There were 7.97 million at work in the four-county region in March — up 157,800 in 12 months.
Southern California’s job market in March was very much a split picture, with Los Angeles County being the jobs engine., found 7.97 million at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in March. That’s up 18,300 employees in a month and up 157,800 in 12 months. Local hiring averaged 10,158 a month in 2018-19.
The overall hiring pace shows that many employers still need workers. This comes despite intense efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool an overheated economy that’s generating abnormally high inflation.L.A. County had 4.61 million workers in March after a 19,800 addition for the month and growing by 110,300 in a year. That hiring spree was nearly five times L.A.’s 4,221 monthly job growth averaged in 2018-19.Orange County dropped 700 workers to 1.
The Inland Empire slipped 800 jobs in a month to 1.66 million workers after growing by 5,800 in a year. This is a significant slowdown from hiring that averaged 4,350 a month in 2018-19.Related Articles
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