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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in California

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 36 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · California United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 68.3% −0.1 pp since 2023
Regions of United States · 2024 36 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +3.0 pp
vs United States −2.0 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · California · United States
+3.0 pp since 2014
California United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
California
68.3%
United States
70.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance California · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 68.3% · 2024
First value 71.8% · 2000
Highest 71.8% · 2000
Lowest 63.2% · 2011
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearCaliforniaChange United States
2024 68.3% −0.1 pp 70.3%
2023 68.4% +0.2 pp 70.9%
2022 68.2% +3.6 pp 70.0%
2021 64.6% +1.3 pp 67.7%
2020 63.3% −4.4 pp 67.1%
2019 67.7% +0.2 pp 70.1%
2018 67.5% +0.9 pp 69.4%
2017 66.6% +0.5 pp 68.8%
2016 66.1% +1.0 pp 68.1%
2015 65.1% −0.2 pp 67.4%
2014 65.3% +1.8 pp 68.1%
2013 63.5% ±0.0 pp 67.4%
2012 63.5% +0.3 pp 67.1%
2011 63.2% −0.3 pp 66.6%
2010 63.5% −1.2 pp 66.7%
2009 64.7% −3.9 pp 67.6%
2008 68.6% −1.5 pp 70.9%
2007 70.1% +0.1 pp 71.8%
2006 70.0% +0.2 pp 72.0%
2005 69.8% +0.8 pp 71.5%
2004 69.0% +0.4 pp 71.2%
2003 68.6% −0.9 pp 71.2%
2002 69.5% −1.6 pp 71.9%
2001 71.1% −0.7 pp 73.1%
2000 71.8% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Nebraska 77.9%
2 South Dakota 77.6%
3 Iowa 77.5%
4 North Dakota 77.3%
5 Minnesota 76.5%
6 New Hampshire 76.1%
7 Vermont 75.9%
8 Maine 73.9%
9 Wisconsin 73.9%
10 Kansas 73.5%
11 Wyoming 72.7%
12 Virginia 70.8%
13 Utah 70.8%
14 Missouri 70.3%
15 Maryland 70.1%
16 Colorado 70.0%
17 Pennsylvania 69.7%
18 Alaska 69.0%
19 Illinois 68.5%
20 Montana 68.4%
21 Connecticut 68.4%
22 Ohio 68.3%
23 Massachusetts 68.3%
24 District of Columbia 68.1%
25 Rhode Island 67.8%
26 New Jersey 67.8%
27 Idaho 67.2%
28 Washington 66.8%
29 Indiana 66.8%
30 Oklahoma 66.5%
31 Hawaii 66.4%
32 Texas 65.9%
33 Oregon 65.7%
34 New York 65.6%
35 Delaware 65.5%
36 Florida 65.2%
37 Kentucky 65.1%
38 Michigan 64.9%
39 North Carolina 64.7%
40 Nevada 64.6%
41 Tennessee 64.1%
42 Georgia 64.1%
43 California 63.5%
44 Alabama 62.8%
45 South Carolina 62.4%
46 Louisiana 61.9%
47 New Mexico 61.9%
48 Arkansas 61.6%
49 Arizona 61.5%
50 West Virginia 61.4%
51 Mississippi 58.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2013

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.