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A follow-up on the jobs report released Friday by the California Employment Development Department:
Nearly 37,000 more people were working in the Inland Empire last month than were working in February 2013, the highest employment level for the two-county region since the start of the recession, according to the report.
That three percent year-to-year growth rate was virtually the same as the region’s January job growth. However, much of that growth happened in sectors that don’t pay very well, including food service, according to the report.
Statewide unemployment dropped to eight percent in January. California has added close to 1.3 million jobs since 2010, according to the report.
