# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in California

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in California was 25,407,891 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.
- Note: Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-06

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 25,407,891 |
| 2024 | 25,284,107 |
| 2023 | 24,986,632 |
| 2022 | 24,950,911 |
| 2021 | 23,939,481 |
| 2020 | 23,163,053 |
| 2019 | 24,229,239 |
| 2018 | 24,081,285 |
| 2017 | 23,552,144 |
| 2016 | 23,180,432 |
| 2015 | 22,688,978 |
| 2014 | 21,999,137 |
| 2013 | 21,319,238 |
| 2012 | 20,666,919 |
| 2011 | 19,986,185 |
| 2010 | 19,642,544 |
| 2009 | 19,837,727 |
| 2008 | 20,654,365 |
| 2007 | 20,888,508 |
| 2006 | 20,505,244 |
| 2005 | 20,126,936 |
| 2004 | 19,784,214 |
| 2003 | 19,478,732 |
| 2002 | 19,358,251 |
| 2001 | 19,341,458 |
| 2000 | 19,228,895 |
| 1999 | 18,852,334 |
| 1998 | 18,432,865 |
| 1997 | 17,667,115 |
| 1996 | 17,341,994 |
| 1995 | 16,939,791 |
| 1994 | 16,540,724 |
| 1993 | 16,367,123 |
| 1992 | 16,390,983 |
| 1991 | 16,750,052 |
| 1990 | 16,834,515 |
| 1989 | 16,425,901 |
| 1988 | 16,021,802 |
| 1987 | 15,300,046 |
| 1986 | 14,709,923 |
| 1985 | 14,284,986 |
| 1984 | 13,796,978 |
| 1983 | 13,182,023 |
| 1982 | 12,862,878 |
| 1981 | 12,934,962 |
| 1980 | 12,761,955 |
| 1979 | 12,460,727 |
| 1978 | 11,815,943 |
| 1977 | 11,119,255 |
| 1976 | 10,632,968 |
| 1975 | 10,286,346 |
| 1974 | 10,163,089 |
| 1973 | 9,843,939 |
| 1972 | 9,368,468 |
| 1971 | 9,036,074 |
| 1970 | 9,056,897 |
| 1969 | 9,032,738 |