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There is some brighter news. There were 17.99 million nonfarm jobs in the state last month, up 5,200 from March. But on an annual basis, total nonfarm jobs were up 1.2%, below the U.S. gain of 1.8%.
The state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to people who may not have been eligible for jobless benefits, a California state audit has found.
California’s labor market weakened at the end of summer, with the unemployment rate ticking up again and the state eking out a small number of new jobs, according to new data released Friday.
The state’s unemployment rate held steady while it added 22,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, roughly half the number of May when unemployment dipped for the first time in months. June marked ...
The state’s unemployment rate for December was 5.5%, the second highest in the country behind Nevada, which was 5.7%. Los Angeles County’s jobless rate was 6% at the end of last year.
In a surprisingly strong economic report, California employers stepped up hiring in May and the state unemployment rate fell for the first time since 2022.
California has 11% of all jobs nationwide, but the state’s May gain accounted for 16.1% of the national job increase. Among the 11 sectors that make up California’s job market, eight saw ...
The state’s jobless rate in February, the latest data available, was 5.3%, up from 5.2% in January and 4.5% a year earlier. The seasonally adjusted national rate was 3.9% that month. Nevada, at ...