The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Both full ‑time and part ‑time CCC faculty generally are represented by unions. Each district and its faculty group (or groups) collectively bargain salary levels and benefits. (In some districts, full ‑time and part ‑time faculty are part of the same bargaining unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? [EconTax Blog]

Dec 8, 2020 - In this post, we take a closer look at this group: people whose jobs entail frequent person-to-person contact (frontline workers) and those who likely have been able to work from home (remote workers).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/593

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? [EconTax Blog]

Dec 8, 2020 - In this post, we take a closer look at this group: people whose jobs entail frequent person-to-person contact (frontline workers) and those who likely have been able to work from home (remote workers).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/593

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Chancellor ’s Office Believes It Can Meet Target Given More Time. The Chancellor ’s Office states that part of the reason for not being on track to meet the target stems from the state adding enrollment growth funding so late in the annual budget process last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 2, 2020 - As discussed above, job losses since February generally have been concentrated among women, younger workers, less educated workers, and Latino workers. Job losses are concentrated among these groups, in part, because these workers make up a disproportionately large share of the workforce in close-contact industries that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/531

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - For context, the monthly survey has overestimated net job growth by 25,000 jobs per month on average over this period. In light of this, our office now focuses on a hybrid measure of real-time employment changes  that averages the monthly business survey and the monthly household survey (which has tracked final jobs figures more
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/833

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - For context, the monthly survey has overestimated net job growth by 25,000 jobs per month on average over this period. In light of this, our office now focuses on a hybrid measure of real-time employment changes  that averages the monthly business survey and the monthly household survey (which has tracked final jobs figures more
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/833

^[PDF] Update California: Economic and Budget Developments

The perception that California is replacing high-paying jobs with low-paying ones is only partly accurate. Our review of detailed em- ployment and wage data suggests that Cali- fornia has indeed continued to lose jobs in high-paying industries over the past two years, largely reflecting continuing restructuring in the aerospace and financial sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/update_california_7-1995.pdf

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - When organizations conduct surveys, many of the people they contact do not provide complete responses. Some decline to respond to the survey altogether ( “unit nonresponse ”), while others respond to most parts of the survey but decline to answer certain questions ( “item nonresponse ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Data Revisions Shows Monthly Survey Again Overstating Job Growth [EconTax Blog]

Dec 16, 2024 - For context, the monthly survey has overestimated net job growth by 25,000 jobs per month on average over this period. Going forward, our office will  focus on a hybrid measure of real-time employment changes  that averages the monthly business survey and the monthly household survey (which has tracked final jobs figures more
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/818