turing. Services, government and retail trade grew in employment the most during 1982. Jobs in the services area accounted for 50% of the total of 46,500 job increases in all non-agricultural industries. The largest increase in jobs were in the health, business, and legal services. Collectively, these sectors accounted for 75% of all job growth. Employment in this industry (services) is expected to continue growing throughout 1983. Employment in healthcare should expand during the first half of 1983. Business services are expected to fare well during the year including advertising, personnel agencies and protective service agencies. Government expansion occurred primarily in state and local education sectors. A little over half of the jobs created in this industry in 1982 were in these two sectors. Employment growth in retail trade has accounted for 12.3% of all non-agricultural job growth in the County during 1982. Eating and drinking places accounted for the greatest increases. Of the 5,700 jobs created during the year, 5,200 of them were from this sector. This industry had the smallest overall employment decline of those industries declining in 1982 (-0.3%). For every 4 jobs lost, 3 were created during last year. Assuming that the economy improves in 1933, this industry will expand, particularly during the holiday seasons. Job gains in the wholesale trade industry will probably occur slowly in 1983, continuing in the nondurable goods sector, and only expanding into other areas when the economy improves. Finance, insurance and real estate, and manufacturing expanded to a small degree in 1982. Because so many jobs were lost in these industries, in comparison to gains, modest increases are expected in the finance sector during 1983. Those small increases in employment occurring in manufacturing will be in women's and misses' outerwear, communication equipment, toys, and sporting goods. Aerospace related manufacturing, after realizing job losses over the past year, should begin to stabilize during 1983. The awarding of major military contracts to this area recently has caused several primary contractors to begin hiring workers. Emerging industries in Los Angeles will probably be those expanding in employment at this time. They will result from breakthroughs in high technology relating to computer science, electronics, electro-optics and biological engineering. The successful growth of these industries depends upon continuing investment in existing companies located in Los Angeles County. Those industries showing the most potential for continued growth, or diversification into the above mentioned tech nologies, are in business and health services, and in The strategy employed in identifying skill requirements include: 32-647 O-84-36 Professional & Technical Occupations Electronic Technician Nurse, General Duty and Licensed Practical Medical Technologist Computer Operator Computer Programmer Computer Systems Analyst Computer Systems Service Technician Dental Assistant Clerical Workers Clerk Typist Data Coder Operator Clerk, General Bookkkeeper Bank Teller Cashier Stock Clerk Craftworkers Auto Mechanic Auto Body Repair Electronic Mechanic Dental Lab Technician Operatives Electronic Assembler Sewing Machine Operator, Garment Truck Driver, Light Sales Workers Salesperson, General Merchandise Services Waiter/Waitress Cook Nurse Aide Security Guards Cleaners, Commercial & Institutional Although the unemployment rate in Los Angeles County has slowly decreased in the last few months, it still remains on an equal footing with the national rate. Since 1980, there have been at least 452 plant closures in Los Angeles County, resulting in the loss of 49,653 jobs. This represents over 35% of the plant closures and jobs lost in California during this period. During 1982 alone, 57% of the plant closures in Los Angeles NOTE: In addition to numerous small plant closures, the County has Due to short time frame, the SDA statistics for Los Angeles County concerning local conditions, incorporate the Inglewood Consortium, the Cerritos Consortium and parts of the Glendale, Pasadena and Torrance consortia. When the 2 year plan is submitted in April, 1984, the Los Angeles County SDA statistics will be more precise. |