March 23, 2007

Unemployment steady in February, jobs up

The latest employment report for California is out today. The state's employers added 27,000 new jobs, net, in February. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.8 percent.

Here's the year-to-year change in each major sector:

construction: -4,400
manufacturing -3,300
trade, transportation +48,000
information: -1,600
professional and business services: +61,000
education and health services: +43,000
leisure and hospitality: +35,000
government: +39,000

More info here.

Posted by dweintraub on March 23, 2007 3:45 PM