Los Angeles, California Payroll Employment for All 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 business establishments was 4,454,365. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 5,570.

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 Business Establishments
Los Angeles, California Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
Los Angeles, California Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 3819446
February 2010 3828809 9363
March 2010 3846887 18078
April 2010 3856639 9752
May 2010 3874417 17778
June 2010 3876586 2169
July 2010 3838529 -38057
August 2010 3791764 -46765
September 2010 3839145 47381
October 2010 3884250 45105
November 2010 3900311 16061
December 2010 3924685 24374
January 2011 3839501 -85184
February 2011 3860934 21433
March 2011 3876672 15738
April 2011 3886267 9595
May 2011 3894944 8677
June 2011 3895057 113
July 2011 3852973 -42084
August 2011 3812302 -40671
September 2011 3873038 60736
October 2011 3913015 39977
November 2011 3936533 23518
December 2011 3955519 18986
January 2012 3897675 -57844
February 2012 3924614 26939
March 2012 3948311 23697
April 2012 3963929 15618
May 2012 3976865 12936
June 2012 3989889 13024
July 2012 3946229 -43660
August 2012 3925441 -20788
September 2012 3978728 53287
October 2012 4026545 47817
November 2012 4063815 37270
December 2012 4085523 21708
January 2013 3992994 -92529
February 2013 4017761 24767
March 2013 4037176 19415
April 2013 4047831 10655
May 2013 4057957 10126
June 2013 4068796 10839
July 2013 4046443 -22353
August 2013 4044493 -1950
September 2013 4098603 54110
October 2013 4125818 27215
November 2013 4165043 39225
December 2013 4177944 12901
January 2014 4091547 -86397
February 2014 4108868 17321
March 2014 4123471 14603
April 2014 4138417 14946
May 2014 4150181 11764
June 2014 4157147 6966
July 2014 4113234 -43913
August 2014 4122822 9588
September 2014 4176444 53622
October 2014 4200385 23941
November 2014 4228954 28569
December 2014 4244204 15250
January 2015 4153148 -91056
February 2015 4184813 31665
March 2015 4201535 16722
April 2015 4214460 12925
May 2015 4225791 11331
June 2015 4240495 14704
July 2015 4221534 -18961
August 2015 4210221 -11313
September 2015 4267917 57696
October 2015 4318536 50619
November 2015 4341915 23379
December 2015 4355391 13476
January 2016 4279199 -76192
February 2016 4310672 31473
March 2016 4308390 -2282
April 2016 4348664 40274
May 2016 4355394 6730
June 2016 4344391 -11003
July 2016 4317020 -27371
August 2016 4308127 -8893
September 2016 4356777 48650
October 2016 4378570 21793
November 2016 4406325 27755
December 2016 4416052 9727
January 2017 4297021 -119031
February 2017 4348856 51835
March 2017 4338301 -10555
April 2017 4355854 17553
May 2017 4385400 29546
June 2017 4381413 -3987
July 2017 4361413 -20000
August 2017 4363035 1622
September 2017 4395095 32060
October 2017 4429315 34220
November 2017 4457618 28303
December 2017 4468712 11094
January 2018 4383555 -85157
February 2018 4437480 53925
March 2018 4421783 -15697
April 2018 4419929 -1854
May 2018 4431580 11651
June 2018 4441467 9887
July 2018 4394308 -47159
August 2018 4429226 34918
September 2018 4450433 21207
October 2018 4484785 34352
November 2018 4528403 43618
December 2018 4526194 -2209
January 2019 4441945 -84249
February 2019 4503959 62014
March 2019 4488329 -15630
April 2019 4476946 -11383
May 2019 4504394 27448
June 2019 4501170 -3224
July 2019 4453145 -48025
August 2019 4485820 32675
September 2019 4512698 26878
October 2019 4547597 34899
November 2019 4608275 60678
December 2019 4594584 -13691
January 2020 4509613 -84971
February 2020 4577042 67429
March 2020 4483235 -93807
April 2020 3768970 -714265
May 2020 3833794 64824
June 2020 3935879 102085
July 2020 3911445 -24434
August 2020 3930529 19084
September 2020 3991837 61308
October 2020 4098577 106740
November 2020 4155559 56982
December 2020 4115123 -40436
February 2021 3992959 -122164
March 2021 4114438 121479
April 2021 4135044 20606
May 2021 4175625 40581
June 2021 4233504 57879
July 2021 4218432 -15072
August 2021 4262142 43710
September 2021 4291566 29424
October 2021 4304119 12553
November 2021 4403298 99179
December 2021 4448795 45497
January 2022 4454365 5570