Unmet Mental Health Needs Among California Workers Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: We sought to identify worker groups with high prevalence of unmet mental health needs to inform employer benefits programs and outreach to increase access to care.

Methods: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study to understand unmet mental health needs among workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic using the California Health Interview Survey data from 2013 to 2021.

Results: In 2021, 23.