The Bay Area and California both powered to robust job gains in April, an upswing that suggests the economies in both regions have managed — so far — to offset a steady drumbeat of layoffs in the tech sector.
The gain of 11,200 jobs in the Bay Area in April provided an especially welcome counterpoint to an unsettling loss of 4,400 jobs in the nine-county region during March, according to a report released Friday by state labor officials.
The gains in the Bay Area were led primarily by an increase of 6,400 jobs in the East Bay, along with a gain of 300 jobs in the Santa Clara County region and an increase of 1,600 jobs in the San Francisco-San Mateo metro area. All of the numbers were adjusted for seasonal volatility.
