More Los Angeles education jobs were added last month than jobs in any other industry.
During September, the Los Angeles area’s unemployment rate decreased from 12.9 percent to 12.5 percent, following a drop from 13.3 percent during August. Despite the latest decline, the area’s rate is still higher than the national average of 9.6 percent.
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale area had a total non-farm employment of 3,731,900 workers during September, which is up from 3,720,300 workers during August and only a 1 percent decrease from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The education and health services industry was responsible for the majority of the area’s monthly employment gains, adding 10,600 jobs during September. That was followed by the government industry, which added 5,000 workers. Keep in mind that employers in either of these industries will most likely search through a job seeker’s California public records (Click here).
The professional and business services industry added 4,400 jobs; while the financial activities industry added 1,000 workers; and the information industry added 100 jobs. Employment in the mining and logging industry remained even over the month with 4,200 jobs.
Four industries managed to experience a yearly increase in employment. The information industry added the most workers, growing by 10.3 percent between September 2009 and September 2010, to a current total of 216,800 jobs.
The mining and logging industry increased by 7.7 percent; while the leisure and hospitality industry grew by .8 percent to 385,700 workers; and the education and health services industry increased by .4 percent to 514,300 jobs.
The construction industry lost the most workers over the year, as its workforce decreased by 8.6 percent to 102,600 jobs.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
- Government by 3.7 percent
- Manufacturing by 3.6 percent
- Other services by 2.6 percent
- Trade, transportation and utilities by 1.3 percent
- Professional and business services by .8 percent
- Financial activities by .4 percent