New report says California ranks #3 nationwide for job seekers

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CALIFORNIA – Coworking Cafe, a subsidiary of Yardi, published a report September 11, and found that California ranks #3 for job-seekers with job availability averaging 888 monthly openings in 2023.

According to Coworking Cafe, Florida and Texas outranked California nationwide, however, the state took the top spot for the Western region.

“... with so many large employers in the area — from Hollywood in Los Angeles to major tech companies and startups in San Jose‘s Silicon Valley, as well as offices belonging to Amazon, Intel, Meta and Airbnb, among others — the career opportunities are not only enticing, but also abundant,” said the report.

They also found that California comes in first place in the region in terms of the number of company headquarters in the state – 121.

557,464 business applications were filed

According to the report, another metric in which California leads is business formation – 557,464 business applications were filed in 2023.

There were 29,967 business applications filed in San Bernardino County the same year.

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Washington is ranked #2 for the Western region

Other states in the Western region ranked the best for job-seekers are Washington (2), Nevada, (3), Arizona (4) and Colorado (5).

For the report, Coworking Cafe used a proprietary scoring system to synchronize the key metrics analyzed and then weighted them to reflect their significance in determining the top Western states for finding a job in 2024.

To read the full report visit https://www.coworkingcafe.com/blog/top-western-us-states-for-job-seekers/#methodology

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