13.3% were government (MAR 2024), which is still a lot, considering almost 25% of all jobs created in 2023 were also government.
Government agencies are extremely inefficient and they keep growing. Government employees are paid much higher wages than their civilian… pic.twitter.com/UwAWqPESuU
— DerekV (@Derek19603617) July 2, 2024
Independent report: As Newsom brags, all California job growth is in government
California’s state-funded, non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office found the private sector lost 154,000 jobs and the public and public-supported sector has gained 361,000 jobs since the peak of the state’s labor market in September 2022. This means on net, the state’s 207,000 job increase in employment since September 2022 has been from growing government-related hiring.
Last week Newsom took to the podium to tout California’s job creation, saying, “California is the tentpole of the American economy – 16% of all national job creation last month came right here in California.”
With California’s net growth coming from government hiring in spite of private sector decline, Republicans jumped to say “I told you so.”
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