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California Continues Creating Jobs

Press Release

Date: March 24, 2023
Location: SACRAMENTO
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action

California continued creating jobs in February, adding 32,300 new jobs across eight major industry sectors. The state has created jobs in 16 out of the last 17 months and year-over-year has added 486,500 jobs.

February 2023 by the Numbers:

California created 32,300 jobs in February

Eight of California's eleven major industry sectors added jobs

The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent to 4.3 percent

Year--over-year, California has added 486,500 jobs -- an increase of 2.8 percent

The state has created more than 3 million jobs since April 2020 -- the biggest hiring spree in the nation


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