What are the odds a Californian will lose their job?

With lots of chatter about job insecurity across California, what are the odds you’ll lose your job?

Now, trying to apply the crystal ball to statewide unemployment patterns is tricky enough. Calculating your chances of getting sacked is a very individual matter of math.

However, economic history shows us how frequently Californians lose their jobs. My trusty spreadsheet analyzed three employment metrics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that track missing paychecks over the past 20 years.