California

California Has the Highest Unemployment Rate in the Nation 

About 1 million state workers are jobless, new data show. The tech industry has shed the most jobs, losing 54,200.
California Has the Highest Unemployment Rate in the Nation 
A worker installs solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Travis Gillmore
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Newly released data from the state’s Employment Development Department revealed an uptick in California’s unemployment rate to 5.3 percent in February, the highest in the country.

The figure represents a spike from 4.5 percent in February 2023 and is a full percentage point higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 4.3 percent in February 2019.

Travis Gillmore
Travis Gillmore
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Travis Gillmore is a White House reporter for The Epoch Times. He previously covered the California legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Contact him at [email protected]
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