California added 96,700 new jobs in January – 18.7 percent of the nation’s 517,000 overall job gains for the month, a new report said.
According to Gov. Newsom’s office eight of California’s major industry sectors gained jobs in January and the state outpaced the nation in year-over-year job growth with 559,500 jobs added – an increase of 3.5 percent.
Also in January Newsom’s office said the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent to 4.2 percent and California added more than 3 million jobs since April 2020.
