The last time California ranked 51st for job growth before 2023 was the year Bill Clinton was sworn in as president, Beanie Babies were introduced, the first “Jurassic Park” hit the big screen, and Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” was No. 1 on the charts. Yes, 1993 was a long time ago. My trusty spreadsheet – looking at revised employment stats for California, 49 other states, and the District of Columbia from the Bureau of Labor Statistics – found the Golden State bosses adding workers at a 0.87% rate in 2023. While any job growth is good, that hiring pace looked meager in an otherwise strong US labor market. California’s hiring pace also was less than half the 2% rate nationally. Second-slowest was D.C. at 0.91%.
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