Labor Market Information (LMI) is produced by the Labor Market Information Division (LMID) of the Employment Development Department (EDD) and provides data specifically for employers and business owners. There are links to wages, data for your business plan, resources for employees, and more.

What Do You Want To Do?

• Learn about Unemployment for Employers.
• Get ideas for a job description for recruitment or evaluation –
       Use the Occupation Profile.
• Find data for the labor market in my county –
       Use the Local Area Profile.
• Prepare my Affirmative Action/EEO plan.
• Change my business information in the "Find an Employer" section.
• Request an industry code review for my business.
• What are the Required Posters and Notices I need to post in my business?
• Learn about EDD Payroll Taxes.

Frequently Asked Questions about Employer – Employee Rights – Dept of Industrial Relations

Employee Hiring and Development Resources

• CalJOBS^SM – California’s online job opening system where you can post your job vacancy and review résumés of prospective employees.
• Training and Apprenticeships – Find out what training is available to develop the skills of your employees.
• The Employment Training Panel offers programs for small employers who otherwise may have no means to train their workers.
• Employing Minors
• Hiring Foreign Workers (US Dept. of Labor)
• Employment Eligibility Verification from US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Get help finding and screening available workers at your local One–Stop Career Center – find the closest one at America’s Service Locator.