The 30,000 job gain came as employers nationwide were adding 156,000 jobs in September. The U.S. unemployment rate rose one tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent in September.
The California unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in August and 6.0 percent in September, 2015. The unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,500 households in the state.
The addition of 30,000 jobs last month brought the number of nonfarm payroll jobs in the state to 16,549,600, according to a survey of businesses that is larger and less variable statistically than the household survey. Employers in the state added 379,800 jobs from September 2015 to September 2016, a 2.3 percent increase, according to the survey of 58,000 California businesses.
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA
The household survey shows 18,279,000 people were employed in California in September, up 109,000 from August, and up 444,000 from September 2015. The survey shows 1,070,000 people were unemployed in the state last month, up 9,000 from August, but down 65,000 from September 2015.
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DETAIL (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
Payroll employment (wage and salary jobs) in the nonfarm industries of California totaled 16,549,600 in September, a gain 30,000 from August. This followed a revised gain of 48,400 in August, down from a preliminary estimate of 63,100 jobs.
Month-over Job Gains
Seven sectors added jobs in September, led by leisure and hospitality with a gain of 13,600 (up 0.7 percent). Three other sectors added 5,000 or more jobs each. Government gained 7,200 jobs (up 0.3 percent), educational and health services added 6,200 (up 0.2 percent), and construction added 5,000 (up 0.7 percent). Other gains were 4,400 (up 0.9 percent) in information, 3,500 in professional and business services (up 0.1 percent), and 2,800 (up 0.5 percent) in other services.
Month-over Job losses
Four industry sectors lost jobs from August to September Manufacturing took the biggest loss: 8,000 jobs (down 0.6 percent), followed by trade, transportation and utilities with a decline of 3,200 (down 0.1 percent). Financial activities lost 1,200 jobs (down 0.1 percent), and mining and logging lost 300 in (down 1.2 percent).
Year-over gains
Nine sectors gained jobs from September 2015 to September 2016. Four added more than 50,000 each, led by professional and business services with a gain of 92,100 (up 3.7 percent). Educational and health services added 86,600 (up 3.5 percent), leisure and hospitality 66,300 (up 3.6 percent) and government 56,300 (up 2.3 percent). Other gains were 30,900 (up 4.2 percent) in construction, 40,800 (up 1.4 percent) in trade, transportation and utilities, 14,400 (up 2.9 percent) in information, 9,000 in financial activities (up 1.1 percent) and 4,400 (up 0.8 percent) in other services.
Year-over losses
Only two sectors lost jobs on a year-over basis: 17,500 in manufacturing (down 1.4 percent) and 3,500 (down 12.5 percent) in logging and mining, a sector that includes the oil industry.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
In related data, the EDD reported that 362,253 people were receiving regular Unemployment Insurance benefits during the September survey week. This compares with 352,085 in August and 343,419 in September of last year. At the same time, new claims for Unemployment Insurance were 38,277 compared with 39,095 in August and 40,821 in September of last year.
Source: EDD
