Bakersfield City, CA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 84,617 | - | 7.8 | - |
| 1991 | 85,679 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| 1992 | 84,601 | -1.3 | 11.6 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 82,239 | -2.8 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | 84,209 | 2.4 | 10.9 | -0.9 |
| 1995 | 84,494 | 0.3 | 10.2 | -0.7 |
| 1996 | 87,382 | 3.4 | 9.6 | -0.6 |
| 1997 | 88,041 | 0.8 | 9.2 | -0.4 |
| 1998 | 88,538 | 0.6 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| 1999 | 89,270 | 0.8 | 8.4 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 118,160 | 32.4 | 5.7 | -2.8 |
| 2001 | 119,498 | 1.1 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 121,468 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| 2003 | 123,375 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 125,277 | 1.5 | 6.9 | -0.3 |
| 2005 | 132,676 | 5.9 | 5.8 | -1.1 |
| 2006 | 138,475 | 4.4 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| 2007 | 141,589 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 81,881 | - | 7.9 | - |
| Feb | 81,433 | - | 8.6 | - |
| Mar | 81,240 | - | 9.0 | - |
| Apr | 84,204 | - | 7.7 | - |
| May | 86,024 | - | 7.1 | - |
| Jun | 87,039 | - | 7.4 | - |
| Jul | 90,867 | - | 7.0 | - |
| Aug | 87,844 | - | 6.7 | - |
| Sep | 84,781 | - | 7.1 | - |
| Oct | 83,855 | - | 8.4 | - |
| Nov | 83,073 | - | 8.9 | - |
| Dec | 83,166 | - | 8.5 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 83,718 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 83,093 | 2.0 | 9.6 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 82,819 | 1.9 | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 84,416 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 1.7 |
| May | 85,814 | -0.2 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 87,264 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87,032 | -4.2 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
| Aug | 89,008 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 88,338 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 85,561 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 85,587 | 3.0 | 9.5 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 85,495 | 2.8 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| 1992-Jan | 83,292 | -0.5 | 10.9 | 1.6 |
| Feb | 82,304 | -0.9 | 11.9 | 2.3 |
| Mar | 82,574 | -0.3 | 12.1 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 84,445 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 1.3 |
| May | 86,037 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 1.9 |
| Jun | 85,441 | -2.1 | 11.7 | 4.4 |
| Jul | 87,730 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 2.4 |
| Aug | 87,595 | -1.6 | 10.7 | 3.3 |
| Sep | 86,763 | -1.8 | 11.4 | 3.9 |
| Oct | 83,605 | -2.3 | 13.3 | 4.3 |
| Nov | 82,967 | -3.1 | 13.0 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 82,459 | -3.6 | 12.4 | 3.1 |
| 1993-Jan | 79,785 | -4.2 | 13.3 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 79,638 | -3.2 | 13.3 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 79,386 | -3.9 | 13.5 | 1.3 |
| Apr | 81,101 | -4.0 | 11.8 | 1.2 |
| May | 83,214 | -3.3 | 11.1 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 84,213 | -1.4 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 85,740 | -2.3 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 85,060 | -2.9 | 10.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 84,613 | -2.5 | 10.5 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 81,813 | -2.1 | 11.9 | -1.4 |
| Nov | 80,877 | -2.5 | 12.0 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 81,427 | -1.3 | 11.3 | -1.0 |
| 1994-Jan | 81,038 | 1.6 | 12.4 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 80,765 | 1.4 | 12.8 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 80,298 | 1.1 | 12.7 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 82,818 | 2.1 | 11.1 | -0.8 |
| May | 85,112 | 2.3 | 10.1 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 86,638 | 2.9 | 10.9 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 88,266 | 2.9 | 10.2 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 87,964 | 3.4 | 9.7 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 87,255 | 3.1 | 9.7 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 84,376 | 3.1 | 10.8 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 83,162 | 2.8 | 10.9 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 82,813 | 1.7 | 10.3 | -1.0 |
| 1995-Jan | 82,259 | 1.5 | 11.1 | -1.3 |
| Feb | 81,435 | 0.8 | 11.3 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 80,631 | 0.4 | 11.8 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 84,038 | 1.5 | 10.3 | -0.8 |
| May | 83,859 | -1.5 | 9.9 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 86,384 | -0.3 | 9.5 | -1.4 |
| Jul | 89,223 | 1.1 | 9.8 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 89,114 | 1.3 | 8.5 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 88,104 | 1.0 | 8.8 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 83,696 | -0.8 | 10.3 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 82,574 | -0.7 | 11.1 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 82,613 | -0.2 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 81,995 | -0.3 | 11.4 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 82,409 | 1.2 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 82,131 | 1.9 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 85,813 | 2.1 | 9.8 | -0.5 |
| May | 88,175 | 5.1 | 8.3 | -1.6 |
| Jun | 88,959 | 3.0 | 9.0 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 92,771 | 4.0 | 8.6 | -1.2 |
| Aug | 91,957 | 3.2 | 7.8 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 91,182 | 3.5 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 87,598 | 4.7 | 9.6 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 87,428 | 5.9 | 10.2 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 88,167 | 6.7 | 9.6 | -1.1 |
| 1997-Jan | 84,660 | 3.3 | 10.9 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 84,910 | 3.0 | 10.6 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 84,651 | 3.1 | 11.4 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 87,258 | 1.7 | 9.0 | -0.8 |
| May | 90,004 | 2.1 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 89,669 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91,145 | -1.8 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 90,209 | -1.9 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 90,726 | -0.5 | 7.9 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 88,286 | 0.8 | 9.2 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 87,682 | 0.3 | 9.4 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 87,291 | -1.0 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 86,267 | 1.9 | 10.2 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 85,649 | 0.9 | 10.1 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 84,521 | -0.2 | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 86,915 | -0.4 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 88,190 | -2.0 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 90,311 | 0.7 | 8.4 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 90,639 | -0.6 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 92,090 | 2.1 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 91,568 | 0.9 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 89,898 | 1.8 | 8.0 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 87,601 | -0.1 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 88,808 | 1.7 | 9.0 | -0.7 |
