Job boom in Bay Area surges to best month in four years

The employment surge in the nine-county region was led by gains in the East Bay and South Bay, the state's Employment Development Department reported.

The Bay Area economy muscled up in April to produce more than 13,000 jobs, marking the best one-month performance in four years, a new state government report released on Friday shows.

The employment surge in the nine-county region was led by gains in the East Bay and South Bay, the state’s Employment Development Department reported.

During April, the Bay Area added 13,300 jobs, while the East Bay gained 3,800 positions, the South Bay gained 3,400 jobs and the San Francisco-San Mateo region added 2,000 jobs, according to the EDD report. All the numbers were adjusted for seasonal variations.

California added 46,000 non-farm payroll jobs in April and the statewide unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3 percent, the EDD reported.

The latest report also shows the Bay Area accounted for 29 percent of all the jobs added in California during April — even though the Bay Area has only 24 percent of the state’s total payroll employment.