Of the 15 major Southern California employment niches, 12 added jobs for the month, bucking a trend of slow hiring. You see, ...

Despite the one-month improvement, job markets in the state and Bay Area continue to wobble in 2025. The Bay Area lost 14,700 ...

By industry, April’s hiring sprees were found in construction – 357,800 workers, up 6,300 in April – and healthcare, with a ...

Over 8 quarters, local wages have grown at an average annual rate of 4.7% vs. a 3.2 % increase in consumer prices.

Minus the pandemic era’s gyrations, it was the worst year for California employment since the post-Great Recession’s 115,600 decline in 2010. And, historically speaking, job growth was 15% ...

Federal job figures show California’s population-gaining counties added 335,000 workers in the five years ending in September 2024, or 6% growth. Conversely, jobs fell by a combined 64,900 ...

It all comes down to the job market. President Donald Trump’s drastic policy moves, and the twists and turns that have come alongside them, have made economic forecasting a squirrely endeavor.

director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. “The Bay Area job gains in April are a welcome respite from recent job losses but do not mean job growth is ...