October 2012 3494240 36853
November 2012 3528161 33921
December 2012 3548549 20388
January 2013 3464419 -84130
February 2013 3485412 20993
March 2013 3500012 14600
April 2013 3512226 12214
May 2013 3523248 11022
June 2013 3532845 9597
July 2013 3548106 15261
August 2013 3564685 16579
September 2013 3572288 7603
October 2013 3594180 21892
November 2013 3630316 36136
December 2013 3641197 10881
January 2014 3560810 -80387
February 2014 3574687 13877
March 2014 3585084 10397
April 2014 3598146 13062
May 2014 3610224 12078
June 2014 3614329 4105
July 2014 3608365 -5964
August 2014 3636120 27755
September 2014 3639589 3469
October 2014 3660172 20583
November 2014 3686043 25871
December 2014 3699212 13169
January 2015 3604154 -95058
February 2015 3632506 28352
March 2015 3644311 11805
April 2015 3658222 13911
May 2015 3668862 10640
June 2015 3678366 9504
July 2015 3697453 19087
August 2015 3708559 11106
September 2015 3713818 5259
October 2015 3759884 46066
November 2015 3780594 20710
December 2015 3790341 9747
January 2016 3718990 -71351
February 2016 3747184 28194
March 2016 3740046 -7138
April 2016 3780489 40443
May 2016 3786548 6059
June 2016 3770311 -16237
July 2016 3779332 9021
August 2016 3791074 11742
September 2016 3792535 1461
October 2016 3808881 16346
November 2016 3832091 23210
December 2016 3839082 6991
January 2017 3728125 -110957
February 2017 3776258 48133
March 2017 3761265 -14993
April 2017 3779962 18697
May 2017 3809282 29320
June 2017 3799858 -9424
July 2017 3821686 21828
August 2017 3836422 14736
September 2017 3826558 -9864
October 2017 3855563 29005
November 2017 3879459 23896
December 2017 3888555 9096
January 2018 3811411 -77144
February 2018 3862829 51418
March 2018 3844570 -18259
April 2018 3839457 -5113
May 2018 3850378 10921
June 2018 3857317 6939
July 2018 3849667 -7650
August 2018 3896049 46382
September 2018 3872837 -23212
October 2018 3907769 34932
November 2018 3946032 38263
December 2018 3941801 -4231
January 2019 3863801 -78000
February 2019 3923395 59594
March 2019 3903664 -19731
April 2019 3891194 -12470
May 2019 3915746 24552
June 2019 3912840 -2906
July 2019 3909735 -3105
August 2019 3951451 41716
September 2019 3939974 -11477
October 2019 3966987 27013
November 2019 4023123 56136
December 2019 4008972 -14151
January 2020 3928033 -80939
February 2020 3992939 64906
March 2020 3895415 -97524
April 2020 3195735 -699680
May 2020 3272199 76464
June 2020 3379309 107110
July 2020 3392342 13033
August 2020 3419714 27372
September 2020 3438932 19218
October 2020 3546790 107858
November 2020 3603602 56812
December 2020 3564952 -38650
February 2021 3447613 -117339
March 2021 3569255 121642
April 2021 3588020 18765
May 2021 3624911 36891
June 2021 3679031 54120
July 2021 3662069 -16962
August 2021 3730677 68608
September 2021 3765227 34550
October 2021 3741134 -24093
November 2021 3845064 103930
December 2021 3885184 40120
January 2022 3891343 6159