Bakersfield, CA MSA 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 Bakersfield, CA MSA for was 268,762. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 9,325.

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 2015 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

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Bakersfield, CA MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Bakersfield, CA MSA Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Bakersfield, CA MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2015 244641
February 2015 244259 -382
March 2015 235026 -9233
April 2015 246012 10986
May 2015 254646 8634
June 2015 251764 -2882
July 2015 260562 8798
August 2015 265566 5004
September 2015 263498 -2068
October 2015 261013 -2485
November 2015 253594 -7419
December 2015 244871 -8723
January 2016 244502 -369
February 2016 242234 -2268
March 2016 232053 -10181
April 2016 248018 15965
May 2016 253636 5618
June 2016 254486 850
July 2016 259273 4787
August 2016 263605 4332
September 2016 262922 -683
October 2016 262884 -38
November 2016 254937 -7947
December 2016 245948 -8989
January 2017 238878 -7070
February 2017 238111 -767
March 2017 234731 -3380
April 2017 247346 12615
May 2017 256068 8722
June 2017 258854 2786
July 2017 258777 -77
August 2017 265467 6690
September 2017 265811 344
October 2017 265114 -697
November 2017 259188 -5926
December 2017 248181 -11007
January 2018 245853 -2328
February 2018 246480 627
March 2018 237046 -9434
April 2018 252585 15539
May 2018 261112 8527
June 2018 262526 1414
July 2018 266812 4286
August 2018 274481 7669
September 2018 272676 -1805
October 2018 273795 1119
November 2018 270955 -2840
December 2018 259838 -11117
January 2019 255969 -3869
February 2019 252757 -3212
March 2019 244527 -8230
April 2019 257819 13292
May 2019 264647 6828
June 2019 270932 6285
July 2019 265263 -5669
August 2019 282315 17052
September 2019 280061 -2254
October 2019 277916 -2145
November 2019 271361 -6555
December 2019 263083 -8278
January 2020 262369 -714
February 2020 256269 -6100
March 2020 246263 -10006
April 2020 214350 -31913
May 2020 239217 24867
June 2020 248690 9473
July 2020 247596 -1094
August 2020 258895 11299
September 2020 261703 2808
October 2020 268411 6708
November 2020 267694 -717
December 2020 255520 -12174
February 2021 246919 -8601
March 2021 246437 -482
April 2021 237670 -8767
May 2021 254582 16912
June 2021 262825 8243
July 2021 262778 -47
August 2021 270009 7231
September 2021 274077 4068
October 2021 273850 -227
November 2021 280320 6470
December 2021 278087 -2233
January 2022 268762 -9325