California Business Minute™

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Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

California’s unemployment rate increased from 11 percent to 11.5 percent for May
according to the latest figures released by the Employment Development Department.

Out of the employment sectors only one sector, educational and health care services
added jobs over the month.  Additionally, government jobs in federal state and local
government saw the largest aggregate loss of jobs – 14,000.

In addition, 49 counties out of the 58 had double digit unemployment up from last
month’s 46.  And only 7 counties, Marin, Napa, Orange, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo,
San Mateo, and Santa Barbara had lower unemployment rates than the national average
of 9.4 percent

Marin County has the lowest unemployment rate, remaining steady at 7.5 percent and
Imperial County replaced Colusa having the highest rate at 26.8 percent and Sutter
County rose to 18.2 percent with the second highest rate unemployment rate in the
state.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.

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