| 1999-Jan | 86,245 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 85,839 | 0.2 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 85,042 | 0.6 | 10.8 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 86,817 | -0.1 | 9.5 | 0.6 |
| May | 89,036 | 1.0 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 91,406 | 1.2 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 90,653 | 0.0 | 8.6 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 92,986 | 1.0 | 6.7 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 92,493 | 1.0 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 91,201 | 1.4 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 89,571 | 2.2 | 8.1 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 89,945 | 1.3 | 8.2 | -0.8 |
| 2000-Jan | 114,888 | 33.2 | 6.2 | -4.0 |
| Feb | 114,782 | 33.7 | 6.4 | -3.9 |
| Mar | 112,973 | 32.8 | 7.1 | -3.7 |
| Apr | 117,382 | 35.2 | 5.7 | -3.9 |
| May | 117,642 | 32.1 | 5.5 | -2.2 |
| Jun | 118,297 | 29.4 | 5.8 | -2.2 |
| Jul | 122,034 | 34.6 | 5.3 | -3.3 |
| Aug | 121,985 | 31.2 | 4.9 | -1.8 |
| Sep | 121,901 | 31.8 | 4.5 | -2.1 |
| Oct | 120,638 | 32.3 | 4.9 | -2.1 |
| Nov | 117,225 | 30.9 | 5.9 | -2.1 |
| Dec | 118,175 | 31.4 | 5.9 | -2.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 116,057 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 114,715 | -0.1 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 113,601 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 117,198 | -0.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| May | 118,994 | 1.1 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 121,328 | 2.6 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 123,278 | 1.0 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 124,484 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 125,605 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 121,434 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 118,898 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 118,385 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 117,603 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 116,705 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 115,792 | 1.9 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 119,639 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| May | 122,473 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 124,181 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 124,305 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 125,763 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| Sep | 125,672 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 123,267 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 121,337 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 120,874 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| 2003-Jan | 119,839 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 118,836 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 118,159 | 2.0 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 121,631 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| May | 123,807 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 126,419 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 126,839 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 127,890 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 126,227 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 125,120 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 123,725 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 122,009 | 0.9 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| 2004-Jan | 121,655 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 121,225 | 2.0 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 119,478 | 1.1 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 123,942 | 1.9 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| May | 127,086 | 2.6 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 125,741 | -0.5 | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 129,106 | 1.8 | 6.4 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 128,716 | 0.6 | 5.9 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 127,924 | 1.3 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 127,663 | 2.0 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 125,353 | 1.3 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 125,440 | 2.8 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| 2005-Jan | 125,388 | 3.1 | 7.2 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 125,453 | 3.5 | 7.2 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 124,211 | 4.0 | 7.1 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 128,784 | 3.9 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
| May | 132,055 | 3.9 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 133,901 | 6.5 | 5.6 | -1.5 |
| Jul | 136,833 | 6.0 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 138,293 | 7.4 | 5.0 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 138,124 | 8.0 | 4.9 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 137,545 | 7.7 | 4.8 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 135,669 | 8.2 | 5.3 | -1.3 |
| Dec | 135,858 | 8.3 | 5.5 | -1.3 |
| 2006-Jan | 132,995 | 6.1 | 6.0 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 133,335 | 6.3 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 131,807 | 6.1 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 132,868 | 3.2 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| May | 137,632 | 4.2 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 139,107 | 3.9 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 140,142 | 2.4 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 143,271 | 3.6 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 143,192 | 3.7 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 143,551 | 4.4 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 141,217 | 4.1 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 142,578 | 4.9 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| 2007-Jan | 138,259 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 136,911 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 135,765 | 3.0 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 139,170 | 4.7 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| May | 142,316 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 142,082 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 143,325 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 144,052 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 145,327 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 144,592 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 143,762 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 143,501 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 1.3 |
| 2008-Jan | 141,151 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
| Feb | 139,207 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| Mar | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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