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Here’s the main problem with the Hoover analysis: During the sample period, California actually added 672,300 nonfarm jobs, not 156,000.

In that post, Ohanian subtracted the government jobs figure reported in the establishment survey from the nonfarm employment figure in the household survey.

It notes that the establishment survey is “a highly reliable gauge of monthly change in nonfarm payroll employment.”

Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report is in the spotlight.

Economists predict that nonfarm U.S. employers added 205,000 jobs in April.