Business Climate and Workforce
Total employment has also had significant increases—total non-farm employment in the Sacramento Region has increased around 32 percent since 1996 to over 940,000 jobs and is projected to reach nearly 1.2 million jobs over the next 10 years. With an approximate 37 percent increase from 1996 to 2006, the Region’s private sector has grown significantly more than the public sector
(20 percent ten-year growth) and accounts for 74 percent of non-farm employment. At just below 5 percent, the Sacramento Region’s 2006 unemployment rate is on par with California.
The Government sector is the largest industry sector in the Sacramento Region in terms of employment (over 240,000 employees in 2006 or 25 percent of the total industry employment). The second and third largest sectors are Trade, Transportation, & Utilities and Professional & Business Services, respectively comprising around 17 and 12 percent of employment. Over the past 10 years, the Construction and Financial Activities sectors demonstrated the highest rates of growth (112 percent and 51 percent, respectively). Some major employers in
the Sacramento Region include Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, Raley’s/Bel Air, Intel Corporation, and UC Davis Medical Center.
Nineteen percent of employment by occupation is within the Office & Administrative Support Occupations category. Other categories with a large proportion of employment include Sales & Related Occupations and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations.
The Sacramento Region’s taxable sales, an indicator of business activity, have increased almost 34 percent from 2000 to 2005, compared to California’s increase of almost 22 percent in the same time period.
The topics covered within this section include current, historical, and projected employment (total and broken down by public and private sectors, by major industry sectors, and by occupational categories), major employers, labor force data, average wages, and taxable sales. Employment projections are from the California Department of Transportation, 2006 Long-Term Socio-Economic Forecasts by County.
Selected Sacramento region photos by Tom Myer's Photography. More Sacramento images can be seen at www.tommyersphotography.com