Los Angeles hiring spree: 145,400 new jobs in 2022, unemployment falls to 4.4% [San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina, Calif.]
Feb. 1—Los Angeles County bosses added 145,400 workers last year as the local job market finished 2022 with employment at 99% of pre-pandemic Decem...
Feb. 1—Los Angeles County bosses added 145,400 workers last year as the local job market finished 2022 with employment at 99% of pre-pandemic December 2019. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state employment data, found Los Angeles County with 4.625 million workers in December after adding 145,400 in 12 months. Those hires were 53% slower than 2021's 306,900 new workers. Pandemic era business restrictions cut 478,200 positions in 2020. So three years of ups and downs in the coronavirus economy left the local job market with 25,900 fewer paychecks vs.