Los Angeles County’s unemployment rate was 5.2% in June compared to 4.5% in the previous month; and 10% a year earlier; and 4.3% in February 2020.
107% of pre-coronavirus jobs with 213,900 workers. That’s up 13,500 from February 2020 after adding 700 last month vs. jobs growing 1,200 monthly in the recovery.101% of pre-coronavirus jobs with 734,600 workers. That’s up 10,700 from February 2020 after adding 1,400 last month vs. jobs growing 2,900 monthly in the recovery.101% of pre-coronavirus jobs with 654,700 workers. That’s up 4,000 from February 2020 after dropping 2,800 last month vs. jobs growing 3,700 monthly in the recovery.
PS: Bosses in the four-county Southern California region in June had 1.66 million workers — 25,800 below February 2020 or 98.5% of pre-pandemic employment. Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at
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