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California job growth outpacing nation

Written by Dean Calbreath Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:00

California job growth California's job growth over the past six months has been more than double the national average, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Budget Project, a group in Sacramento that monitors the state's economy.

Between September 2010 and March 2011, California added 200,000 jobs for a growth rate of 1.5 percent, compared to the national average of 0.6 percent, the report said.

The above-average growth rates were particularly noticeable in professional and business services, hospitals and clinics, private schools and colleges, and hotels and restaurants.

In addition, California gained jobs in construction and information services during that period while the rest of the nation lost jobs in these sectors.

But despite the recent spate of hiring, the state has only regained one-seventh of the 1.4 million jobs lost during the Great Recession. And the report notes that the job recovery has been worse for some groups than others, including reversals of fortune for college graduates, women and older workers and continuing challenges for African-Americans:

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