Calif. Health Sector Added More Than 27K Jobs in 2014
California's health care industry added 27,400 jobs in 2014, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. Overall, the data show that state's unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in January.
- "California Job Boom Stronger Than First Thought; Jobless Rate Improves to a Six-Year Low" (Avalos, Inside Bay Area News, 3/6).
- "CA Unemployment Rate Fell to 6.9 Percent in January; Employers Added 67,300 Jobs" (Watt, "KPCC News," KPCC, 3/6).