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What You Need to Know: California is providing $500,000 to support about more than 500 workers affected by layoffs from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The funding will help these workers access job training, career counseling, and job placement services as they transition to new employment within the State’s workforce.

California is strengthening its outreach to farmworker communities through a $100,000 investment to expand radio programing that connects farmworkers to local job training and career opportunities in their area. The Employment Development Department (EDD) awarded these funds to La Cooperativa Campesina de California, a non-profit organization that helps farmworkers in building in-demand job skills to help them advance in a rapidly evolving industry.

Employment Development Department (EDD) Director Nancy Farias issued the following statement today on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) newly released AI exposure measures, which were released at the same time as their 10-year employment projections. The new BLS classifications group occupations by their relative exposure to artificial intelligence, providing researchers and workforce agencies another tool for understanding where changes to tasks within occupations- and possibly employment may occur.

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California’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent as the State also lost 20,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in July 2026 according to the latest Employment Development Department (EDD) data, which comes from two separate surveys. July marks the second straight month of a decline in the unemployment rate, while total jobs for the State back in June were revised up (+9,000), resulting in an overall gain of 6,100 jobs.

California’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in June, as the State lost 2,900 nonfarm payroll jobs over the month, according to the latest Employment Development Department (EDD) data, which comes from two separate surveys. The total nonfarm employment for May was revised down (-18,700), resulting in a loss of 15,600 jobs for that month.

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What You Need to Know: California is providing $500,000 to support about more than 500 workers affected by layoffs from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The funding will help these workers access job training, career counseling, and job placement services as they transition to new employment within the State’s workforce.

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California gained 3,100 nonfarm payroll jobs in May 2026 as the State’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.3 percent, maintaining the rate of the past three months according to the latest Employment Development Department (EDD) data, which comes from two separate surveys. The total nonfarm employment for April was revised up (+3,300), resulting in a zero change in the job total for that month.

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What You Need to Know: California is providing $500,000 to support about more than 500 workers affected by layoffs from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The funding will help these workers access job training, career counseling, and job placement services as they transition to new employment within the State’s workforce.

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What You Need to Know: California is providing $500,000 to support about more than 500 workers affected by layoffs from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The funding will help these workers access job training, career counseling, and job placement services as they transition to new employment within the State’s workforce.

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Important Note: The employment data for the month of April 2026 comes from the survey week that included April 12. The release date for May 2026 data is scheduled for release on June 19.

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What You Need to Know: California is providing $500,000 to support about more than 500 workers affected by layoffs from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The funding will help these workers access job training, career counseling, and job placement services as they transition to new employment within the State’s workforce.

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California’s unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in March 2026, which is a 0.1 percentage point decline from the month prior. The State gained 28,700 nonfarm payroll jobs in March 2026 according to recent data released by the Employment Development Department (EDD) coming from two separate surveys. Total nonfarm employment for February was revised up (+1,100) to a total loss of 18,800 jobs for the month.

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What you need to know: California is investing in more accessible pathways to high-quality jobs for communities facing significant employment barriers. The Employment Development Department is awarding $16.3 million to ten organizations to provide skill-based education and workforce training programs and create equal access to employment.

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What You Need to Know: Following the recent release of the Weekly Wage Reporting Tool, the Employment Development Department has made it easier for customers to certify for unemployment benefits online. The Department reviewed the full process from start to finish and used customer feedback to make improvements. This includes clearer questions and simpler instructions to improve the customer experience.