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Workforce
Strong Workforce
The Central Valley’s culturally diverse workforce is ready to meet your employment goals. You’ll find a large pool of trainable workers with multi-language capabilities and a strong work ethic—at a lower cost than most other areas within the state. Local workforce assistance programs range from employee screening to customer service training programs.
Today, 3.5 million people call Central California home, making the region more populous than half the states in the nation, and the area is growing rapidly. California adds approximately 10 million people every 20 years and much of the current growth is within Central California, adding to an already viable marketplace and creating a vast employment pool with a wide range of skills.
County |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemployment |
Metro Area |
Population |
Fresno |
899,514 |
405,500 |
7.9% |
Fresno |
471,479 |
Kern |
779,869 |
322,800 |
7.3% |
Bakersfield |
311,824 |
Kings |
147,729 |
55,200 |
8.0% |
Hanford |
49,048 |
Madera |
144,396 |
61,400 |
6.8% |
Madera |
17,089 |
Merced |
246,751 |
98,200 |
8.9% |
Merced |
76,225 |
Tulare |
420,619 |
187,300 |
7.4%
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Visalia |
111,168 |
Source: Calmis.ca.gov 5-2006, www.dof.ca.gov 7-2006
In Central California, businesses benefit from the state’s most affordable wage rates, a large, skilled labor pool and numerous job training and placement services. Workers are loyal and hardworking. Mean hourly wages range from $13.57 to 15.01 compared to Los Angeles/Long Beach at $17.57 and San Jose at $23.29. (California Employment Development Department Occupational Employment Statistics.)
Affordable housing, short commutes and a multitude of recreational opportunities create a satisfied and stable workforce.
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