Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Consistent with the claims trends seen recently, most of these claims will receive 100  percent disability benefits, despite the median major injury receiving a permanent disability rating of 47  percent in the standard workers ’ compensation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - However, the trend seems to be moving towards CHP officers becoming more diverse. For example, the share of CHP officers who are white and male has decreased from 61  percent in 2017 to 51  percent in 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Industry Wage Growth in California - Industry Wage Growth in California [Video]

Industry Wage Growth in California - Industry Wage Growth in California [Video] Search LAO Videos Industry Wage Growth in California November 8, 2017 In this video, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ann Hollingshead describes the trends in wages in California industries between 1990 and 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=112

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - We do not know the cause of this variation; however, the trend could reflect shifts in the workforce over time that affect the average salary rather than a reflection of past pay increases not keeping pace with inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2014-15 Budget: State Worker Salary, Health Benefit, and Pension Costs [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2014 - We also discuss historical trends of state employee compensation costs and state worker take-home pay. We find that over the last two decades, after adjusting for inflation and state worker cost for health and retirement benefits, state worker take-home pay has remained largely flat while state costs per employee have grown significantly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2958

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Prior to CalAtlas, information about complaints and investigations was not tracked consistently across field offices, limiting DLSE ’s ability to assess trends in complaints and analyze the effectiveness of past investigations and use this analysis to refine investigation targeting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3602

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Bargaining Unit-Specific Survey Requirements That Use Different Methodologies Make Process Less Transparent … Regularly occurring compensation studies that utilize the same methodologies allow the state, unions, and public to track trends in state compensation across bargaining units and across regions in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773