Surprise! California job counts could be revised higher

When government employment trackers announced last week that US job growth was likely a third less than originally reported, we wondered: How does California look?

The latest revisions to nationwide employment counts showed 2.1 million American jobs were added in the year ending in March, compared with the previously reported 2.9 million.

So, the nation had 818,000 fewer new jobs than we thought, according to this first of two reviews of 2024 hiring trends.

Now, state data won’t be revised until next year...