Job growth in California continued to hum along in June as employers added 22,900 nonfarm payroll positions from the previous month.
Employment rose 3%, or 461,800 jobs, year over year, according to the California Employment Development Department.
In May, payrolls swelled by 46,200 jobs, based on revised data. The June increase was less than half that amount, but the still-sizable surge left economists satisfied.
“I hesitate to refer to this as a recovery any longer,” said Jordan Levine, director of economic research at Beacon Economics. “This is now an expansion.”
The state's jobless rate took a tumble last month, dropping to 6.