LinkedIn Workforce Report | Los Angeles | May 2018

Over 146 million workers in the U.S. have LinkedIn profiles; over 20,000 companies in the U.S. use LinkedIn to recruit; over 3 million jobs are posted on LinkedIn in the U.S. every month; and members can add over 50,000 skills to their profiles to showcase their professional brands. That gives us unique and valuable insight into U.S. workforce trends.  

 This LinkedIn Workforce Report is a monthly report on employment trends in the U.S. workforce. It’s divided into two sections: a National section that provides insights into hiring, skills gaps, and migration trends across the country, and a City section that provides insights into localized employment trends in 20 of the largest U.S. metro areas: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. 

Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every worker in the global workforce. We hope you’ll use insights from our report to better navigate your career - whether you’re unemployed and wondering if hiring is improving in your industry, exploring new skills to learn to make yourself more attractive to employers, or considering a move and curious which cities need your skills most.

Hiring

Hiring was 20.5% higher in April 2018 than in April 2017. Seasonally-adjusted hiring (hiring that excludes seasonal hiring variations - like companies hiring less in December due to the holiday season) was 1.3% higher in April than March. If you’re interested in exploring new opportunities in Los Angeles, check out LinkedIn Jobs to see what’s out there!

Skills Gap

A skills gap is a mismatch between the skills employers need (demand) and the skills workers have (supply). There is an abundance of skills when supply exceeds demand. There is a scarcity of skills when demand exceeds supply. A city with a scarcity of skills needs more workers with certain skills, while a city with an abundance of skills has too many workers with certain skills.

Los Angeles’s skills gap is driven primarily by a scarcity of workers with certain skills.

Here are the skills Los Angeles has in abundance.

And here are the skills Los Angeles has in scarcity.

If you live in Los Angeles and want to learn in-demand skills, check out the LinkedIn Learning courses below.

• IT Infrastructure and System Management
• Healthcare Management
• Sales
• HR
• Microsoft Windows Systems
• Education and Teaching
• Lean Manufacturing and Quality Management
• General Finance
• HR Recruiting

Migration

Los Angeles gained the most workers in the last 12 months from New York City, NY, Chicago, IL, and Boston, MA. So for every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Los Angeles, 8.45 workers moved to the city in the last year from New York City, NY.

Las Vegas, NV, Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, and Phoenix, AZ gained the most workers from Los Angeles in the last 12 months. So for every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Los Angeles, 2.83 workers moved to Las Vegas, NV in the last year.

Los Angeles has the most gross migration (gains + losses) with San Francisco Bay Area, CA. So for every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Los Angeles, 52.35 workers either moved to or from San Francisco Bay Area, CA in the last year.