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Employment rate in California

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 21, 2026
economy · California United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 68.3% −0.1 pp section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2024 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +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 section.change_since
California United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

section.compare Employment rate · percent
California
68.3%
United States
70.3%

section.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

section.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%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2021 · 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
51 Mississippi 60.2%
50 New Mexico 62.1%
49 Louisiana 62.4%
48 West Virginia 63.3%
47 Nevada 63.6%
46 Arkansas 63.7%
45 Kentucky 63.7%
44 Hawaii 63.9%
43 New York 64.2%
42 Alabama 64.3%
41 Alaska 64.6%
40 California 64.6%
39 North Carolina 64.9%
38 South Carolina 65.4%
37 Michigan 65.8%
36 Texas 66.1%
35 Oklahoma 66.6%
34 Georgia 67.4%
33 Tennessee 67.8%
32 Pennsylvania 68.0%
31 New Jersey 68.1%
30 Florida 68.1%
29 Connecticut 68.6%
28 Ohio 68.8%
27 Rhode Island 69.4%
26 Maine 69.4%
25 Indiana 69.5%
24 Virginia 69.6%
23 Illinois 69.6%
22 Delaware 69.7%
21 Washington 69.7%
20 Oregon 70.2%
19 Arizona 70.2%
18 Vermont 70.3%
17 Missouri 70.5%
16 Maryland 70.5%
15 Idaho 71.2%
14 Massachusetts 71.3%
13 Wyoming 71.3%
12 District of Columbia 71.8%
11 Montana 72.2%
10 New Hampshire 72.7%
9 Colorado 72.8%
8 Kansas 73.0%
7 Utah 73.6%
6 North Dakota 74.8%
5 Iowa 75.5%
4 Minnesota 75.5%
3 Wisconsin 75.7%
2 South Dakota 77.5%
1 Nebraska 78.2%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

section.what

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

section.how

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