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Feb 1, 2022 · California has more than two million undocumented people, over 100,000 of whom worked as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, while many others faced unemployment.
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to ...
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Total employment, as measured by the CPS, rose by 8.6 million in the third quarter of 2020 and by 3.6 million in the fourth quarter. At the end of the year, total employment averaged 149.8 million, 8.8 million (or 5.5 percent) less than in the fourth quarter of 2019.
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May 22, 2020 · California's unemployment rate rose to a record 15.5% in April, which is a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD).
Aug 19, 2020 · [Appendix Figure A1 shows California unemployment rates, by county, June 2019 compared to June 2020.] The COVID-related rates, thus far, topped out at 14.5% and 16.4% in the U.S. and California, respectively, falling to 11.1% and 14.9% in June.
Jan 23, 2021 · California’s unemployment rate surged in December as the COVID-19 pandemic spun out of control and more businesses were forced to shut down, reversing a months-long economic recovery. Nine...
Mar 6, 2023 · This robust policy response helped make the COVID recession the shortest on record and helped fuel an economic recovery that has brought the unemployment rate, which peaked at 14.8 percent in April 2020, down to below 4 percent since January 2022 and to a low of 3.4 percent in January 2023.
