SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KNX) — New numbers put California and Nevada at the top of the job charts in the United States, as the two with the highest unemployment in October — at 7.3% each. But even as unemployment remains high, the golden state continues to create jobs.
More than 96,000 new jobs were created in October, Gov. Gavin Newsom shared in a statement.
"California has again created more new jobs than any other state – averaging six figure job growth for nine months straight – an unprecedented achievement as our economy continues to recover from the pandemic," Newsom said.
Despite the achievement, there's "more work to be done," Newsom said, adding that his team is "laser focused" on supporting the people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic and getting them back on the job.
Newsom's office shared several top takeaways from the jobs report, including that thanks to October's job growth, the state has recovered 67.4% of the more than 2.7 million jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April of last year.
In addition, the state averaged about 100,000 payroll jobs gained each month in the period between February and October 2021.
States with the lowest unemployment rates in the October jobs report included Nebraska and Utah — with 1.9% and 2.2%, respectively.
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