Jobless rates decline slightly in Burbank, Glendale

By Mark Kellam

Nov. 20, 2015 9:32 AM PT

Unemployment rates in Burbank and Glendale decreased slightly last month with local, state and federal government jobs across Los Angeles County posting the biggest payroll gains, according to the latest labor report.

The jobless rate in Burbank declined by 0.2%, coming in at 4.8%, while it dropped to 5.7% in Glendale, a 0.3% drop, according to statistics released Friday by the California Employment Development Department.

Statewide, the unemployment rate was 5.8% last month, down from 5.9% in September, which is an improvement from 7.2% in October 2014.

The jobless rates in the La Crescenta-Montrose area and La Cañada Flintridge decreased by 0.1% in both communities, declining to 3.3% and 3.1 %, respectively.

Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.