California experienced the most, by number, lay-offs in the nation with the second-highest going to Washington.

Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has seen a big decline of private-industry jobs since their post-pandemic ...

A variety of decisions and statements from President Donald Trump created a great deal of economic uncertainty, especially in ...

While California officials boast about the state’s ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy, the statewide job market continues to be one of the nation’s weakest. With $4.1 trillion in economic ...

California unions maintained 16-18% worker density in 2024 amid national decline. California private sector lost 4.9% of jobs from May to July 2025 amid federal deportation surge. Latino, noncitizen ...

California union members chant “288” before a press conference urging senators to pass the bill Wednesday, June 18, 2025, on the west steps of the Capitol in Sacramento. MOLLY GIBBS [email protected] ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

The November labor market report is likely to be very weak, showing significant job losses in both private and government sectors. Soft data and recent hard data indicate widespread layoffs, ...