The Bay Area powered to big job gains during December, an upswing that defied the effects of months of tech layoff announcements and accounted for the vast majority of California’s job gains, a new report shows.
Employers in the nine-county region added 13,600 jobs last month, which amounted to a jaw-dropping 84% of all the jobs that California gained during December, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.
The San Francisco-San Mateo region added 6,400 jobs, the East Bay gained 3,100 positions and Santa Clara County added 1,800 jobs, according to the EDD. All the numbers were adjusted for seasonal volatility.
