California Economy and Taxes
 



California Labor Market Showing Broad Signs of Weakness September 30, 2025

The state's topline jobs report paints a worrisome picture about the labor market: businesses have shed 20,000 jobs so far this year and more workers report being unemployed. This post brings in new data, including a rise in layoffs and the number of long-term unemployed workers, moderating recent wage growth, and a hiring slowdown in one key growth sector (government jobs), that show broader signs of softness and raise the possibility that the labor market has weakened further in the past few months. 


Occupational Wage Growth from 2016 to 2017 July 26, 2018

This post discusses wage growth for 21 broad occupation groups from 2016 to 2017. 


Occupational Wage Growth from 2013 to 2017 July 26, 2018

This post discusses wage growth for 22 broad occupation groups from 2013 to 2017.