California said Friday it had recovered all of the 2.7 million jobs it lost at the start of the pandemic, a moment that normally would celebrate the end of a downturn but instead was tempered by signs of a wobbly economy amid layoffs in the state's historically strong tech industry.
The 56,700 new jobs California employers added in October was enough to push the state past the symbolic milestone, led by strong gains in the state's health care, professional services and leisure and hospitality industries. California has now had positive job growth for 13 consecutive months.
