Monterey County Labor Market Snapshot
Monterey County Labor Market Snapshot April 2015 The unemployment rate in the Monterey County was 7.6 percent in April 2015, down from a revised 10.1 percent in March 2015, and below the year-ago estimate of 9.0 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 6.1 percent for California and 5.1 percent for the nation during the same period. Unadjusted Unemployment Rates Monterey County California United States April 2015 March 2015* February 2015* 7.6% 6.1% 5.1% 10.1% 6.5% 5.6% 11.5% 6.8% 5.8% (Source: EDD Monthly Press Release, May 22, 2015. * Includes revised % from State EDD.) Monthly Unemployment Rate Trends - April 2013 to April 2015 14.0% % of Unemployment 12.0% 10.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 7.4% 9.3% 7.6% 6.1% 7.5% 5.9% 5.1% Monterey California 2.0% US 0.0% April 2015 Unemployment Stats The number of unemployed is 16,900, down 4,400 from 21,300 in March 2015 and down 2,800 compared to April 2014. Eight cities throughout Monterey County had unemployment rates at or less than 8.0%; and four cities had unemployment rates between 10.6% – 15.5%. Sand City’s unemployment rate of 15.5% is the highest in the County, followed by King City at 15.2%, Greenfield at 11.5%, Soledad at 10.6% and Salinas at 8.0%. Of the unincorporated areas of the County, San Lucas’ unemployment rate is the highest at 24.2%, followed by Moss Landing at 22.5%, San Ardo at 18.9%, Pajaro at 18.7%, Boronda at 16.9% and Castroville at 12.7%. (Source: EDD Monthly Labor Force Data for Cities and Census Designated Places (CDP), May 22, 2015) Page 1 of 3 Your input and feedback are very valuable to us. If you have information on current events, suggestions on how we can improve this Monterey County Labor Market Snapshot information sheet, please send an email to BushML@co.monterey.ca.us or call (831) 796-6412. Top 20 Occupations with Highest # of Job Openings Advertised Online in Monterey County from April 1 to May 22, 2015 Registered Nurses 259 Physical Therapists 173 Retail Salespersons 120 Speech-Language Pathologists 95 Occupational Therapists 81 Customer Service Representatives 65 Managers, All Other 58 Nursing Assistants 52 Sales Managers 50 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 49 General and Operations Managers 47 Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 38 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 38 Physical Therapist Assistants 38 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 34 Cashiers 34 Executive Secretaries and Executive … 31 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational … 29 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material … 27 Teachers and Instructors, All Other 21 Visit www.onestopmonterey.org to register and apply for these job openings! (Job Source: Online advertised jobs data) Page 2 of 3 Your input and feedback are very valuable to us. If you have information on current events, suggestions on how we can improve this Monterey County Labor Market Snapshot information sheet, please send an email to BushML@co.monterey.ca.us or call (831) 796-6412. Top 20 Employers with the Highest # of Job Openings Advertised Online in Monterey County on May 22, 2015 Job Openings Rank Employers with Highest Number of Job Openings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 California State University Monterey Bay State of California Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System Pebble Beach Company Monterey Bay Aquarium Hewlett-Packard Company Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Mee Memorial Hospital McDonald's Corporation Safeway Inc. Monterey County, California Commune Hotels and Resorts, LLC. Northrop Grumman Corporation Salinas Union High School District Dole Food Company, Inc Soledad Unified School District Foothill Nursing Center RehabCare Group, Inc. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Target Corporation Visit www.onestopmonterey.org to register and apply for these job openings! (Job Source: Online advertised jobs data) 96 90 72 68 61 56 54 51 46 37 36 32 32 31 30 30 29 29 28 28 Occupations from Job Openings Advertised Online with the Highest Paying Mean (Annual) Wages in Monterey County on May 22, 2015 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean Annual Advertised Wage Occupation Healthcare Social Workers Registered Nurses Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Managers, All Other Accountants Teachers and Instructors, All Other Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks License Clerks Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $74,680 $71,911 $69,336 $61,683 $59,344 $58,656 $40,629 $37,014 $33,634 $31,089 | (Job Source: Online advertised jobs data) Page 3 of 3 Your input and feedback are very valuable to us. If you have information on current events, suggestions on how we can improve this Monterey County Labor Market Snapshot information sheet, please send an email to BushML@co.monterey.ca.us or call (831) 796-6412.
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