California job openings down annualized 30%, 2nd-worst state for unemployment
Story by Kenneth Schrupp • 14h
(The Center Square) - According to new federal data, California job openings are down approximately 30% year-over-year, while the unemployment rate is stable at 5.3% — the nation’s second worst state unemployment rate.
California job openings declined from 920,000 in August 2023 to 641,000 this August. The unemployment rate is up slightly year-over-year, at a preliminary 5.3% for September 2024, compared to 5.0% in September 2023. California unemployment is only eclipsed at the state level by that of Nevada, where the unemployment rate is 5.6%.
“Our small-business-owning members have been telling us for many months that finding qualified employees has been a top problem for them, muscled out lately only by inflation,” said National Federation of Independent Business California Director John Kabateck to The Center Square. “Some of the decline in job openings can be attributed to them just giving up.”
Earlier this year, the state government announced California private sector employment has been declining since 2022, with public sector hiring accounting for the entire state net increase in jobs.
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