December 12, 2025
Beacon Employment Report | California
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
- Health Care led growth over the last year, with payrolls expanding by 153,500 or 5.3%. Other sectors posting strong gains over the last year were Government (41,600 or 1.6%), Leisure and Hospitality (12,800 or 0.6%), Education (3,200 or 0.8%), and Other Services (3,000 or 0.5%).
- Manufacturing led declines over the last year, with payrolls falling by 36,400, a -2.9% decrease. Other sectors with notable declines include Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-32,100 or -2.3%), Administrative Support (28,800 or -2.6%), Construction (-14,600 or -1.6%), Information (-8,100 or -1.5%), Wholesale Trade (-8,100 or -1.2%), Real Estate(-7,700 or -2.5%), Finance and Insurance (-7,400 or -1.5%), and Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (-5,300 or -0.6%).
- At the industry level, growth was concentrated in just a handful of sectors. Health Care led the gains in September, with payrolls expanding by 12,600, an increase of 0.4% on a month-over-month basis. Health Care has been one of the primary sources of new jobs in the state since the start of the pandemic; payrolls in the sector are up 22.8% since February 2020.
- Other sectors posting strong gains during the month were Leisure and Hospitality (5,600 or 0.3%), Government (1,800 or 0.1%), Finance and Insurance (1,600 or 0.3%), and Education (500 or 0.1%).
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services saw the largest payroll declines in September, with payrolls falling by -6,700, a -0.5% contraction on a month-over-month basis. Other sectors posting significant declines during the month were Manufacturing (-4,500 or -0.4%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (-4,100 or -0.5%), Administrative Support (-3,300 or -0.3%), Retail Trade (-2,500 or -0.2%), Wholesale Trade (-2,100 or -0.3%), Other Services (-1,500 or -0.3%), and Real Estate (-1,300 or -0.4%).
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