California: Disability Employment Statistics

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California By the Numbers

Population and Employment Statistics1

Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 1,906,255

  • Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
Cognitive 64.9%
Hearing 41.8%
Ambulatory 66.9%
Visual 48.4%

 

California
55.6%

Percentage of working age people with disabilities that do not have jobs.

SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2

34 nonprofit agencies headquartered in California participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.

Employees

2,797 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 160 Veterans

Wages

$18.90/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage

Sales

$358.7 million
Total AbilityOne Sales

1 Data from 2019 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2022 data proprietary to SourceAmerica®

SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in California

  • AbilityFirst
  • ARC-Imperial Valley
  • Asian Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
  • Bakersfield Arc, Inc.
  • Bona Fide Conglomerate, Inc.
  • Calidad Industries, Inc.
  • Desert Haven Enterprises, Inc.
  • Easter Seal Society of Superior California
  • Exceptional Children’s Foundation
  • Fontana Resources at Work
  • Goodwill Industries of Southern California
  • Goodwill Service Connection, Inc.
  • Hope Services, Inc.
  • Imperial County Work Training Center, Inc.
  • Job Options, Inc.
  • Kings Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
  • Landmark Services, Inc.
  • Life Options, Vocational and Resource Center
  • Lincoln Training Center and Rehabilitation Workshop
  • Los Angles Habilitation House
  • North Bay Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
  • Pacific Coast Community Services
  • Pride Industries
  • Rubicon Programs, Inc.
  • Shasta County Opportunity Center
  • Siskiyou Opportunity Center
  • Solano Diversified ServicesTehama County Opportunity Center, Inc.
  • The Arc Fresno/Madera Counties
  • The ARC of San Diego
  • The ARC of Ventura County, Inc.
  • Toolworks, Inc.
  • VTC Enterprises
  • Yolo Employment Services

Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in California

  • Access Information Intermediate Holdings, LLC
  • ACHIEVE Human Services. Inc. 
  • Advanced Data Storage
  • CW Resources, Inc.
  • Elwyn
  • Enterprise Professional Services, Inc
  • Professional Contract Services, Inc. 
  • United Cerebral Palsy of the North Bay, Inc. 
  • VersAbility Resources, Inc.