September 19, 2025
Beacon Employment Report | California
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
- Health Care led industry growth over the last year, with payrolls expanding by 152,700 or 5.3%. Other sectors posting strong gains over the last year were Government (32,300 or 1.2%), Education (6,700 or 1.6%), Leisure and Hospitality (4,900 or 0.2%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (3,900 or 0.5%), Other Services (1,400 or 0.2%), and Retail Trade (1,200 or 0.1%).
- Manufacturing led industry declines over the last year, with payrolls falling by 31,700, a -2.6% decrease. Other sectors with notable declines over the last year were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-29,500 or -2.1%), Administrative Support (22,600 or -2.1%), Construction (-16,900 or -1.9%), Information (-11,400 or -2.1%), Finance and Insurance (-9,400 or -1.9%), Wholesale Trade (-5,500 or -0.8%), Real Estate (-5,400 or -1.8%), and Management (-1,100 or -0.4%).
- On a monthly basis, growth was mixed at the industry level. Health Care led the gains in August, with payrolls expanding by 9,700, an increase of 0.3% 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, with payrolls in the sector up 22.5% since February 2020.
- Other sectors posting strong gains during the month were Leisure and Hospitality (9,300 or 0.5%), Information (1,200 or 0.2%), Other Services (900 or 0.2%), and Finance and Insurance (500 or 0.1%).
- Payrolls decreased a handful of sectors in August. Government had the largest declines, with payrolls falling by -7,600, a decrease of -0.3% on a month-over-month basis. Other sectors posting significant declines during the month were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-3,600 or -0.3%), Construction (-2,500 or -0.3%), Manufacturing (-1,400 or -0.1%), Administrative Support (-1,300 or -0.1%), and Retail Trade (-700).
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