Civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA

Civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA was 79,182 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 36th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons79,182
Change on 2024+0.1%
Series high79,2252019
Series low66,0971995

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Civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA, 1990 to 2025

65K70K75K80K19901996200220082014202020251990: 70,068 persons1991: 68,773 persons1992: 68,503 persons1993: 66,885 persons1994: 66,201 persons1995: 66,097 persons1996: 66,762 persons1997: 68,491 persons1998: 70,315 persons1999: 70,950 persons2000: 73,672 persons2001: 74,601 persons2002: 74,653 persons2003: 74,488 persons2004: 74,909 persons2005: 75,735 persons2006: 76,278 persons2007: 77,379 persons2008: 77,997 persons2009: 76,849 persons2010: 75,569 persons2011: 75,409 persons2012: 75,104 persons2013: 76,257 persons2014: 76,666 persons2015: 77,182 persons2016: 76,592 persons2017: 78,124 persons2018: 78,538 persons2019: 79,225 persons2020: 74,935 persons2021: 76,471 persons2022: 77,151 persons2023: 77,971 persons2024: 79,133 persons2025: 79,182 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202579,182
202479,133
202377,971
202277,151
202176,471
202074,935
201979,225
201878,538
201778,124
201676,592
201577,182
201476,666
201376,257
201275,104
201175,409
201075,569
200976,849
200877,997
200777,379
200676,278
200575,735
200474,909
200374,488
200274,653
200174,601
200073,672
199970,950
199870,315
199768,491
199666,762
199566,097
199466,201
199366,885
199268,503
199168,773
199070,068

Rankings

Definition

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Civilian labor force, Pasadena, CA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Pasadena, CA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/pasadena-ca. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Civilian labor force, Pasadena, CA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/pasadena-ca.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Pasadena, CA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/pasadena-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA?

Civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA was 79,182 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 36th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest civilian labor force in Pasadena, CA?

79,225 in 2019, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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