California Labor Market Information Division - employment trends by industry, State   counties and metropolitan areas, the official series.  http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/htmlfile/subject/indtable.htm

 

California Labor Market Information Division - Industry by Size of Firm - employment and number of firms by size class and industry code for the State, counties and metropolitan areas.  http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/htmlfile/subject/INDSIZE.HTM

BLS - National Industry Data - the official national series.  http://stats.bls.gov:80/ceshome.htm

 

BEA - County Business Patterns - an alternative source for employment by industry.  Data are not necessarily compatible with LMID or BLS data, but often industry or area data are available that LMID cannot give out due to confidentiality restrictions.  http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

 

BEA - County Business Patterns Size of Firm - similar to LMID data but not necessarily comparable.   More detail is available here than from LMID due to different confidentiality regulations.  http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/map/95data/06/

 

OSHA - Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - helpful location with convenient layout for understanding the SIC.  http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5

 

OSHA - Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - Keyword Search - if you're not familiar with the SIC and need an industry code, this is a good way to find the right one.  http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html

 

Census Bureau - North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) - Structure & Relation to SIC - NAICS is the new industry coding structure which everyone is moving to over the next couple of years.  http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics/naicstb1.txt

 

NAICS Association - Home Page - get answers to frequently asked questions (FAQS), order a manual or sign up for their newsletter.  http://www.naics.com/

 

Employment Situation - narrative and tables of current employment conditions for the nation.  http://stats.bls.gov:80/news.release/empsit.toc.htm

 

America's Career InfoNet - this is their page of links for locating and researching employers.  http://www.acinet.org/resource/employer.htm

 

Yahoo - Business & Economy - Companies - Industry Links - use their easy to follow   industry titles to get to national listings of employer websites in the industry   of your choice.  http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/

 

Yahoo - California Cities Links - check under "business" in the city of your choice.  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Cities//a>

 

Yahoo - California - Counties & Regions - choose the county or region you want, then choose cities to get the most useful information.  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Counties_and_Regions/

 

Bay Area Business & Stocks - company profiles, recent news articles about the company and stock prices for San Francisco Bay Area firms, arranged alphabetically.  http://biz.sfbay.yahoo.com/sfbay/

San Diego Source - corporate profiles for San Diego area.  http://www.sddt.com/corpprofiles/

U.S. Corporate Information - Regional Sites - has a listing of links for websites with information on employers in various areas of California.  http://www.corporateinformation.com/usstates.html