Unvaccinated San Francisco driver - fired during pandemic - to get his job back

A driver who was fired by the city of San Francisco for not getting a COVID vaccine says he is getting his job back at the Department of Public Works. Read More

Tech layoffs jolt Bay Area economy with hundreds of new job cuts

A high-profile aerospace and defense contractor and a semiconductor company were among the latest tech firms to chop jobs in the Bay Area, cutbacks that will erase more than 200 positions. Lockheed ... Read More

San Francisco named 8th-hardest working in US: study

Do you ever walk the streets of San Francisco and feel surrounded by a bunch of “go-getters”? Well, according to a recent study, San Francisco is a city full of those ... Read More

SF unemployment rate grows as California faces highest unemployment in the nation

San Francisco lost 21,000 jobs between December and February, and the unemployment rate edged up to 3.8% as a result. The state of California ... rough news for hotels in the city. The report ... Read More

Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said more than 300,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. America’s employers delivered another ... Read More

San Francisco lost 21,000 jobs in three months

The number of jobs in San Francisco plummeted by more than 20,000 in just three months as layoffs plagued the tech industry and temporary seasonal jobs evaporated. “San Francisco metro division lost ... Read More

Highest-paying jobs in San Francisco

The rich are getting richer, and have been for some time. Across the nation, wages have continued to rise this year despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to temper inflation. In June, ... Read More

California's unemployment rate highest in the nation as job growth slows

California's unemployment rate is now the highest in the country, reaching 5.3% in February following new data that revealed job growth in the nation's most populous state was much lower last year ... Read More

San Francisco News

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California added 154,000 jobs last year. Where were the most hires?

A few readers thought I was a tad harsh in a recent column that noted California had the nation’s slowest job growth in 2023. Yes, adding any number of jobs isn’t bad, but 154,000 new workers ... Read More

California had the worst job growth in the country in 2023

California had the lowest job growth in the country in 2023 at a rate of just 0.87%, a disappointing figure considering an overall strong U.S. labor market, dipping far below 2022’s increase of ... Read More

California FAIR Plan warns major disaster could wipe out insurer of last resort

Last week, the California Department of Insurance held a hearing about the state of the FAIR Plan, and those who run the program didn't exactly have good news. "The FAIR Plan continues to grow in ... Read More