SoCal Hiring Sputters at 0.4% Growth—56% Below 10-Year Average
Southern California employers added only 37,100 jobs in the past year, a 0.4% increase that is 56% below the region’s 10-year average. HR leaders must navigate a disjointed landscape where record employment coexists with sharply reduced hiring, uneven county-level performance, and the gravitational pull of Northern California’s AI-driven talent war.