California Leads the Nation in Job Losses: Federal Data

Nearly a million California residents are jobless.

Applicants receive help with their applications during a job fair at a Post Office in Los Angeles on Sept. 30, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

California currently leads the nation in job losses, with a recent wave of layoffs particularly hitting the tech sector hard, according to the latest federal government data.

According to the Federal Reserve of Economic Data (FRED), some 482,700 residents of California lost their jobs since the beginning of this year, positioning the Golden State as the biggest job loser in the country. It was followed by Texas with 274,900 job cuts, then New York with 220,600, Illinois with 155,700, and Florida with 141,900.