LinkedIn Workforce Report | Los Angeles | February 2017

Over 133 million workers in the U.S. have LinkedIn profiles; thousands of companies in the U.S. use LinkedIn to recruit; millions of 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.

The LinkedIn Workforce Report is a monthly report on employment trends in the U.S. workforce. It’s divided into two sections: a U.S. 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 10 of the largest U.S. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, 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 3.5% higher in January 2017 than January 2016, and seasonally-adjusted hiring (hiring that excludes seasonal hiring variations - like companies hiring less in December due to the holiday season) was 2.9% higher in January 2017 than December 2016. If your New Year’s resolution is finding a new job, check out LinkedIn Jobs because new jobs are opening up in Los Angeles.

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

Here are the skills Los Angeles has in scarcity.

If you live in Los Angeles and don’t have these skills, check out the LinkedIn Learning courses below - they’ll teach you related skills so you’ll be more attractive to employers in the city.

• IT Infrastructure and System Management
• Healthcare Management
• Sales
• HR
• Microsoft Windows Systems
• Education and Teaching
• Business Development and Relationship Management
• Lean Manufacturing and Quality Management
• HR Recruiting

Here are the skills Los Angeles has in abundance. As you can see, Los Angeles has an abundance of entertainment skills - like theatre and drama, TV and video production, and music production. If you have these skills, consider learning the skills in scarcity above to better stand out from the pack.

Migration

Los Angeles gained the most workers in the last 12 months from New York City, Chicago, and Boston. So for every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Los Angeles, 7.7 workers moved to the city in the last year from New York City.

San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Portland gained the most workers from Los Angeles in the last 12 months. So for every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Los Angeles, 3.6 workers moved to San Francisco in the last year.