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OC December Unemployment Stays at 3.8%

Gains 5,600 jobs

Orange County’s unemployment rate stayed at 3.8% in December, unchanged from a revised 3.8% in November and above the 2.7% rate seen in December last year, according to the state’s Employment Development Department.

The state’s unemployment rate was 5.1% in December while the U.S.’s was 3.5%.

Nonfarm OC employment gained 5,600 jobs from November to December when 1.74 million were employed.

The county has surpassed the February 2020 pre-pandemic employment level of 1.68 million jobs.

Five of the 11 industry sectors saw job increases.

Leading the job increase was the professional and business services, which added 2,600 jobs. Other sectors adding jobs included leisure and hospitality, up 2,500, and private education and health services, up 2,100.

The largest decline was 2,100 in government jobs.

About 18.2 million worked in California in December, an increase of 23,400 nonfarm payroll jobs from November and up about 311,000 jobs from a year earlier.

Six of the 11 industry sectors added jobs month-over-month, led by private education and health services, up 13,200, due to increases in nursing care facilities.

Professional & Business Services was the biggest decliner, falling 3,800 jobs.

People receiving unemployment benefits rose by 52,897 to 376,872.

 

 

 

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Peter J. Brennan
Peter J. Brennan
With four decades of experience in journalism, Peter J. Brennan has built a career that spans diverse news topics and global coverage. From reporting on wars, narcotics trafficking, and natural disasters to analyzing business and financial markets, Peter’s work reflects a commitment to impactful storytelling. Peter’s association with the Orange County Business Journal began in 1997, where he worked until 2000 before moving to Bloomberg News. During his 15 years at Bloomberg, his reporting often influenced financial markets, with headlines and articles moving the market caps of major companies by hundreds of millions of dollars. In 2017, Peter returned to the Orange County Business Journal as Financial Editor, bringing his heavy business industry expertise. Over the years, he advanced to Executive Editor and, in 2024, was named Editor-in-Chief. Peter’s work has been featured in prestigious publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he has appeared on CNN, CBC, BBC, and Bloomberg TV. A Kiplinger Fellowship recipient at The Ohio State University, he leads the Business Journal with a dedication to uncovering stories that matter and shaping the local business community and beyond.
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