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The Inland Empire is on pace to add 44,907 jobs during 2017, an increase of 3.2 percent year-over-year if that prediction holds true, according to a report
Two thousand seventeen should be the fifth consecutive year that the Inland region adds approximately 45,000 jobs, regional economist John Husing stated in his second-quarter report, which was released Saturday.
“We’re adding jobs,” Husing said. “Not quite as fast as we were a couple of years ago, but we’re adding them.”
If the present trend continues, the two-county region should reach full employment – 4.5 percent – sometime next year, Husing said.
During June, the most recent data available, the Inland Empire added 18,100 construction jobs, 11,617 logistics jobs, 3,800 food and beverage jobs and 3,700 jobs in health care, the report stated.
Nearly 23,000 Inland residents have found work during the past year, either locally or in a coastal county, according to the report.
