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Workforce Data
NOVA is your one-stop resource for employment and workforce data for Silicon Valley.
In addition to NOVA’s regular publications, a number of topical data sheets and reports are available here, consolidating data from other sites and making it more relevant and digestible.
Unemployment Data: March 2012
Unemployment Rates
Geography
Current Rate
Change
(from Feb. 2012)
Change
(from Mar. 2011)
United States
8.4%
– 0.3
– 0.8
California
11.5%
+ 0.1
– 0.6
San Jose MSA*
9.3%
+ 0.2
– 1.0
Santa Clara County
9.0%
+ 0.2
– 1.0
NOVA Consortium
7.2%
+ 0.1
– 0.8
Cupertino
5.8%
+ 0.1
– 0.7
Los Altos
4.6%
+ 0.1
– 0.5
Milpitas
9.3%
+ 0.2
– 1.0
Mountain View
6.7%
+ 0.2
– 0.7
Palo Alto
4.8%
+ 0.1
– 0.6
Santa Clara
8.2%
+ 0.1
– 1.0
Sunnyvale
7.7%
+ 0.1
– 0.9
* San Jose MSA = Santa Clara & San Benito counties
Click the city name in the table above to view more detailed data specific to the city.
Click here to view the source of this information
on the California Employment Development Department's data library page.
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Unemployment rate
9.0%
Santa Clara County's unemployment rate for
March 2012.
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LinkedIn Recruiting
74%
Prevalence of LinkedIn as recruiting tool for companies using social media. Read NOVA's report on Social Media
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Client visits
97,739
Number of visits by job seekers to CONNECT Job Seeker Center in 2011.
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Green Industry Growth
11.6%
Expected job growth reported by emerging green industry employers in Silicon Valley for 2011.
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Job-Seeker Services
149,134
Number of services provided through the CONNECT Job Seeker Center in 2011.
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