Oakland’s employment rose nearly 2 percent in 2017, report says

Oakland’s employment increased by 1.8 percent from 2016 to 2017, but still lags the growth rate in Alameda County, according to a report released at the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Oakland/East Bay economic forecast event on Jan. 24.

In better news, increased labor demand and a tight labor market caused wages in Oakland to rise by 4.5 percent during that same time period, according to the report by Beacon Economics of Los Angeles.