The latest employment data from the California Labor Market Information Division (LMID) shows that the region added 18,400 nonfarm jobs between October and November 2025, a 1.1% increase in employment. This growth rate is slightly less than the average November gain of 1.4% seen over the past four years. Over the month, ten sectors added jobs, four sectors lost jobs, and five sectors saw no change in job counts.

Figure 1 displays the sectors that gained and lost the most jobs from October to November 2025. Transportation and Warehousing (+10,200 jobs), Retail Trade (+5,700 jobs), and Government (+2,000 jobs) saw the largest gains in industries across the region in November 2025. Construction (-2,600 jobs), Manufacturing (-800 jobs), and Other Services (-300 jobs) experienced the largest job losses across all industries.