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

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

“California will remain at or near the bottom in terms of job growth in 2025 and 2026.” He warned that uncertainties with President Donald Trump’s tariff and deportation policies won’t hel ...

The LAO reported these losses are more than made up for by stock market growth ... Both the job market and taxable consumer spending remain stagnant. Instead, the surge appears linked to the ...

Californians move to where the home is. Population-gaining counties added a combined 225,000 housing units in five years, or ...

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% ...

The April jobs report may reveal a mixed picture. Some industries have maintained hiring plans despite tariffs while others ...

The last two months are an omen, not a guarantee, of a shrinking California economy. "Since 2020 up through the end of 2024, we've had consistent monthly job growth," said employment lawyer and ...

The city also saw a millionaire growth of 35%. California has the highest number of millionaires, hundred millionaires, and billionaires in the nation, but New Jersey, Washington D.C., and ...