Riverside, CA – The latest release from the California Employment Department (EDD) shows the Inland Empire added 2,200 jobs in July. http://soba.ucr.edu/centers/carousel/2017.08_UCR_Employment_Report.pdf

“Despite the uptick in the unemployment rate, the IE labor market is very tight even with recent increases in the labor force,” said Robert Kleinhenz, Executive Director of Research at the Center for Economic Forecasting and Development.

In percentage terms, the two fastest growing sectors in July in the Inland Empire were Real Estate (+2.8%) and Educational Services (+1.8%).

The report is published by the University of California Riverside, School of Business, Center for Economic Forecasting and Development. The full report can be seen by clicking the button below.

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